Xiamen University
Xiamen, China
Dates
- Fall Semester - Mid-September-Mid-January
- Spring Semester - Mid-February - Mid-July
Application Deadline
- Fall Semester - March 1
- Spring Semester - October 1
Description
Study Abroad Coordinator: Colleen Boyle (c.boyle@neu.edu)
Xiamen University enjoys a well-formed, high-quality and creative faculty of more than 4,900 members among whom there are over 2,282 professional teachers and 1,329 of them are associate professors and professors. In recent years Xiamen University places more emphasis on attracting academic talents, consolidating academic groups and building innovative groups. More and more academic leaders, internationally well-renowned scholars and recently-emerging young scholars come and join Xiamen University.
Courses
Courses offered in English at XMU, School of Law: Intro to Chinese Legal System, Chinese Civil Law I, Chinese Civil Law II, Chinese Commercial Law I, Chinese Commercial Law II, Civil Procedure and Arbitral Law, Intellectual Property Law, Foreign Investment Law, China's Tax Law, Environmental & Resources Protection Law, Ecommerce Law, Research, and Thesis.
If you are interested in enrolling in a course not in our database, please send this course for evaluation.
Policies and Process for Evaluations
Host University
The School of Law, founded in 1926 and formerly entitled the Department of Law, is one of the main schools of Xiamen University. It currently offers one undergraduate law major, seven master's programs, a Juris Master (JM) program, two doctoral programs and one postdoctoral research program based on individualized study. The Law School enjoys an exceptional environment with excellent facilities for teaching, learning and research. It is located in a complex of three linked buildings with a ground area of over 10,000 square metres overlooking the sea. The Xiamen University Library has a substantial collection of legal books and materials, and has access to a considerably number of important databases, including the LEXIS-NEXIS. The Law Library, a branch of the main Xiamen University Library is a UN depository library.
Eligibility Requirements
Students must be a junior or senior CJ major. 3.0 GPA. Please see Gail Horn in the undergraduate CJ office.
Application Procedure
- Online OISP application
- Completed Xiamen University Applications
- 2 passport size photos
- Photocopy of Passport ID Page
- 2 letters of recommendation (CJ faculty)
- Official Transcript
Cost
Fall 2013 or Spring 2014: $20,490
Includes: Northeastern University (NU) tuition for 16 NU credits ($20,390), and 24/7 worldwide emergency assistance ($100). Students are responsible for all other expenses, including housing and other non-academic costs for which they will be billed directly by the program provider or host institution. Students are also responsible for arranging and purchasing their own flights.
Accommodations
Freshmen and sophomores have classes on the Zhangzhou Campus, so have to live on that campus. Juniors and senior students study on the Xiamen Main Campus and are free to choose to live either in a dormitory for overseas students or off campus. General advanced students, Senior advanced students, Language students and Short-term students live in the overseas student apartments on the Xiamen Main Campus. Many overseas students wish to live off-campus once they become more familiar with the environment in Xiamen. Living off-campus makes it easier to meet and establish relationships with local residents. The Overseas Education College staff will help with the necessary formalities for living off-campus. They will advise you of the documents you will need to provide including a letter of consent from your parents.
Destination
Xiamen is situated on the southeast coast of Fujian Province, at the estuary of Jiulong River. At the back of Xiamen lies the Zhangzhou-Quanzhou Plain and facing Xiamen across the Taiwan Strait are Taiwan Island and the Penghu Islands. The islands scattered all along the waters beyond the harbor form a natural barrier to protect the harbor from turbulent waves, whereas the mountains surrounding the harbor provide excellent windbreak. Xiamen has always been an important seaport of foreign trade on the southeast coast of China ever since the ancient times.