Putian University (PTU), a full-time undergraduate university approved by the Ministry of
Education in March 2002, is located in Putian, a coastal city in southeast Fujian, the home of
Mazu-"Goddess of Peace" at sea, and one of famous hometowns of overseas Chinese. PTU has been
awarded some honorary titles, including the patriotism education base of the All-China
Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, the National Verdurization Model Unit, the Advanced
Unit of National Fitness Activities, the Advanced Unit of Mental Health Education of the
Chinese Psychological Association, the Civilized School of Fujian Province, the Safe Campus and
the Garden-style Unit of Fujian Province.
The universtiy covers 111.12 hectares (1666.8 mu) in the present campus area, 528,500 square
meters in the building area, with the total value of approximately 255 million yuan in teaching
and scientific research instruments and equipments, and 1.286 million copies in the collection
of paper books. The new campus, planned to be 198 hectares (2970 mu) in area, is under
construction and expected to be put into use by 2020.
The university, with 48 undergraduate majors all together, consists of 16 colleges, which,
specifically, are the College of Culture and Communication, the College of Foreign Languages,
the College of Mathematics and Finance, the College of Environmental and Biological
Engineering, the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, the College of Information
Engineering, the College of Civil Engineering, the College of Art and Craft, the College of
Music, the College of Physical Education, the College of Management, the College of Business,
the College of Nursing, the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medical Technology, the
Clinical Medical College and the College of Fundamental Education.
PTU has launched Government-Industry-Education-Research collaborations with more than 150
enterprises and institutions, such as the Institute of History of the Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences and Fujian Huajiacai Co., Ltd., etc., has steadily promoted international exchanges
and cooperations with more than 20 foreign universities such as Dundee University in the United
Kingdom and Massey University in New Zealand, and has jointly operated the major of Medical and
Health Industry Management with the University of New Orleans in the United States. For the
sake of the above, PTU stands among the top 500 international competitiveness rankings of
Chinese universities, with the teachers and the students paying frequent visits and having
their further study and research abroad.