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.