集美大学地处福建省厦门市，是福建省重点建设高校，是交通运输部与福建省、自然资源部与福建省、福建省与厦门市共建高校，博士学位授予单位，硕士推免单位，面向全国招生。

Jimei University is located in Xiamen City, Fujian Province. It is a key university in Fujian Province, co-constructed by the Ministry of Transport and Fujian Province, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Fujian Province, and Fujian Province and Xiamen City. It is a doctoral degree-granting unit, a postgraduate recommendation unit, and enrolls students nationwide.

学校以“诚毅”为校训，坚持“嘉庚精神立校，诚毅品格树人”的办学理念，形成了“航海、水产等学科特色鲜明，理、工、文、管、经、法、教、艺等多学科协调发展”的学科专业布局。

With the school motto of "Sincerity and Perseverance", the university adheres to the school-running philosophy of "Establishing the university with Tan Kah Kee's spirit and cultivating people with the character of sincerity and perseverance", forming a disciplinary and professional layout featuring "distinctive characteristics in navigation, aquatic products and other disciplines, and coordinated development of multiple disciplines such as science, engineering, liberal arts, management, economics, law, education, and art".

学校拥有多个国家级、省部级科研平台和教学团队，在人才培养、科学研究、社会服务等方面取得了显著成就，为国家和地方经济社会发展培养了大批高素质人才。

The university has a number of national and provincial-level scientific research platforms and teaching teams, and has made remarkable achievements in talent cultivation, scientific research, social services, etc., cultivating a large number of high-quality talents for national and local economic and social development.