School of Public Affairs in Xiamen University is founded in November, 2003, which consists of Political and Administrative Department in the original School of Law, Sociology and Social Work Department in the School of Humanities, Population Research Institute in the School of Economics.
School of Public Affairs is composed of five teaching units (Political Department, Public Management Department, Sociology Department and MPA Education Center and Ideological and Political Education Department), seven research institutes (Population Research Institute, Institute of Politics and Administration, Institute of Public Management and Policy Science, Social Development Research Center, Fujian Women Development Research Center and Rural Social Insurance of National Research Center) and three labs.