Fudan University

The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education and is co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal Government. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.

Fudan University

复旦大学
Former names	Fudan Public School (1905) Fudan College Private Fudan University (1917–1941) National Fudan University (1941–1949)
Motto	博学而笃志，切问而近思
Motto in English	Rich in knowledge and tenacious of purposes, inquiring with earnestness and reflecting with self-practice
Type	Public
Established	1905; 119 years ago (1905)
Founder	Ma Xiangbo
President	Jin Li
Party Secretary	Qiu Xin (裘新)
Academic staff	2,700
Administrative staff	5,800
Students	31,900
Undergraduates	14,100
Postgraduates	14,800
Location	220 Handan Rd., Yangpu District, Shanghai , China
Campus	604 acres (244 ha)
Affiliations	C9, Universitas 21, AEARU, APRU, BRICS Universities League, Council on Business & Society, ASRMU, Washington University in St. Louis McDonnell International Scholars Academy
Website	fudan.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	复旦大学
Traditional Chinese	復旦大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fùdàn Dàxué Bopomofo ㄈㄨˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ Wade–Giles Fu4-tan4 Ta4-hsüeh2 Tongyong Pinyin Fù-dàn Dà-syué IPA [fû.tân tâ.ɕɥě]

The school's predecessor was Fudan Public School (复旦公学) founded in 1905. It was one of the earliest privately-founded colleges and universities in China. The predecessor of Shanghai Medical University (上海医科大学) was the Fourth National Sun Yat-sen University School of Medicine (国立第四中山大学医学院) founded in 1927. In 2000, Fudan University merged with Shanghai Medical University to form the new Fudan University.

Fudan has five undergraduate colleges – Zhide (志德), Tengfei (腾飞), Keqing (克卿), Renzhong (任重), and Xide (希德). The university has four campuses in Shanghai – Handan (邯郸), Fenglin (枫林), Zhangjiang (张江), and Jiangwan (江湾) – which share the same central administration. It also has 17 affiliated hospitals. The university is a member of the C9 League.

 

Subject rankings

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 Subject Global National Arts & Humanities   75   3 Linguistics   =76   3 Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies   101–140   1 Archaeology   51–100   2 Architecture and Built Environment   101–150   10–13 Art and Design   201–240   7–9 Classics and Ancient History   50   3 English Language and Literature   =91   3 History   51–100   2 Modern Languages   26   2 Philosophy   151–200   4–8 Engineering and Technology   =111   7 Engineering – Chemical   63   5 Computer Science and Information Systems   40   5 Data Science and Artificial Intelligence   =49   4 Engineering – Electrical and Electronic   =81   6 Engineering – Mechanical   =89   8 Life Sciences & Medicine   92   4 Anatomy and Physiology   51–100   5–6 Biological Sciences   63   4 Medicine   64   3 Nursing   51–100   1–4 Pharmacy and Pharmacology   53   4 Psychology   101–150   5–7 Natural Sciences   51   4 Chemistry   =32   3 Earth and Marine Sciences   151–200   8–14 Environmental Sciences   =130   10–11 Geography   51–100   3–7 Geology   151–200   11–16 Materials Sciences   44   5 Mathematics   43   4 Physics and Astronomy   57   4 Social Sciences & Management   56   3 Accounting and Finance   =51   4 Anthropology   101–150   2 Business and Management Studies   =47   4 Communication and Media Studies   101–150   3–4 Development Studies   51–100   1–2 Economics and Econometrics   =45   3 Education and Training   151–200   6 Hospitality and Leisure Management   51–100   1–3 Law and Legal Studies   101–150   8 Library and Information Management   51–70   4–6 Politics   =47   3 Social Policy and Administration   51–100   2–4 Sociology   101–150   4–6 Statistics and Operational Research   51–100   4–6 THE World University Rankings by Subject 2024 Subject Global National Arts & humanities   151–175   5–7 Business & economics   =42   4–5 Clinical & health   =38   3 Computer science   73   7 Education   126–150   6 Engineering   =56   7–8 Life sciences   42   3 Physical sciences   29   3 Social sciences   101–125   3–5

ARWU Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023 Subject Global National Natural Sciences Mathematics   36   2 Physics   51–75   6–8 Chemistry   21   10 Earth Sciences   151–200   20–27 Geography   151–200   17–25 Ecology   201–300   10–16 Atmospheric Science   32   7 Engineering Biomedical Engineering   12   7 Materials Science & Engineering   20   10 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology   9   7 Energy Science & Engineering   40   26 Environmental Science & Engineering   31   11 Biotechnology   32   18 Life Sciences Biological Sciences   76–100   6 Human Biological Sciences   51–75   1 Medical Sciences Clinical Medicine   151–200   3–6 Public Health   76–100   5–8 Dentistry & Oral Sciences   201–300   23–30 Nursing   101–150   19–26 Medical Technology   76–100   3 Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences   41   6 Social Sciences Economics   76–100   8–13 Statistics   35   1 Political Sciences   301–400   14–25 Psychology   201–300   8–12 Business Administration   151–200   16–19 Finance   51–75   10–14 Management   76–100   11–18 Public Administration   151–200   9–12 Hospitality & Tourism Management   51–75   12–18 Library & Information Science   34   10

Research output rankings

Regarding research output in natural science and life science, the Nature Index Annual Table 2023 ranked Fudan the No.9 university in the Asia Pacific region, and 13th in the world among the global universities. The 2023 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked Fudan 13th in the world based on their publications for the time period 2018–2021.

Since 1952, Fudan University has a total of 95 academicians alumni, second only to Peking University and Tsinghua University in China. Fudan's notable alumni include Chen Yinke, Chen Wangdao, Chu Coching, Yan Fu, Yu Youren, Chen Zhili, and "China's Kissinger" Wang Huning.

In December 2019, Fudan University changed its constitution, removing the phrase "academic independence and freedom of thought" (學術獨立和思想自由) and including a "pledge to follow the Communist party's leadership" (學校堅持中國共產黨的領導), leading to protests among the students. It also said that Fudan University had to "equip its teachers and employees" with "Xi Jinping Thought", leading to concerns about the diminishing academic freedom of Fudan.

The Hungarian government made an agreement to open the first campus of Fudan University outside China in Budapest in 2024. The expansion would cost 540 billion HUF, of which 450 billion would be paid by the Hungarian state from a Chinese loan. The construction would be mainly done by Chinese companies. Education professionals and politicians denounced the investment, citing economics, higher education and national security concerns.

• Auto-ID Labs
• S3 Asia MBA – Joint MBA program by Fudan University, Korea University and NUS Business School