Fudan University

Fudan University located in Shanghai, China, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China and Asia, and is a member in the C9 League and Universitas 21. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905 , shortly before the end of China’s imperial Qing dynasty. Fudan is now composed of four campuses, including Handan , Fenglin, Zhangjiang , and Jiangwan.

Initially known as ‘Fudan Public School’, Fudan University was founded in the year 1905. Fudan became one of the national elite universities after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. The first one came in 1952 when colleges and universities all over the country underwent a thorough readjustment and reshuffling. Fudan lost its departments of applied disciplines for those of arts and sciences from other ten-plus universities in East China. The first twenty years of the Reform and Opening-up Policy brought the second grand opportunity to Fudan, whose development received the Central Government’s serious attention during the 7th, 8th and 9th National Construction Plans for the Next Five Years. The University became more intellectually comprehensive by covering a wider range of academic disciplines: the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, technology, and management. The latest is the official merger with Shanghai Medical University on 27th, April, 2000, from which a brave new Fudan was born. For the first time has the University had its own college for medical sciences. Better equipped and more robust, Fudan is one step further today toward its ambitious aim of becoming a leading university in the world.

Foundation year: 1905
Short name: FU
Type: Public
Students: 34390
Faculty: 2820
Faculty/Students Ratio: 12:1
Region: Asia
Location: Shanghai