Fudan University

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 [1]
Motto in English	Rich in knowledge and tenacious of purposes, inquiring with earnestness and reflecting with self-practice [2]
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 [3]
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]

Fudan University is a public university in Shanghai, China. 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.

History

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. ^{[4] [5]}

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.

Xianghui Auditorium

Rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World [6]	54 (2023)
QS World [7]	31 (2022)
QS Employability [8]	29 (2020)
THE World [9]	44 (2024)
THE Reputation [10]	39 (2022)
Regional – Overall
ARWU Asia [11]	7 (2023)
QS Asia [12]	6 (2021)
QS BRICS [13]	3 (2019)
THE Emerging Economies [14]	4 (2021)

Subject rankings

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 [15] 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 [16] 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 [17] 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. ^[18] The 2023 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked Fudan 13th in the world based on their publications for the time period 2018–2021. ^[19]

Notable alumni

Main article: List of Fudan University people

Since 1952, Fudan University has a total of 95 academicians alumni, second only to Peking University and Tsinghua University in China. ^[20] Fudan's notable alumni include Chen Yinke, Chen Wangdao, Chu Coching, Yan Fu, Yu Youren, Chen Zhili, and "China's Kissinger" Wang Huning. ^{[21] [22]}

Controversies

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. ^{[23] [24]} 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. ^{[25] [26]}

The Hungarian government made an agreement to open the first campus of Fudan University outside China in Budapest in 2024. ^[27] 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. ^[28] Education professionals and politicians denounced the investment, citing economics, higher education and national security concerns. ^[29]

See also

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

References

1. 复旦标志. Fudan University. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
2. "Fudan Vision. Motto Observance and Sincere Uprightness". Fudan University. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
3. "Home".
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5. "复旦大学". polymer.xmu.edu.cn. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
6. "ARWU World University Rankings 2023 – Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023 – Top 500 universities – Shanghai Ranking – 2023". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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8. "QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2020". Top Universities. 27 November 2020.
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10. "THE Reputation World University Rankings 2022". 16 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
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14. "THE Emerging University Rankings 2021". 3 March 2021.
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16. "World University Rankings by subject". Times Higher Education World University Rankings .
17. "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023". Academic Ranking of World Universities .
18. "2023 tables: Institutions - academic | Annual tables | Nature Index". www.natureindex.com. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
19. Studies (CWTS), Centre for Science and Technology. "CWTS Leiden Ranking". CWTS Leiden Ranking. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
20. "百度安全验证".
21. "上海地方志：江南第一学府——复旦大学".
22. "吴邦国在庆祝复旦大学建校百年大会上的讲话".
23. "Students protest at Shanghai's Fudan University". Asia Times . 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019. A video circulating this week showed students at Shanghai's Fudan University singing the school song – which extols "academic independence and freedom of thought" – in an apparent protest.{...}Besides removing "freedom of thought", the ministry adds to the charter "arming the minds of teachers and students with Xi Jinping's new era of socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics". It also obliges faculty and students to adhere to "core socialist values" and build a "harmonious" campus environment – a code phrase for the elimination of anti-government sentiment.
24. 復旦大學章程刪除思想自由 學生唱校歌抗議要求學術獨立[影]. Central News Agency (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
25. "Freedom curbs raise academic collaboration uncertainty". University World News. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
26. "Chinese Universities Are Enshrining Communist Party Control In Their Charters". NPR.org. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
27. "2024-ben megnyílhat a sanghaji Fudan Egyetem budapesti campusa" (in Hungarian). Index.hu. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
28. Balogh Krisztina (6 April 2021). "Egyre közelebb a kínai sztáregyetem Budapesthez" (in Hungarian). Index.hu . Retrieved 15 June 2021.
29. Bozzay Balázs (12 April 2021). "Kínai titkosügynökökről kérdezett Ungár a parlamentben, az államtitkár szerint büszkék lehetünk, hogy a Fudan minket választott" (in Hungarian). Telex.hu . Retrieved 15 June 2021.

External links

• Official website
• 3D map
• International Metropolis

31°17′56″N121°29′57″E / 31.29889°N 121.49917°E / 31.29889; 121.49917 (Fudan University)