President of Fudan University

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President of Fudan University
Incumbent
Xu Ningsheng

since 24 October 2014
Type University president
Inaugural holder Ma Xiangbo
Formation1905

The president of Fudan University is the chief executive officer of Fudan University, and, essentially, the leader of the university. Each is appointed by and is responsible to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university.

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Fudan University, was set up in 1905, and its first president, was Ma Xiangbo, a Chinese Jesuit priest, scholar and educator, he also founded the Aurora University.

The university's current president is Jin Li, who is also a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Presidents of Fudan University

PeriodYearPresident (English name)President (Chinese name)Alma materRef
Fudan Public College1905–1906 Ma Xiangbo 马相伯 Xuhui High School
1906–1907 Yan Fu 严复 Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1907–1909Xia Jingguan夏敬观Liangjiang Normal College
1909–1910Gao Fengqian高凤谦
1910–1912Ma Xiangbo马相伯
1913–1917 Li Denghui 李登辉 Ohio Wesleyan University
Yale University
Private Fudan University1917–July 1936Li Denghui李登辉Ohio Wesleyan University
Yale University
1918Tang Luyuan唐路园
July 1924–March 1925 Zing-Yang Kuo 郭任远Fudan University
University of California, Berkeley
August 1936–May 1940Qian Xinzhi钱新之 Kobe University
National Fudan UniversityMay 1940–February 1943Nan-hsuan M. Woo吴南轩 University of California
February 1943–July 1949Zhang Yi章益 Saint John's University, Shanghai
July 1949–September 1952Zhang Zhirang张志让 Columbia University
Humboldt University of Berlin
Fudan UniversitySeptember 1952–December 1966
October 1972–October 1977
Chen Wangdao 陈望道 Toyo University
Waseda University
Chuo University
July 1978–January 1983 Su Buqing 苏步青 Tohoku University
January 1983–November 1988 Xie Xide 谢希德 Xiamen University
Smith College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
November 1988–November 1993Hua Zhongyi华中一Jiao Tong University
November 1993–December 1998 Yang Fujia 杨福家Fudan University
December 1998–January 2009Wang Shenghong王生洪 Shanghai University of Science and Technology
January 2009–October 2014 Yang Yuliang 杨玉良Fudan University
October 2014–November 2021 Xu Ningsheng 许宁生 Sun Yat-sen University
Aston University
[1]
November 2021–present Jin Li 金力Fudan University
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
[2]

Chinese Communist Party secretaries of Fudan University

PeriodYearCommunist Party Secretary (English name)Communist Party Secretary (Chinese name)Alma materRef
Fudan UniversityJanuary 1952–1954Li Zhengwen李正文 Northeastern University (China)
Tsinghua University
1954–1965Yang Xiguang杨西光
October 1965–1978Wang Ling王零
1978–1979Xia Zhengnong夏征农 University of Nanking
Fudan University
1979–1984Sheng Hua盛华 Kaifeng University
Peking University
Tohoku University
1984–August 1990Lin Ke林克
August 1990–1995Qian Dongsheng钱冬生 Dalian University of Technology
1995–January 1999Cheng Tianquan程天权Fudan University
January 1999–September 2011Qin Shaode秦绍德Fudan University
September 2011–October 2016Zhu Zhiwen朱之文 Xiamen University [3]
October 2016–presentJiao Yang焦扬 Nanyang Technological University

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