Introduction to Fudan University

Fudan University, located in the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai, is one of China's most prestigious learning institutions. Fudan, founded in 1905, takes its name from a famous line in the Confucian classic, The Book of History : Brilliant are the sunshine and moonlight, again the morning glory after a night. Fudan's name thus means ever pushing forward with renewed energy. Fudan University is under the direct jurisdiction of the State Ministry of Education, enjoys national construction priority. Fudan University and Shanghai Medical University merged into a new Fudan University in April, 2000. Fudan University is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary research university with many highly-ranked majors and programs. Schools and Institutes Fudan University comprises 17 full-time schools (including 66 specialties) and 4 departments: the Schools of the Humanities, Journalism, International Relations & Public Affairs, Law, Economics, Management Sciences, Information Sciences, Technological Sciences and Engineering, Life Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, Nursing and Graduate School , the Continuing Education School , the Distance Education School and International Cultural Exchange School . We have 68 specialties for Bachelor's Degree Candidates, 209 specialties for Master's Degree Candidates and 157 specialties for Doctoral Degree Candidates. Students Now, Fudan University has nearly 44,300 students, including full-time students, students in Continuing Education or Network Education, as well as overseas students. Faculty Fudan University owns a high-level research faculty of over 2,300 full-time teachers and researchers, including 1,350 professors and associate professors, 28 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, nearly 746 doctoral supervisors, 32 Special professors and 8 lecture professors of "Changjiang Scholars Program", 6 principal scientists of "973" program and 31 “Yong Experts with Prominent Contributions”. Also, Fudan University has nine hospitals, such as Zhongshan Hospital and Huashan Hospital, where students can have practices of medical service, medicine education and research. Academic Exchange Fudan University has become one of the world's most influential academic institutions. It has active academic exchanges with other universities both at home and abroad and has established cooperation and exchange relations with over 150 universities and research institutions from 30 countries and regions, including Harvard University , the University of California at Berkeley , Cornell University and Waseda University . Objectives Fudan University aims to cultivate prominent talents. While examing the successful experiences of other universities both at home and abroad, Fudan focused on the interactions among different specialties and formed a complete and sound teaching and management system. International Students Since the 1950s, Fudan has enrolled international students, as one of the first few institutions in China to do so. Since that time, Fudan has accepted and trained over 10,000 foreign students from 100 different countries and regions worldwide. Many students have received systematic training and have obtained Bachelor's , Master's or Doctoral Degree. Presently there are over 3200 long-term international students in Fudan, half of whom are actively pursuing degrees, the rest are general scholars and visiting scholars. Besides, Fudan will also enroll over 600 short-term students each year. Fudan accepts international students into its Bachelor's, Masters', Doctoral programs as well as advanced programs in liberal arts, sciences, and medicine. The School has also established a Bachelor of Arts program called the Chinese Language for international students and there have been seven groups of graduates. Besides all levels of Chinese language teaching, the School has opened courses such as Chinese literature, Chinese history, Chinese economy, Chinese philosophy and Chinese law for interested international students. According to their different requirements, these courses will introduce basic knowledge of Chinese social economy, history and culture.