Fudan University (simplified Chinese: 复旦大学; traditional Chinese: 復旦大學) is a national public research university in Shanghai, China. Fudan is a member of the C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education of China. It is also a member of Universitas 21, Washington University’s McDonnell International Scholars Academy, and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, BRICS Universities League, Association of East Asian Research Universities, and Council on Business & Society.
Fudan is a collegiate university with five colleges – Zhide (志德), Tengfei (腾飞), Keqing (克卿), Renzhong (任重), and Xide (希德). It is now composed of four campuses in Shanghai – Handan (邯郸), Fenglin (枫林), Zhangjiang (张江), and Jiangwan (江湾) – which share the same central administration. Fudan has 17 hospitals affiliated.
As of 2022, Fudan University is ranked 4th in China, 7th in Asia and 31st globally according to the QS Rankings. Fudan University consistently ranks in the world’s top 100 universities by some of the most-widely read university rankings in the world such as the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the QS World University Rankings, and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Fudan’s notable alumni include Chen Yinke, Chen Wangdao, Chu Coching, Yan Fu, Yu Youren and “China’s Kissinger” Wang Huning.
| University Rankings | |
|---|---|
| Global – Overall | |
| ARWU World | 77 (2021) |
| QS World | 31 (2022) |
| QS Employability | 29 (2020) |
| THE World | 60 (2022) |
| THE Reputation | 51-60 (2021) |
| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Asia | 6 (2021) |
| QS BRICS | 3 (2019) |
| THE Emerging Economies | 4 (2021) |
| National – Overall | |
| BCUR National | 5 (2019) |