20 13. official website of Fudan university showed that the online education college of Fudan university was established in July 2000, and it was affiliated to Fudan university. It stopped enrolling students in 20 13 and gradually closed down. Fudan University, located in Shanghai, a municipality directly under the central government, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), a university directly under the central government and a comprehensive research university. Jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Shanghai, it ranks among the national "double first-class", "985 Project" and "21/engineering" universities.