Fudan University, referred to as "Fudan", is located in Shanghai, a municipality directly under the Central Government. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), and is jointly built by the Ministry of Education and Shanghai. It is a national "double first-class", "985 project" and "2 1 1 project" construction university. Selected into Everest Plan, Qiangji Plan,11Plan, 201/Plan, excellent doctoral education and training plan, excellent legal talents education and training plan, national high-level university public graduate program, new engineering research and practice project, China government scholarship for overseas students, and deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education. The first batch of independent auditing institutions for degree authorization are members of Pacific Rim University Alliance, Nine University Alliance (C9), Global Alliance for Advanced Research in Universities, China University Presidents Association, East Asian Research University Association, New Engineering Education International Alliance, Medical "Double-Class" Construction Alliance, Yangtze River Delta Research University Alliance, Yangtze River Delta University Think Tank Alliance and Sino-Russian Comprehensive University Alliance. It is the top comprehensive research university in China.