The seventh. According to the query of Zhonggong Education Network, by the end of 2023, Fudan University ranked seventh in China, Peking University, Tsinghua University second, Zhejiang University third, Shanghai Jiaotong University fourth, Huazhong University of Science and Technology fifth, Nanjing University sixth, Fudan University seventh, Wuhan University eighth, University of Science and Technology of China ninth and Harbin Institute of Technology ranked among the top 10 in China for the first time. Fudan University is one of the earliest institutions of higher learning independently founded by the people in China. It is a university directly under the Ministry of Education and a national "double first-class" "211"985 "project construction university.