The five schools in East China, namely Nanjing University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China University of Science and Technology and Zhejiang University, are located in the eastern coastal areas of China, so they are collectively called the five schools in East China. These five universities are considered as the two top universities after Peking University and Tsinghua.

Introduction to Fudan University:

Fudan University, referred to as "Fudan", is located in Shanghai, a municipality directly under the Central Government of China. Founded in 1905, formerly known as Fudan College. The founder was Ma, a famous educator in modern China, and the first director was Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of the country. The word "Fudan" comes from The Biography of Shang Shu Yu Xia.

The original meaning of "Sun, Moon and Stars, Splendid and Prosperous in Fudan" is to pursue light, which means not forgetting the old "Aurora borealis", and it also contains the significance of rejuvenating China, pinning the hope of China intellectuals to run schools and educate a strong country at that time. It is the first institution of higher learning independently established by China people.

19 17, Fudan University was named Fudan University. In 2000, Fudan University merged with Shanghai Medical University to form the new Fudan University.

Introduction of Shanghai Jiaotong University:

Shanghai Jiaotong University, referred to as "Shanghai Jiaotong University", is located in Shanghai, a municipality directly under the Central Government of China. Its degree program covers twelve disciplines: science, engineering, medicine, economics, management, law, literature, teaching, history, philosophy, agriculture and art. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established with Shanghai.

One of the first batch of 7 2 1 1 projects and the first batch of 9 985 engineering colleges in China, the first batch of national "double-first-class" world-class university A construction colleges were selected into the national "11plan" and "201/kloc-0".

Member of "Nine Universities Alliance" of China University, and one of the founding members of Universitas2 1 (International Association of Top Universities).