Fudan University, referred to as Fudan for short, was founded in September 1905 (August 16th, 31st year of Guangxu reign). It is the first institution of higher learning independently established by the people of China, and the first batch of national key universities jointly established by the central ministries, the Ministry of Education and Shanghai. It is a key construction project in the Sixth Five-Year Plan, the Seventh Five-Year Plan and the Eighth Five-Year Plan, and the first batch of 7 2 1 1 projects and 9 famous universities in China. It has also been included in the first batch of Everest plans, 1 1 plans, and as the first independent institution of higher learning in China, Fudan has accumulated a lot and developed into an internationally renowned comprehensive research university. In the QS world university rankings, Fudan is even listed as the top 100 in the world.

The emblem of Fudan University is as follows:

Fudan University was formerly known as Sinian College founded by Ma Yu 1902. More than a year after the school started in Sinian, most students, led by Yu Youren, left school angrily because of the interference of French church forces and the usurpation of school administration.

1905, they embraced Ma again and founded Fudan College, the name of which was chosen by Yu Youren, indicating that they would never forget the past of "Sinian", which was of great significance for rejuvenating China.

The word "Fudan" comes from an article "Yu Xia Qing Chuan Yun Ge" in The Biography of Shangshu. "Yu Xia Chuan" records that Shun Zen gave way to the time, "Clear clouds gather together, gather handsome, everything is harmonious, but the song is clear. The emperor advocated: the cloud is rotten and embarrassing. Sun Moon Guanghua, Dan Fudan. "

195 1 At the request of President Chen Wangdao, President Mao Zedong wrote the name of Fudan University. After Fudan was sealed, it was enlarged and copied into the plaque of the school gate, which was used for school envelopes, stationery, school emblem, diploma cover and so on. , has been used to this day. The original was carefully framed by Rong Baozhai and kept in the school archives.