1, school profile
Fudan University, referred to as Fudan University, is located in Shanghai, China. Directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), the central government directly under the deputy ministerial system. Ranked as 2 1 1 project and 985 project. He was selected into "Nine Schools Alliance", China University Presidents Association, East Asia Research University Association, Pacific Rim University Association, etc.
2. School history
Fudan University was founded in 1905 and formerly known as Fudan College. It is the first institution of higher learning independently established by the people of China. Its founder was Ma, a famous educator in modern China, and the first chairman was Sun Yat-sen, the father of the country. The name of "Fudan" is selected from the famous sentence "The sun and the moon compete for glory, Fudan is thriving" in the Biography of Yu Xia, aiming at self-improvement and pinning the hope of China intellectuals to run schools and save the country at that time. 19 17 Fudan college was renamed as private Fudan university; 1937 After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the school moved to Beibei, Chongqing, and 194 1 was changed to "national"; 1946 moved back to the original site of Jiangwan, Shanghai; After the national colleges and universities were adjusted from 65438 to 0952, Fudan University became a comprehensive university focusing on arts and sciences. 1959 became a national key university. In 2000, the former Fudan University and the former Shanghai Medical University merged into the new Fudan University. As of May 2007, the school covers an area of 2,449,900 square meters with a building area of 2,002,000 square meters.
3. School motto
Fudan teachers and students keep in mind the school motto of "being knowledgeable and determined, asking questions and thinking deeply", practice the style of study of "assiduous, rigorous, realistic and innovative", carry forward the Fudan spirit of "patriotic dedication, academic independence, embracing all rivers and pursuing Excellence", take serving the country as their responsibility, train talents as the foundation, take reform and opening up as the driving force, and make new contributions to the realization of the Chinese dream.