Fudan University's word "Fudan" is selected from the famous sentence "Happy Fudan in the Sun and Moon" in Biography of Yu Xia, which is intended to strive for self-improvement, and pinned the hope of China intellectuals to run schools and save the country at that time.

Fudan University, founded in 1905 and formerly known as Fudan College, is the first institution of higher learning independently established by the people of China.

The founder was Ma, a famous educator in modern China, and the first principal was Sun Yat-sen, the father of our country.

Fudan University, located in Shanghai, is a university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and a unit directly under the central government.

Ranked as "Project 2 1 1" and "Project 985", selected as "Everest Plan", "Project11"and "Excellent Doctor Education and Training Plan";

Member of "Nine Schools Alliance", President Association of China University, Association of East Asian Research Universities, Association of Pacific Rim Universities and 2 1 Century University Association;

It is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university.