Fudan University (simplified Chinese: 复旦大学; traditional Chinese: 復旦大學; pinyin: Fùdàn Dàxué), located in Shanghai, China, is one of the oldest, most prestigious and most selective universities in the People's Republic of China. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty. Fudan University is composed of four campuses, including Handan (邯鄲), Fenglin (楓林), Zhangjiang (張江), and Jiangwan (江灣). It is a comprehensive university highly ranked in physical sciences, humanities, social sciences, and medicine.
History
Initially known as Fudan Public School or Fudan College in 1905. The two Chinese characters Fudan (復旦), literally meaning "(heavenly light shines) day after day", were chosen by the distinguished educator in modern Chinese history, Father Ma Xiangbo S.J. (马相伯), from the Confucian Classics (《尚书大传•虞夏传》): "Itinerant as the twilight, sun glows and moon luminesces" (日月光華，旦復旦兮). In 1911 during the Xinhai Revolution the college was taken up as the headquarters of the Guangfu Army and closed down for almost one year. The university motto comes from Analects Book 19.6(《論語•子張》): 博學而篤志,切問而近思, which means "to learn extensively and adhere to aspirations, to inquire earnestly and reflect with self application".
In 1917, Fudan Public School became a private university named the Private Fudan University (私立復旦大學), and also had a middle school and university-preparatory school. In 1929, Fudan adjusted its departments, expanded to include the Journalism Department, Municipals Department, Law Department and Education Department, totalling 17 departments devoted to Arts, Science, Law and Business..jpg)
In 1937, Fudan moved with the Kuomintang to the inland city of Beibei, Chongqing, later the temporary capital. On December 25, 1941, the First Meeting of Fifth Conference of the Highest Executive Authority of the National Government of the Republic of China voted to change Fudan University (Chongqing) to a public university with Wu Nanxuan as its president. Fudan University then became National Fudan University (國立復旦大學). Five years later, it moved back to Shanghai.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Fudan lost its "National" appellation and became Fudan University to reflect the fact that all universities under the new socialist state would be public. Fudan was the first university to be adjusted by the new government in 1952 and modelled on Soviet education. The original departments were changed, and Arts and Science departments from at least ten other universities in eastern China were added. This not only added to basic academic offerings of Fudan, but also gathered many talented academics from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shanghai, including Su Buqing, Chen Jiangong, Tan Jiazhen, and Lu Hefu.
In the 1970s, after the Cultural Revolution, the university was changed to a modern, comprehensive-style university.
Fudan University and Shanghai Medical University were merged on April 27, 2000.
Campus
Fudan has established a campus structure called "one-body-two-wings", where the body is Handan (邯鄲) campus and Jiangwan (江灣) campus, which are only 2 miles apart, and the two wings are Fenglin (楓林) campus and Zhangjiang (張江) campus. All the four campuses are in downtown Shanghai.
Handan campus
Handan campus, the main campus of Fudan, is located in Yangpu District, Shanghai. It contains the majority of the schools and departments. Freshman undergraduates live in this campus. Handan campus consists of four sub-campuses, namely the headquarter campus, the south campus, the north campus, and the east campus.
Fenglin campus
Medical Center of Fudan University (former Shanghai Medical University) is at Fenglin campus, located in Xuhui District, Shanghai.
Zhangjiang campus
Zhangjiang campus is located in Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong District, Shanghai. It comprises the School of Microelectronics, the School of Software, and the School of Pharmacy.
Jiangwan campus
Only 2 miles apart from Handan campus, Jiangwan campus is a new campus of Fudan University. The School of Law has moved to Jiangwan, and other schools will follow, including the School of Life Science, the College of Foreign Language and Literature, and School of Social Development and Public Policy.
Library
Fudan University Library was formally established in 1922, previously known as the Reading Room of Wu Wu (the year 1918). Today it comprises the Liberal Arts Library, the Science Library and the Medical Library, with its total floor space being 29,000 square meters.
By the end of 2004, the Library's collection composed of more than 4.4588 million copies and articles, including books, journals, bound volumes of newspapers, and audio-visual recordings. Of all these 400,000 are thread-bound books of Chinese classics (including 7,000 rare copies), 100,000 are books published during the reign of the Republic of China, and 1.392 million are foreign books. Additionally, there are 32,000 Chinese and foreign journals and periodicals. Every year 100,000 new books will be added to enlargen the collection. The Library currently subscribes to around 7,000 printed journals. The Library has been undergoing great changes in the resource structure in the recent years. It puts strong emphasis on acquiring diversified types of resources,and as a result academic e-resources have increased rapidly. Secondary documents cover all the disciplines of the University are plentiful as well. The Library has access to 24,000 full-text e-journals and over 150 CD and online databases. It has eight open stacks, two general reading rooms and nineteen reading rooms with specialized functions, totalling 2,400 seats. The Library is open for 112 hours weekly and serves more than 7,000 visiting readers daily. It also offers online services, which are available 24 hours a day.
Organizations
Fudan University comprises 17 full-time schools, 69 departments, 73 bachelor's degree programs, 22 disciplines and 134 sub-disciplines authorized to confer Ph. D. degrees, 201 master degree programs, 6 professional degree programs, 7 Key Social Science Research Centers of Ministry of Education P.R.C, 9 National Basic Science Research and Training Institutes and 25 post-doctoral research stations. It has 40 national key disciplines granted by the Ministry of Education P.R.C, nationally third. At present, it compasses 77 research institutes, 112 cross-disciplinary research institutes and 5 national key laboratories.
Currently, Fudan University enrolls over 45,000, including full-time students and students in Continuing Education and Online Education. Additionally, there are nearly 1,760 students from overseas; ranking second nationally. Fudan is a member of Universitas 21, an international consortium of research-driven universities.
The Guanghua Twin Towers[光华楼] standing in the center of the campus reach 140.5 meters, reportedly the highest buildings ever constructed in a university campus in China.
Schools and Departments
- Fudan College
- Department of Chinese Language and Literature
- Department of History
- Department of Museum
- Department of Tourism
- Department of Philosophy
- School of Economics
- School of International Relations and Public Affairs
- School of Laws
- School of Journalism
- College of Foreign Language and Literature
- School of Social Development and Public Policy
- Department of Arts
- School of Mathematical Sciences
- Department of Physics
- Institute of Modern Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Macromolecular Science
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
- School of Life Science
- School of Information Science and Engineering
- Electronic Engineering Department Department of Optical Science and Engineering
Micro-Electronics Department Dept. of Communication Science and Engineering - Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Material Science
- Dept. of Illuminating Engineering and Light Sources
- Dept. of Mechanics and Engineering Science
- School of Management
- Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University
- School of Public Health
- School of Pharmacy
- School of Nursing
- School of Microelectronic
- Software School of Fudan University
- College of Continuing Education
- School of Network Education
- School of International Cultural Communication
Fudan University was ranked 113th in the 2008 THES-QS World University Ranking.
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