Fudan University (复旦大学), founded in 1905 by pioneering modern Chinese educator Father Ma Xiangbo, is a world-renowned comprehensive research university situated in the global financial and technological hub of Shanghai, China. As a premier founding member of China’s elite C9 League (often hailed as China’s Ivy League) and a national "Double First-Class" Class A university, Fudan consistently ranks among the top 40 universities globally in the QS World University Rankings (#39) and Times Higher Education (#44). Fudan boasts four interconnected campuses spanning Shanghai’s most dynamic corridors: the historic Handan Main Campus with the landmark 30-story Guanghua Twin Towers (光华楼) in Yangpu District, the neoclassical Jiangwan Campus hosting the Fudan Law School and Life Sciences, the Fenglin Medical Campus housing the world-renowned Shanghai Medical College (SMC) and 18 affiliated teaching hospitals, and the high-tech Zhangjiang Campus in Pudong New Area. With a total student body exceeding 36,000 and an international scholar community of more than 3,000 students from over 130 nations, Fudan offers an extraordinary environment for interdisciplinary innovation, liberal arts breadth, cutting-edge biomedical and semiconductor research, and international leadership. Fudan provides internationally accredited degrees taught in English (including the internationally recognized MBBS, Economics UIPE, Global Fintech, Data Science, and Public Policy) as well as hundreds of world-class Chinese-taught degree programs supported by generous government and institutional fellowships.

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