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'''Fudan University''' (复旦大学|t=復旦大學 Fùdàn Dàxué) is a major [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. It is widely considered one of the most prestigious and selective universities in China.<ref>https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-china|title=Best universities in China 2018 </ref> Founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial [[Qing dynasty]], Fudan was the first university established independently by the Chinese people.<ref>http://www.fudan.edu.cn/en/channels/view/34/]</ref><ref>http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/8216/47717/47721/3724061.html</ref> Fudan is a member of the elite [[C9 League]] and a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A [[Double First Class University Plan|Double First Class University]].<ref>http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A22/moe_843/201709/t20170921_314942.html  (Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first-class universities and disciplines)</ref>
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Fudan is renowned for its liberal atmosphere and rigorous academics. It is an important academic center for Chinese humanities, natural sciences, and medical studies. Fudan enjoys the reputation of ''The No.1 Academy of [[Jiangnan]]'' ("''江南第一学府''").<ref>http://www.shtong.gov.cn/node2/n189665/n189674/n112486/n112518/index.html</ref> For the past hundred years, Fudan has made significant contributions to the development of the country, the rejuvenation of the nation, the well-being of the society, and the advance of the national education, science, medicine, and technology.<ref>http://www.gov.cn/ldhd/2005-09/25/content_69834.htm</ref> Fudan has cultivated a number of outstanding talents and many prominent figures for modern China. Notable Fudan alumni include [[Chen Yinke]], [[Chen Wangdao]], [[Chu Coching]], [[Yan Fu]], [[Yu Youren]] and ''"China's Kissinger"'' [[Wang Huning]].
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Fudan is a [[collegiate university]] with five colleges – Zhide (志德), Tengfei (腾飞), Keqing (克卿), Renzhong (任重), and Xide (希德). It is now composed of four campuses in Shanghai – Handan (邯郸), Fenglin (枫林), Zhangjiang (张江), and Jiangwan (江湾) – which share the same central administration. Fudan has 17 hospitals affiliated. In the 2020 QS Asian University Rankings, Fudan University is ranked 4th in China and 7th in Asia.<ref>https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2020</ref>
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== History ==
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Fudan University, formerly romanized as '''Fuh Tan''', was founded as Fudan Public School in 1905, by [[Ma Xiangbo]], [[Society of Jesus|SJ]], who had resigned from [[Aurora University (Shanghai)|Aurora University]]. The two Chinese characters ''Fu'' ({{lang|zh-hans|复}}, means "again") and ''Dan'' ({{lang|zh-hans|旦}}, means "morning", "light" ), meaning both "(heavenly light shines) day after day" and "[[Aurora University (Shanghai)|Aurora]] Revived", were chosen by Ma on the recommendation of [[Yu Youren]], from the [[Confucian Classics|Confucian Classic]] ''Shangshu Dazhuan'' ({{zh|s=尚书大传|hp=|links=no}}): "Itinerant as the twilight, sun glows and moon luminesces" ({{zh|s=日月光华，旦复旦兮|hp=|links=no}}). The university motto "Scientia et studium, quaestīo et cogitatio" comes from [[Analects]] Book 19.6 ({{zh|s=博学而笃志，切问而近思|hp=|links=no}}), which means "rich in knowledge and tenacious of purposes, inquiring with earnestness and reflecting with self-practice".
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In 1911, during the [[Xinhai Revolution]], the college was occupied as headquarters of the Guangfu Army and closed down for almost one year.
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In 1917, Fudan Public School became a [[private university]] named the Private Fudan University, and also had a [[middle school]] and [[university-preparatory school]]. In 1929, Fudan reorganized its departments, expanding to include departments of [[school of journalism|journalism]], [[law school|law]], and [[school of education|education]].
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After the [[Second Sino-Japanese War|Japanese invasion of China]] in 1937, Fudan moved with the [[Kuomintang]] government to the inland city of [[Chongqing]], the wartime Chinese capital. On 25 December 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. After the end of World War II, it moved back to Shanghai.
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After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, 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 reorganized by the new government in 1952 and modeled on [[Soviet education]]. The original departments were changed, with arts and sciences departments from at least ten other universities in eastern China being added. Parts of [[Aurora University (Shanghai)|Aurora University]] merged into Fudan in 1952.
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In the late 1970s, after the [[Cultural Revolution]], the university was converted to a modern, comprehensive{{clarify|date=September 2019}} university.
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Fudan University and [[Shanghai Medical University]] merged on 27 April 2000.
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In December 2019, Fudan University changed its charter, removing the phrase "academic independence and freedom of thought" (學術獨立和思想自由) and including a "pledge to follow the Communist party's leadership" (學校堅持中國共產黨的領導), leading to protests among the students.<ref>https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/12/article/students-protest-at-shanghais-fudan-university/ A video circulating this week showed students at Shanghai’s Fudan University singing the school song – which extols "academic independence and freedom of thought" – in an apparent protest.{...}Besides removing "freedom of thought", the ministry adds to the charter "arming the minds of teachers and students with Xi Jinping’s new era of socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics". It also obliges faculty and students to adhere to "core socialist values" and build a "harmonious" campus environment – a code phrase for the elimination of anti-government sentiment.}}</ref><ref>https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/201912180210.aspx</ref> It also said that Fudan University had to “equip its teachers and employees” with “[[Xi Jinping Thought]]”, leading to concerns about the diminishing academic freedom of Fudan.<ref>https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200110071137628</ref><ref>https://www.npr.org/2020/01/20/796377204/chinese-universities-are-enshrining-communist-party-control-in-their-charters|access-date=2020-06-30</ref>
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== Popularity and selectivity ==
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Fudan University's undergraduate program is extremely selective. Fudan is one of the five universities (together with [[Tsinghua University]], [[Peking University]], [[Zhejiang University|Zhejiang University]] and [[Shanghai Jiao Tong University]]) in China whose undergraduate programs are the hardest for students to get in: less than 0.2% of [[National Higher Education Entrance Examination|National College Entrance Examination]] ("[[National Higher Education Entrance Examination|Gaokao]]") takers can make it (As a comparison, the five most selective [[Ivy League]] schools in 2012 let in three times the percentage (0.6%) of SAT-takers.).<ref>https://collegestats.org/2012/08/15-facts-about-chinas-grueling-college-entrance-exam/</ref> Fudan has been placed consistently among the three most selective universities (with [[Tsinghua University]] and [[Peking University]]) in China for the last twenty years.
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== Notable alumni ==
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Since 1952, Fudan University has a total of 95 academicians alumni, second only to Peking University and Tsinghua University in China.<ref>[https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1608748799281272370&wfr=spider&for=pc]</ref> After the [[Cultural Revolution]], Fudan has also educated more than 60 alumni being full professors in TOP15 American/British universities, which makes Fudan the second highest Chinese university in this criteria.<ref>[http://bbs.netbig.com/thread-2858981-1-1.html]</ref>
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Today, associations organized by Fudan's alumni can be found in the United States, Japan, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China. Educationally, academically and economically, Fudan alumni's strengthened ties with their alma mater are playing a significant role in the development of the University. The routine services of these alumni associations include: updating contact lists, holding conferences, conducting Sino-foreign cultural exchanges, and keeping contact with other alumni associations throughout the world.
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Li Deng-hui, ex-president of Fudan instructed the students to unite, serve and sacrifice. A well-known 77-year-old architect from the Alumni Association in Taipei also said that strength lies in unity and that Fudan alumni are expected to serve as an example in the increasing mergers of higher learning schools in mainland China.
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A worldwide gathering is held annually in order to promote the relations between the alumni all over the world.
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Notable Fudan alumni are listed below.
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===Government and Politics===
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*[[Wang Huning]] (王沪宁), Member of the 19th [[Politburo Standing Committee]] of PRC, First Secretary of the [[Secretariat of the Communist Party of China|Party Secretariat]].
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*[[Han Zheng]] (韩正), Member of the 19th [[Politburo Standing Committee]] of PRC, Senior Vice-Prime Minister of PRC.
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*[[Li Lanqing]] (李岚清), Member of the 15th [[Politburo Standing Committee]] of PRC, Senior Vice-Prime Minister of PRC.
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*[[Li Yuanchao]] (李源潮), Member of the 17th, 18th [[Politburo of the Communist Party of China|Party Politburo]] of PRC, [[Vice President of the People's Republic of China|Vice President]] of PRC.
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*[[Ding Xuexiang]] (丁薛祥), Member of the 19th [[Politburo of the Communist Party of China|Party Politburo]] of PRC, Director of the General Office of the [[Communist Party of China|CPC]], Secretary of the [[Secretariat of the Communist Party of China|Party Secretariat]].
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*[[Han Qide]] (韩启德), Vice Chairperson of the [[National People's Congress|NPC]], Vice Chairman of the [[CPPCC]], Chairman of the [[Jiusan Society]], Academician of [[Chinese Academy of Sciences|CAS]].
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*[[Sang Guowei]] (桑国卫), Vice Chairperson of the [[National People's Congress|NPC]], Chairman of the [[Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party]], Academician of [[Chinese Academy of Engineering|CAE]].
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*[[Chen Zhili]] (陈至立), Vice Chairperson of the [[National People's Congress|NPC]], Minister of Education of PRC, President of the [[All-China Women's Federation|ACWF]].
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*Cai Dafeng ([[:zh:蔡达峰|蔡达峰]]), Vice Chairperson of the [[National People's Congress|NPC]], Chairman of the [[China Association for Promoting Democracy]].
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*Zhou Gucheng ([[:zh:周谷城|周谷城]]), Vice Chairperson of the [[National People's Congress|NPC]], historian
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*[[Wang Jiarui]] (王家瑞), Vice Chairman of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference|CPPCC]].
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*[[Tang Jiaxuan]] (唐家璇), Foreign Minister of PRC.
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*[[Jiang Jufeng]] (蒋巨峰), Governor of Sichuan Province.
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*[[Liang Baohua]] (梁保华), Governor of Jiangsu Province.
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*[[Wang Wentao]] (王文涛), Governor of Heilongjiang Province.
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*[[Bagatur]] (巴特尔), Governor of Inner Mongolia.
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*Zhang Zhirang ([[:zh:张志让|张志让]]), Federal Judge of PRC.
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*[[Chen Jian (diplomat)|Chen Jian]] (陈健), Vice Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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*[[Nie Chenxi]] (聂辰席), director and Party branch secretary of [[National Radio and Television Administration]] and deputy director of [[Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China|Publicity Department of CPC]]
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*[[Jiang Mianheng]] (江绵恒), Vice President of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]], first President of [[ShanghaiTech University]]
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*Shao Lizi ([[:zh:邵力子|邵力子]]), notable politician, democrat.
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*[[Yu Youren]] (于右任), President of the [[Control Yuan]] of [[Republic of China]].
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*[[Lee Huan]] (李焕), [[Premier of the Republic of China]].
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*[[Yu Ching-tang]] (余井塘), [[Vice Premier of the Republic of China]].
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*[[Juliana Young Koo]] (严幼韵), diplomatist
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===Humanities===
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*[[Chen Yinke]] (陈寅恪), sinologist, linguist, poet, historian
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*[[Chen Wangdao]] (陈望道), linguist, educator
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*[[Xu Beihong]] (徐悲鸿), painter, educator
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*[[Yan Fu]] (严复), notable Chinese scholar, translator
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*Wu Lifu ([[:zh:伍蠡甫|伍蠡甫]]), traditional Chinese painter, translator, writer, poet, literary critic
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*[[Wang Anyi]] (王安忆), novelist, 2000 [[Mao Dun Literature Prize]] winner
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*[[Wang Huo]] (王火), novelist and screenwriter, 1997 [[Mao Dun Literature Prize]] winner
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*[[Liang Xiaosheng]] (梁晓声), novelist and screenwriter, 2019 [[Mao Dun Literature Prize]] winner
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*Chen Sihe (陈思和), literary critic
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*[[Hong Ying]] (虹影), writer, poet
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*[[Li Wenjun]] (李文俊), translator, proser, writer
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*Xia Zhengnong (夏征农), writer, chief editor of Chinese encyclopedia [[Cihai]].
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*Eugene Yuejin Wang (汪悦进), sinologist, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, [[Harvard University]]
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*[[Charles Burton (sinologist)|Charles Burton]] (黄承安), sinologist, former Canadian diplomat and senior Government advisor
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*[[Liam D'Arcy Brown]], a notable British sinologist, travel-writer
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*[[Luo Jialun]] (罗家伦), educator, historian, diplomat, and political activist. First President of [[National Tsing Hua University]]. President of [[National Central University]]
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*[[Qiu Xigui]] (裘锡圭), historian and [[palaeographer]]
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*Tang Zhijun (汤志钧), historian
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*[[Ge Jianxiong]] (葛剑雄), historical geographer
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*Ge Zhaoguang ([[:zh:葛兆光|葛兆光]]), historian
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*Qian Wenzhong (钱文忠), historian, Tibetologist, Indologist
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*[[Xu Fancheng]] (徐梵澄), philosopher, Indologist, poet, painter
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===Social Sciences===
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*[[Wang Tieya]] (王铁崖), eminent Chinese jurist
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*Hanming Fang (方汉明), economist, University of Pennsylvania
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*Yingyao Hu (胡颖尧), economist, Johns Hopkins University
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*Panle Jia (贾攀乐), economist, Cornell University
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*Wei Jiang (姜纬), economist, Columbia University
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*Zheng (Michael) Song (宋铮), economist, [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]]
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*[[Shang-Jin Wei]] (魏尚进), economist, Columbia University
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*[[Wu Jinglian]] (吴敬琏), economist
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*[[Lin Zhou]] (周林), economist, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Fellow of Econometric Society
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*Yihong Xia (夏一红), economist, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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*Hua He (何华), economist, [[Yale University]]
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*Xunyu Zhou (周迅宇), economist, [[Columbia University]]
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*Yusheng Zheng (郑渝生), economist, [[Wharton School]]
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*[[Luqiu Luwei]] (闾丘露薇), journalist
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*Lode Li (李乐德), management scientist, member of the Institute of Operations Research and the Management Sciences, [[Yale University]]
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*[[David D. Yao]] (姚大卫 Yao Dawei), professor of Operations Research at [[Columbia University]].
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*[[Ying Natasha Zhang]] (Natasha Foutz)], professor of management at the R.H Smith School of Business, [[University of Maryland]]
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*Xueguang Zhou ([[:zh:周雪光|周雪光]]), sociologist, [[Stanford University]]
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*Dingxin Zhao ([[:zh:赵鼎新|赵鼎新]]), sociologist, [[University of Chicago]]
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*[[Jing Yang (economist)|Jing Yang]], economist, [[Bank of Canada]]
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===Natural sciences and mathematics===
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*[[Zhu Kezhen]] (竺可桢), meteorologist, educator, PhD from [[Harvard University]]
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*[[Shoucheng Zhang]] (张守晟), physicist, professor at [[Stanford University]].
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*[http://arpes.stanford.edu/shen.html Shen Zhi-Xun] (沈志勋), physicist, professor at [[Stanford University]].
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*[[Fujia Yang]] (杨福家 Yang Fujia), physicist and university administrator, the chancellor of the [[University of Nottingham]].
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051017021252/http://www.fudan.edu.cn/new_teach/lidaqian.htm Li Ta-tsien] (李大潜 Li Daqian), mathematician and member of the French Academy of Sciences.
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*[http://math.stanford.edu/~jli/ Li Jun] (李俊), mathematician, professor at [[Stanford University]].
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*[http://www.math.pku.edu.cn/teachers/dayue/ Chen Dayue] (陈大岳), mathematician and statistician, professor at [[Peking University]].
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*[[Xiao-Li Meng]] (孟晓犁), mathematician and statistician, chair professor at [[Harvard University]]
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*[[Jianqing Fan]] (范剑青), statistician, [[Princeton University]]
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*[[Zhiliang Ying]] (应志良), co-chair of the Statistics Department at [[Columbia University]]
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*[[Xuming He]], statistician, [[University of Michigan]]
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*[[Tong Dizhou]] (童第周), [[biologist]].
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*[[Rao Yi]] (饶毅), neurobiologist, [[Peking University]]
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*Lu Bai ([[:zh:鲁白|鲁白]]), neurobiologist, [[Tsinghua University]]
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*Yibin Kang (康毅滨), Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology at [[Princeton University]]
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*Shi Yang (施扬), biologist, [[Harvard Medical School]]
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*[[Junying Yuan]], biologist, professor at [[Harvard University]].
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*Xu Tian (许田), biologist, professor at [[Yale University]].
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*[[Wei Yang (biologist)|Wei Yang]], biologist, senior investigator at [[NIH]].
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*Zucai Suo, biochemist, professor at [[The Ohio State University]].
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*Zhaojun Bai (柏兆俊), mathematician and computer scientist at [[University of California, Davis]]
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===Education===
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*[[Luo Jialun]] (罗家伦), President of [[Tsinghua University]] and [[National Central University]].
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*[[Wu Nanxuan]] (吴南轩), President of [[Tsinghua University]], Fudan University, and [[Yingshi University]]
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*[[Zhu Kezhen]] (竺可桢), President of [[Zhejiang University]].
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*[[Cheng Tien-fong]] (程天放), President of [[Zhejiang University]], [[Anhui University]], and [[Sichuan University]].\
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*[[Zing-Yang Kuo]] (郭任远), President of [[Zhejiang University]].
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*[[Chen Xujing]] (陈序经), President of [[Jinan University]] and [[Lingnan University (Guangzhou)|Lingnan University]], Vice President of [[Nankai University]] and [[Sun Yat-sen University]].
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*[[Hu Dunfu]] (胡敦复), President of [[Utopia University]].
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*Huang Jilu (黄季陆), President of [[Sichuan University]].
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*Cao Huiqun (曹惠群), President of [[Utopia University]].
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*Joseph K. Twanmoh (端木愷), President of [[Anhui University]] and [[Soochow University (Taiwan)|Soochow University]]
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*Xu Xinwu (许心武), President of [[Henan University]]
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===Medicine===
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*[[Chen Zhongwei]], expert of orthopedic surgery and microsurgery, one of the pioneers of the process of reattaching severed limbs.
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*[[Shen Ziyin]] (沈自尹)
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*[[Gu Yudong]] (顾玉东)
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*[[Tang Zhaoyou]] (汤钊猷)
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*[[Tang Yuhan]], oncologist, president of [[Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association]] and the founder of [[Tang Fund]]
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*[[Chen Haozhu]] (陈灏珠)
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*[[Wen Yumei]] (闻玉梅), virologist and microbiologist.
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*[[Zhou Liangfu]] (周良辅) neurosurgeon<ref>http://www.worldneurosurgery.org/article/S1878-8750(12)00010-1/abstract</ref>
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===Business===
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*[[Zhang Shengman]] (章晟曼), managing director of World Bank Group
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*[[Zhu Min (economist)|Zhu Min]] (朱民), Deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund
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*[[Li Dak-sum]] (李达三), [[Grand Bauhinia Medal|GBM]], [[Justice of the peace|JP]], Hong Kong entrepreneur, philanthropist
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*Thomas Tseng-tao Chen (陈曾焘), [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], Hong Kong entrepreneur, Chairman of [[Hang Lung Group]]
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*[[Guo Guangchang]] (郭广昌), chairman of [[Fosun International Limited]] and the representative of 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
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*[[Lu Zhiqiang]] (卢志强), billionaire property developer<ref name="ForbesLu">https://www.forbes.com/profile/lu-zhiqiang/ |website=Forbes </ref>
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*[[Chen Tianqiao]] (陈天桥), former China's richest man, founder, and CEO of SNDA Co& (Nasdaq: snda)
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*[[Cao Guowei]] (曹国伟), CEO of Sina
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*Wang Changtian (王长田), Founder and CEO of [[Beijing Enlight Media|Enlight Media]]
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*[[Qi Lu (computer scientist)|Qi Lu]] (陆奇), President of the Online Services Group, [[Microsoft]] and former Executive Vice President of Engineering for the Search and Advertising Technology Group at [[Yahoo!]]
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*[[Yan Huo]] (霍焱), founder of Capula Investment Management
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*[[Liang Jianzhang]] (梁建章), founder and CEO of [[Ctrip]]
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*Xiaohu Zhu (朱啸虎), Managing Director at GSR Ventures Management
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*[[Jianhang Jin]] (金建杭), President of [[Alibaba Group]]
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*Fan Jiang (蒋凡), President of [[Taobao]], President & Board Chairman of [[Tmall]]
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*[[Jane Zhang (investor)]], entrepreneur and a Chinese angel investor from Shanghai.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170703065831/https://www.crypto-financing.com/speakers/jane-zhang-ceo-of-shellcoin-and-skyledger/ </ref>
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*Ji Shisan (姬十三), CEO and founder of Guokr (果壳网)
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*[[Guo Guangchang]] (郭廣昌), founder and chairman of [[Fosun International Limited]]
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===Entertainment===
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*[[Shang Wenjie]] (尚雯婕), singer
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*[[:zh:蒋昌建|Jiang Changjian]] (蒋昌建), host
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*Lao Fanqie (老番茄), blogger
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*[[Afu Thomas]] (Thomas Derksen), German internet personality in China<ref name=FuBeimeng>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/beimengfu/german-thomas-chinese-husband|title=This German Man Is China's Newest Internet Celebrity, Believe It Or Not</ref>
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*[[Amy Lyons]], Australian internet personality in China, did a student exchange term at Fudan<ref>https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/manly-seabirds-cheerleader-amy-lyons-competing-in-chinese-speaking-competition/news-story/067a72de9d4ab304677dac63f3c274d1</ref>
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Motto博学而笃志，切问而近思
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Fudan University (复旦大学|t=復旦大學 Fùdàn Dàxué) is a major public research university in Shanghai, China. It is widely considered one of the most prestigious and selective universities in China.[1] Founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty, Fudan was the first university established independently by the Chinese people.[2][3] Fudan is a member of the elite C9 League and a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Double First Class University.[4]

Fudan is renowned for its liberal atmosphere and rigorous academics. It is an important academic center for Chinese humanities, natural sciences, and medical studies. Fudan enjoys the reputation of The No.1 Academy of Jiangnan ("江南第一学府").[5] For the past hundred years, Fudan has made significant contributions to the development of the country, the rejuvenation of the nation, the well-being of the society, and the advance of the national education, science, medicine, and technology.[6] Fudan has cultivated a number of outstanding talents and many prominent figures for modern China. Notable Fudan alumni include Chen Yinke, Chen Wangdao, Chu Coching, Yan Fu, Yu Youren and "China's Kissinger" Wang Huning.

Fudan is a collegiate university with five colleges – Zhide (志德), Tengfei (腾飞), Keqing (克卿), Renzhong (任重), and Xide (希德). It is now composed of four campuses in Shanghai – Handan (邯郸), Fenglin (枫林), Zhangjiang (张江), and Jiangwan (江湾) – which share the same central administration. Fudan has 17 hospitals affiliated. In the 2020 QS Asian University Rankings, Fudan University is ranked 4th in China and 7th in Asia.[7]

History

Fudan University, formerly romanized as Fuh Tan, was founded as Fudan Public School in 1905, by Ma Xiangbo, SJ, who had resigned from Aurora University. The two Chinese characters Fu (复, means "again") and Dan (旦, means "morning", "light" ), meaning both "(heavenly light shines) day after day" and "Aurora Revived", were chosen by Ma on the recommendation of Yu Youren, from the Confucian Classic Shangshu Dazhuan (Chinese: 尚书大传): "Itinerant as the twilight, sun glows and moon luminesces" (Chinese: 日月光华，旦复旦兮). The university motto "Scientia et studium, quaestīo et cogitatio" comes from Analects Book 19.6 (Chinese: 博学而笃志，切问而近思), which means "rich in knowledge and tenacious of purposes, inquiring with earnestness and reflecting with self-practice".

In 1911, during the Xinhai Revolution, the college was occupied as headquarters of the Guangfu Army and closed down for almost one year.

In 1917, Fudan Public School became a private university named the Private Fudan University, and also had a middle school and university-preparatory school. In 1929, Fudan reorganized its departments, expanding to include departments of journalism, law, and education. After the Japanese invasion of China in 1937, Fudan moved with the Kuomintang government to the inland city of Chongqing, the wartime Chinese capital. On 25 December 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. After the end of World War II, it moved back to Shanghai.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, 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 reorganized by the new government in 1952 and modeled on Soviet education. The original departments were changed, with arts and sciences departments from at least ten other universities in eastern China being added. Parts of Aurora University merged into Fudan in 1952.

In the late 1970s, after the Cultural Revolution, the university was converted to a modern, comprehensive[clarification needed] university.

Fudan University and Shanghai Medical University merged on 27 April 2000.

In December 2019, Fudan University changed its charter, removing the phrase "academic independence and freedom of thought" (學術獨立和思想自由) and including a "pledge to follow the Communist party's leadership" (學校堅持中國共產黨的領導), leading to protests among the students.[8][9] It also said that Fudan University had to “equip its teachers and employees” with “Xi Jinping Thought”, leading to concerns about the diminishing academic freedom of Fudan.[10][11]

Popularity and selectivity

Fudan University's undergraduate program is extremely selective. Fudan is one of the five universities (together with Tsinghua University, Peking University, Zhejiang University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University) in China whose undergraduate programs are the hardest for students to get in: less than 0.2% of National College Entrance Examination ("Gaokao") takers can make it (As a comparison, the five most selective Ivy League schools in 2012 let in three times the percentage (0.6%) of SAT-takers.).[12] Fudan has been placed consistently among the three most selective universities (with Tsinghua University and Peking University) in China for the last twenty years.

Notable alumni

Since 1952, Fudan University has a total of 95 academicians alumni, second only to Peking University and Tsinghua University in China.[13] After the Cultural Revolution, Fudan has also educated more than 60 alumni being full professors in TOP15 American/British universities, which makes Fudan the second highest Chinese university in this criteria.[14]

Today, associations organized by Fudan's alumni can be found in the United States, Japan, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China. Educationally, academically and economically, Fudan alumni's strengthened ties with their alma mater are playing a significant role in the development of the University. The routine services of these alumni associations include: updating contact lists, holding conferences, conducting Sino-foreign cultural exchanges, and keeping contact with other alumni associations throughout the world.

Li Deng-hui, ex-president of Fudan instructed the students to unite, serve and sacrifice. A well-known 77-year-old architect from the Alumni Association in Taipei also said that strength lies in unity and that Fudan alumni are expected to serve as an example in the increasing mergers of higher learning schools in mainland China.

A worldwide gathering is held annually in order to promote the relations between the alumni all over the world.

Notable Fudan alumni are listed below.

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An Alumnus on Wikispooks

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Shen Dingli1961ChinaAcademicProfessor of international relations at Fudan University. Post-docorate from Princeton University
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References

  1. ↑ https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-china%7Ctitle=Best universities in China 2018
  2. ↑ http://www.fudan.edu.cn/en/channels/view/34/]
  3. ↑ http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/8216/47717/47721/3724061.html
  4. ↑ http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A22/moe_843/201709/t20170921_314942.html (Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first-class universities and disciplines)
  5. ↑ http://www.shtong.gov.cn/node2/n189665/n189674/n112486/n112518/index.html
  6. ↑ http://www.gov.cn/ldhd/2005-09/25/content_69834.htm
  7. ↑ https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2020
  8. ↑ https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/12/article/students-protest-at-shanghais-fudan-university/ A video circulating this week showed students at Shanghai’s Fudan University singing the school song – which extols "academic independence and freedom of thought" – in an apparent protest.{...}Besides removing "freedom of thought", the ministry adds to the charter "arming the minds of teachers and students with Xi Jinping’s new era of socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics". It also obliges faculty and students to adhere to "core socialist values" and build a "harmonious" campus environment – a code phrase for the elimination of anti-government sentiment.}}
  9. ↑ https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/201912180210.aspx
  10. ↑ https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200110071137628
  11. ↑ https://www.npr.org/2020/01/20/796377204/chinese-universities-are-enshrining-communist-party-control-in-their-charters%7Caccess-date=2020-06-30
  12. ↑ https://collegestats.org/2012/08/15-facts-about-chinas-grueling-college-entrance-exam/
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  15. ↑ http://www.worldneurosurgery.org/article/S1878-8750(12)00010-1/abstract
  16. ↑ https://www.forbes.com/profile/lu-zhiqiang/ |website=Forbes
  17. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170703065831/https://www.crypto-financing.com/speakers/jane-zhang-ceo-of-shellcoin-and-skyledger/
  18. ↑ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/beimengfu/german-thomas-chinese-husband%7Ctitle=This German Man Is China's Newest Internet Celebrity, Believe It Or Not
  19. ↑ https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/manly-seabirds-cheerleader-amy-lyons-competing-in-chinese-speaking-competition/news-story/067a72de9d4ab304677dac63f3c274d1
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