Admissions Undergraduate admission for domestic students is mainly conducted through the
gaokao, China's national college entrance examination. Applicants compete within their own province or region rather than in a single national pool, as universities allocate admission quotas by province and admit students largely from among the highest-scoring applicants within each quota. Admission to Fudan is highly competitive. In 2025, 13.35 million students registered for the gaokao nationwide. Fudan's 2024 provincial admission scores for the regular undergraduate batch were typically near the upper end of the gaokao scale, including 678-681 in Beijing, 697-701 in Zhejiang, 646-684 in Henan and 632-685 in Sichuan, where the maximum score is generally 750, and above 580 in Shanghai, where the maximum score is 660.
Research Fudan University and its affiliated hospitals have been associated with research in medicine, public health, artificial intelligence, semiconductor devices, flexible electronics and energy-systems modelling. Coverage of recent research has focused particularly on clinical medicine and biomedical applications, as well as applied research in electronics and computing. Fudan University has five state-level key laboratories and 29 provincial- and ministerial-level laboratories. Its state-level laboratories include: • State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics • State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, also referred to as the State Key Laboratory of Application-Specific Integrated Circuits and Systems • State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering • State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology • State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers Examples of ministerial-level laboratories associated with Fudan include the Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of the Ministry of Education and the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, and the Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences of the Ministry of Education. In addition to research aligned with government and national development initiatives, Fudan University has also developed industry collaboration and commercialization activities, including partnerships or joint projects with
Allianz,
China Telecom,
Unilever,
Alibaba Group,
Tencent,
Jiangnan Shipyard and the
Hong Kong Productivity Council.
Libraries and collections The Fudan University library system consists of five branch libraries: the Arts & Humanities Library, Science Library, Medical Science Library, Zhangjiang Library, and Lee Shau Kee Library, with a total building area of 66,137 square meters. Its collections amount to 5.46 million volumes, including books and bound periodicals. Furhermore, the libraries hold a large collection of ancient Chinese books. The ancient-book collection includes more than 400,000 volumes, including rare editions, manuscripts and printed works from different periods of Chinese history. The collection also includes more than 1,000 copies of the
Shi Jing dating from the
Yuan dynasty to the
Qing dynasty. The library is involved in the preservation and restoration of ancient Chinese books. Conservation-related work at Fudan has included research on traditional Chinese paper, ink and pigments, as well as studies of Kaihua paper,
palm-leaf manuscripts, birch-bark scrolls and microorganisms found on ancient books. Fudan University Library has also participated in international conservation exchange. In 2023, the
University of British Columbia Library hosted Yan Li, a rare-books conservator from Fudan University Library, for a 100-day visit under a memorandum of understanding between the two libraries. The exchange involved conservation work on Asian rare books and knowledge-sharing between Chinese and Western conservation practices. The Lee Shau Kee Library at Fudan's Jiangwan Campus was inaugurated in 2008. The library was built with a RMB100 million donation from
Lee Shau Kee, the founder of
Henderson Land Development. The library system has also expanded its electronic resources. As of 2026, electronic books accounted for about 70 percent of Fudan University Library's collection.
Museums Fudan University has museum and exhibition spaces on its Handan campus. The museum occupies a two-storey building near Xianghui Hall and includes two permanent exhibition halls and two temporary exhibition halls. Its collection contains more than 2,000 objects, including donations from institutions such as the
Henan Museum, the Luoyang cultural relics authorities and the
Shanghai Museum, as well as older holdings from Fudan's library, cultural heritage and museology department, and biology department. The collection includes ceramics, bronzes, ancient coins, more than 300 oracle-bone fragments, modern Chinese paintings and American abstract artworks. The Choi Koon Shum Museum of Humanities was unveiled in September 2005. It was formerly known as Jing Lai Tong, one of the buildings reconstructed for Fudan's centenary. The building retained its original style while being renovated for museum use, with exhibition space for arts and humanities materials associated with the university. The museum was named after Jonathan Choi Koon-shum, whose donation supported the reconstruction, and includes the Yu Youren Exhibition Gallery on its second floor. The university's historic campus area also includes museum and archive spaces. In 2025, Hanbing Hall at Fudan University was opened to the public after renovation as part of Shanghai's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day activities. The historic Handan campus area also includes the university history museum and other preserved buildings associated with Fudan's early development in Yangpu.
Fudan University Press Fudan University Press is an academic publishing house associated with Fudan University. The press publishes academic, educational and professional titles, including works in the humanities, social sciences, medicine and other university-related fields. A study of China's book-publishing industry identified Fudan University Press as among the university presses active in copyright trade. The press has also published scholarly works that were later issued in revised, abridged or translated editions, including humanities titles used in Chinese literature and cultural studies. The press publishes periodicals like
Fudan Journal,
Rhetoric Learning,
Journalism University,
Research and Development Management,
World Economy Literature, and
Population. Fudan University Press has appeared in academic discussion of publishing control in mainland China. A 2022 study of book censorship after the
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre cited a 2005 Fudan University Press edition as an example of a mainland Chinese edition whose contents differed from versions published outside mainland China.
International links Fudan has joint MBA programs in the School of Management with
MIT Sloan School of Management in the US (since 1996, leading to a Fudan degree),
BI Norwegian Business School in Norway (since 1996, leading to a BI Norwegian Business School degree), the
University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong (leading to a University of Hong Kong degree), and
Washington University in St. Louis in the US (leading to a WUSTL degree). There are also a double degree in international management with
Bocconi University and
Luiss University in Italy (since 2005, leading to a master's in international management from one of the Italian universities), an executive MBA with
National Taiwan University, and a global master's in management with
London Business School (leading to degrees from both institutions). Fudan remains the main location, but some elements of the course are also delivered at Durham and in
San Francisco, USA. Fudan,
Korea University Business School in Korea, and the
National University of Singapore in Singapore have collaborated on the
S3 Asia MBA since 2008, with students spending six months at each of the institutions. Fudan students receive a dual degree from Fudan and one of the other universities in the collaboration. Beyond business education, the Fudan Institute for Global Public Policy (IGPP) strengthens international collaboration through strategic academic hubs, including the
LSE-Fudan Research Centre for Global Public Policy (with the London School of Economics) and the Fudan-Arab Research Centre for Global Development and Governance (focused on
MENA regions). These centers foster cross-border research, policy dialogue, and academic exchange, positioning IGPP as a bridge between China, Europe, and the Middle East.
Reputation and rankings Fudan University is ranked in several international university rankings. In the 2026
QS World University Rankings, Fudan was ranked 30th globally and 5th in the QS Asian University Rankings. In the 2026
Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it was ranked 36th globally. In the 2026 Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings, Fudan was ranked 7th in Asia. The 2025
Academic Ranking of World Universities placed Fudan 41st globally. In the 2025 Center for World University Rankings, Fudan was ranked 73rd globally, 11th in Asia and 6th in China. In the 2025–2026
U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities ranking, Fudan was ranked 70th globally. Fudan also appears in subject rankings across science, medicine, engineering, social sciences and management. In the 2026 Times Higher Education subject rankings, Fudan was ranked 22nd in physical sciences, 25th in business and economics, joint 34th in medical and health, 36th in engineering, 37th in life sciences, 46th in computer science, 77th in law, 88th in social sciences and joint 92nd in arts and humanities. The 2024
CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked Fudan 11th in the world based on their publications for the time period 2019–2022. == Notable alumni ==