Fudan University

Founded in 1905 and among the oldest universities in China, Fudan University was originally a prestigious private “national” university in the last days of the Qing dynasty. The first university to be modelled on the Soviet system by the new government of the People’s Republic of China in the 1950s, it has now evolved into a modern, comprehensive-style university.

Academic Highlights

Covering a broad swathe of departments and schools, Fudan University is one of the most prestigious and selective universities in China. It is a member of both the Chinese C9 (an alliance of nine prestigious Chinese universities) and the internationally renowned Universitas 21.

Location

Fudan University has four campuses, all located in Shanghai, the largest and most cosmopolitan city in China. All four campuses are in downtown Shanghai and share the same central administration.

Did you know?

Fudan University has the largest international student population in China’s comprehensive universities. Every year around 7,000 international students from 120 countries study at Fudan.

Handbook/Catalogue

Effective Semester 1, 2027 (February to June 2027), students of Chinese nationality are no longer eligible to participate in the Fudan university-level exchange program.

There are three types of exchange students at Fudan University:

1) “Chinese Language Students” who only take designated Chinese language courses (such as listening, speaking, reading and writing) for about 20-hours study per week.
2) “General Advanced Students” take undergraduate-level units in their fields of study which may be taught in Chinese or English. They can also take one of the three Chinese language courses (Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced Chinese), which are only open to “General Advanced Student” for 4-hours a week. (Undergraduate-level courses in medical sciences are not available.)
3) “Senior Advanced Students” take graduate-level units in their area of study in Chinese or English.  There are also some Chinese language courses available as electives in the graduate programs.

See Fudan University's Undergraduate English-taught course list here. Select the most recent course list, and it will provide you with links to available courses taught in English and their descriptions, including Chinese language units.

For Chinese-taught units, Fudan advises that students should contact incoming@fudan.edu.cn to request lists of units and syllabus documents.

Students enrolled in Chinese language units will participate in a series of units in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing available at 8 levels from A (beginner) to H (advanced).

Full-time Credit Load Equivalents

Amended July 2019

Academic Calendar

Fudan 2nd semester (Monash Semester 1): late February to early July
Fudan 1st semester (Monash Semester 2): early September to mid-January

Fudan's Academic Calendar

Note

• The listed disciplines are not necessarily exhaustive and other fields of study might also be available at the institution.
• Approval to study particular subjects at any institution is always at the discretion of the departmental/discipline and faculty advisers in your managing faculty(ies) and subject to available places at the host.

Important notes

Effective Semester 1, 2027 (February to June 2027), students of Chinese nationality are no longer eligible to participate in the Fudan university-level exchange program.

Students wishing to study in Mandarin (other than Chinese as a second language units) at Fudan University will need to sit a language test when they arrive or have a current HSK Language Test result of Level 6 or higher.

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