Motto Observance and Sincere Uprightness

Fudan University is a comprehensive research-oriented university, located in No. 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, China, represented by its President, Professor JIN Li. Fudan upholds the spirit of patriotism, solidarity, service, and sacrifice. lts motto is scientia et studium, quaestio et cogitatio, which means rich in knowledge and tenacious of purposes, inquiring with earnestness and reflecting with self-practice. With a time-honored tradition of academic independence and free exploration, the University is distinguished by its academic character: rectification of righteousness, illustration of virtue. Fudan University welcomes research cooperations and exchanges of students and scholars; it endeavors to promote and  fulfill the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the academic and educational fields.

Integration and Innovation

Fudan combines liberal education with cultivation of eminent talents through a proactive exploration of a new system that boasts of disciplinary intersection and integration and coordinates innovation and cultivation in scientific research.

Thoughts Focused on Education

Fudan is committed to the idea of cultivating talents with both moral integrity and outstanding capability and therefore serves its students with great care and emphasis on teaching. The University strives for a world-class undergraduate education and a postgraduate educational system with international influence, both of which inject continual vitality into the hundred-year-old institution.

Pursuit of Excellence

Fudan aims to do first-rate education, makes first-rate academic achievements, and makes first-rate contributions to society. The University seeks to further improve its general management and endeavors to be one of the top universities in the world as soon as possible.