A Warm Welcome to Fudan University April 20, 2009 Yvonne XU Foreign Affairs Office
I. Introduction of Fudan University
One of the oldest universities in China (1905). First private school established by Chinese. One of the 9 national key universities. Top 1 in the South of Yangtze River, 3rd nationwide Cultivated 26 university presidents and 74 academicians. One of the most popular universities, admission rate 1:20
Founded in 1905 Brilliant are the sunshine and moonlight, against the morning glory after a night Founder - Mr. MA Xiangbo
A brief history: 1905 Fudan Public School 1917 Fudan University 1959 National key university 1994 Funded by National Project 211 1999 Funded by National Project 985 2000 Merging of FDU & Shanghai Medical U 2005 Centennial celebration of FDU
In 1920s Baseball Team
1937-1945 Chongqing
Centennial 2005
Figures (2007.12) Bachelor programme Master programme PhD programme Post doc station 69 219 153 29
Faculty(2007.12) Teaching Staff professor associate professor Research Staff Other staff Total Member of Chinese Academy of Science Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering Changkong Scholar 2,325 677 795 216 3271 5,812 27 8 63
Registered Students(2007) -Undergraduate -Graduate master PhD -Associate degree -International students Degree awarded(2007) -Bachelor -Doctoral (Among them, Intl Students:) -Master (Among them, Intl Students:) 29,612 13,688 12,226 8205 4021 598 3,100 6,640 3,162 891 7 4,147 47
Fudan College School of Intl Cultural Exchange College of Continuing Education College of Distant Education Dept. of Chinese Language and Literature Dept. of History School of Philosophy College of Foreign Languages and Literature Dept. of Cultural Relics and Museology Dept. of Art School of Economics School of Intl Relations and Public Affairs School of Law School of Social Development and Public Administration School of Management School of Journalism School of Mathematical Science Dept. of Physics Dept. of Chemistry Dept. of Polymer Science School of Life Science Dept. of Environmental Science and Engineering Dept. Materials Science Dept. of Light Sources and Illumination Dept. Mechanical and Engineering Science School of Information Science and Engineering School of Computer Sciences and Technology School of Software Engineering Shanghai Medical College School of Public Health School of Pharmacy School of Nursing
4 Campuses
Statistics of Key Disciplines in Chinese Universities (2008) Rank 1 2 3 4 University Peking University Tsinghua University Fudan University Nanjing University Number 84 56 52 47
Key Research Disciplines Bio-Medical Sciences Advanced Materials Microelectronics & Nano Technology International Studies Chinese Economy and Finance Studies Public Policy and Administration (public health) Chinese Culture and History
II. Internationalization of Fudan University
Internationalization as a tradition of FDU Internationalization as one of the three main strategies for the development of FDU: triple I - Vision of FDU: To become a world class university as Cradle for nurturing creativity Frontier for exploring the unknown, searching for truth and solving the mysteries of the world Important force to motivate innovation and industrialization of research results Bridge between Chinese heritage and world cultures - Internationalization became a university strategy: 2003
Principle - internationalization as a means to enhance the university s capability of teaching and research, and to increase the international fame Goal - a faculty team with global competence - students with a global vision and innovations - world-class research capacity - administration and management team with international perspectives - a bridge between the oriental and western, the traditional and modern
Structure of Foreign Affairs Office director s office section for international exchanges (work divided according to areas) section for student exchanges section for foreign faculty office for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan affairs logistic office visa office
The Implementation of the Internationalization Strategy two main principles: invite in and reach out 1) Strategic partnership - cooperation with over 200 universities all over the world - strategic partnership with world leading universities Waseda University, Japan Yale University, USA Georgetown University, USA Washington University in St. Louis, USA National University of Singapore
2) International cooperation platform - Nordic Centre - Austrian Centre - Liaison offices established by partner universities - University Organizations (U21, APRU, AEARU, AC21) - China Medical Board
3) Exchange programme 1400 Growth in the number of outgoing exchange students from 2001 to 2007 - student exchange 1200 1000 - teacher exchange - administrative staff exchange Numbe 800 600 400 200 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total number Long-term Short-term Year Growth in the number of incoming exchange students from 2004 to 2007 Number 1000 800 600 400 200 Total Number Long-term Short-term 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 Year
4) Joint programmes - joint/dual degree programme (some examples below) - joint courses (FDU-UC; FDU-ITESM; FDU-LU; FDU-UiB; ) Discipline Eco. & Mgmt Engineering Social Sciences Partner university Washington U in St. Louis MIT HK U BI, NO Bocconi/Luiss, IT NUS, Korea U Durham U, UK KTH, SE TU-Delft, NL UCD, IR Birmingham U, UK Waseda U, JP LSE, UK programme EMBA (ranking No. 7 globally in 2007) IMBA IMBA MBA Dual degree MBA S 3 Asia MBA (dual degree + joint certificate) Doctorate of Biz Admin. (degree from Durham U) Double Master Degree in ME Dual Master Degree in ME Dual Bachelor Degree in software engineering Dual Bachelor Degree in CS & ME Dual Bachelor Degree in journalism Dual Master Degree in media & communication
5) Research cooperation - Institute of Development Biology: Yale - R&D Centre on food safety, nutrition and health: Uppsala, Umeå - Fudan Erasmus Medical Research Center - Fudan Harvard Research Center for Medical Anthropology 6) International faculty - full-time international faculty - visiting scholars (long-term & short term) - honorary professors
7) International conferences - international conferences, workshops, symposiums in all areas - forums: general forum: Shanghai Forum Specific forum: International Forum of Management Ambassador Forum MasterCard Management Master Forum HSBC Forum Panasonic Forum
8) International student education: English-instructed courses - English-instructed MA Programme Chinese Politics & Diplomacy Chinese Society Chinese Economy Chinese History & Culture - M.B.B.S. - English-Taught Medical Undergraduate Program - English-instructed courses 9) Confucius Institute - in Stockholm - in Auckland - in Edinburgh - in Madrid - in Hamburg - in Nottingham - in Frankfurt - in Sydney
10) International atmosphere on campus - various language courses (German, French, Swedish, Spanish) - cultural events (Sweden Day, Irish Week, New Zealand Day, Ibsen Week, Mozart Festival, FDU-Yale Joint Concert, ) - guest lectures by internationally renowned people from political, academic and business circles
III. Challenges How to strategically reorganize the existing overseas partners and resources and focus on key partners How to encourage and develop more research cooperation How to develop an internationalized curriculum and teaching system How to better reach out to the world and promote the Chinese language and culture
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