Fudan University, originally called Fudan Public School, was founded in 1905 in Shanghai. Fudan, which literally means in Chinese, ‘a new morning,’ was named after a quote from the Confucian classic, Shang Shu. The name emphasises self-reliance and industriousness. The university is one of China’s leading third level institutions, and is located in downtown Shanghai.

Fudan University is a comprehensive university with 17 schools, comprising about 66 departments, on the social sciences and liberal arts, as well as in the sciences and medicine. The university has an undergraduate and postgraduate student body of around 25,000. There is also a substantial international student group of over 1,600 on the campus.

Joint activities to date:

LSE-Fudan Double Master in Global Media and Communications

This new LSE-Fudan Double Masters in Global Media and Communications is a two-year programme set to commence in 2007-08. Applications for the programme will commence from October 2006. The first year of the programme will be based at LSE’s Department of Media and Communications, and the second year at Fudan University’s School of Journalism.

Students who successfully complete the programme will graduate with two master's degrees, one from each university. Students on the double degree programme will also have the opportunity to study Chinese in London in their first year. During the second year at Fudan all academic courses will be taught in English, but there will be further courses on Chinese language and civilisation.

For further information, please see LSE and Fudan University, Shanghai, launch Double Masters Degree

LSE-Fudan University – Joint Social Policy Conference – 21 and 22 April 2005

The Conference was organised by the School of Public Policy and Social Development at Fudan University. From the LSE, 11 academics from the Government, Social Policy, Law, and Economics departments attended.

Following on from the conference the publication of a book on the Future Challenges for the Social Sciences is planned as a joint LSE-Fudan publication with two volumes, one in English and one in Chinese.

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