Fudan University
复旦大学

Overseas Students at Fudan University, China

International student education is an important direction in Fudan University’s turn towards internationalization. Fudan was one of the first universities to accept foreign exchange students since the Communist Revolution. Fudan was the first university in China to found an exchange student center in 2003, and the whole school worked towards establishing exchanges. It was the first school in China to promote uniformity in management of study for foreign students, establishing a foreign exchange student education system that links Fudan with the world while still according with the conditions of development in China.

Fudan University has the largest international student population in China’s comprehensive universities. Every year around 7,000 person/time international students from 120 countries and regions study at Fudan. 42% of the international students and about 3,000 persons are here for degree programs and the rest are for non-degree or exchange programs. Among all the international students, over 1,000 of them are master or doctor candidates and over 1,900 are bachelor candidates, up to 14.8% of the total international student population. There are 24 Engligh-taught master degree programs at Fudan, including Chinese Politics and Diplomacy and Chinese Economy. There are also two English-taught bachelor degree programs: International Politics and Clinical Medicine. Fudan has established a comprehensive foreign language course system that is catered to international students with four modules and over 180 courses every year.

Fudan University pays high attention to the quality of international student programs and is committed to raise the percentages of international degree program students and of international graduate students. To achieve that, the University admits students by tests and interview after reforming the admission process. Foreign exchange students have already become an important component of Fudan’s school culture, and they participate extensively in all areas of study, practice, and community organizations, with 19 officially registered foreign exchange student clubs. The Fudan University Foreign Exchange Student Alumni Association has definite influence among international alumni.

 

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