Fudan University University, located in Shanghai, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of education of the people's Republic of China and directly under the central government. It is a world-class university (Class A), a key university under the national "985 Project" and "211 Project", a nine University Alliance (C9), Pacific Rim University Alliance, China University Presidents Association, East Asian Research University Association, and new engineering university As a founding member of the international alliance of education, the "double first class" medical construction alliance, the Yangtze River Delta Research University Alliance, and the Secretariat unit of China University think tank forum, he was selected as the national "Everest plan", "strong foundation plan", "111 plan", "2011 plan", excellent doctor education and training plan, excellent legal talent education and training plan, and public graduate student of national construction high level university It is one of the world-famous and top comprehensive research universities in China. It is one of the first batch of innovation and entrepreneurship education reform demonstration universities in China, and the first batch of degree authorization independent audit units.The predecessor of Fudan University is Fudan public school founded in 1905. It is one of the earliest private universities in China. After the adjustment of departments in 1952, the University became a comprehensive university focusing on basic teaching and research of Arts and Sciences. The predecessor of Shanghai Medical University is the Fourth National Medical College of Sun Yat sen University founded in 1927. It is the first national higher medical college founded by Chinese people. In 2000, Fudan University merged with Shanghai Medical University to form a new Fudan University.As of September 2019, the university has four campuses: Handan campus, Fenglin campus, Jiangwan campus and Zhangjiang campus, covering an area of 2.4391 million square meters, with a building area of 1.9822 million square meters; there are 35 directly affiliated colleges (departments) and 17 affiliated hospitals (4 of which are planned to be built); there are 13623 ordinary college students, 22610 graduate students and 3672 international students; there are 3110 teaching and research personnel in the University People.