# President of Fudan University

The president of Fudan University is the chief executive officer of Fudan University, and, essentially, the leader of the university. Each is appointed by and is responsible to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university.
Fudan University, was set up in 1905, and its first president, was Ma Xiangbo, a Chinese Jesuit priest, scholar and educator, he also founded the Aurora University.
The university's current president is Jin Li, who is also a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

## Presidents of Fudan University

| Period | Year | President (English name) | President (Chinese name) | Alma mater |
| Fudan Public College | 1905–1906 | Ma Xiangbo | 马相伯 | Xuhui High School |
| Fudan Public College | 1906–1907 | Yan Fu | 严复 | Royal Naval College, Greenwich |
| Fudan Public College | 1907–1909 | Xia Jingguan | 夏敬观 | Liangjiang Normal College |
| Fudan Public College | 1909–1910 | Gao Fengqian | 高凤谦 | |
| Fudan Public College | 1910–1912 | Ma Xiangbo | 马相伯 | |
| Fudan Public College | 1913–1917 | Li Denghui | 李登辉 | Ohio Wesleyan University Yale University |
| Private Fudan University | 1917–July 1936 | Li Denghui | 李登辉 | Ohio Wesleyan University Yale University |
| Private Fudan University | 1918 | Tang Luyuan | 唐路园 | |
| Private Fudan University | July 1924–March 1925 | Zing-Yang Kuo | 郭任远 | Fudan University University of California, Berkeley |
| Private Fudan University | August 1936–May 1940 | Qian Xinzhi | 钱新之 | Kobe University |
| National Fudan University | May 1940–February 1943 | Nan-hsuan M. Woo | 吴南轩 | University of California |
| National Fudan University | February 1943–July 1949 | Zhang Yi | 章益 | Saint John's University, Shanghai |
| National Fudan University | July 1949–September 1952 | Zhang Zhirang | 张志让 | Columbia University Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Fudan University | September 1952–December 1966 October 1972–October 1977 | Chen Wangdao | 陈望道 | Toyo University Waseda University Chuo University |
| Fudan University | July 1978–January 1983 | Su Buqing | 苏步青 | Tohoku University |
| Fudan University | January 1983–November 1988 | Xie Xide | 谢希德 | Xiamen University Smith College Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Fudan University | November 1988–November 1993 | Hua Zhongyi | 华中一 | Jiao Tong University |
| Fudan University | November 1993–December 1998 | Yang Fujia | 杨福家 | Fudan University |
| Fudan University | December 1998–January 2009 | Wang Shenghong | 王生洪 | Shanghai University of Science and Technology |
| Fudan University | January 2009–October 2014 | Yang Yuliang | 杨玉良 | Fudan University |
| Fudan University | October 2014–November 2021 | Xu Ningsheng | 许宁生 | Sun Yat-sen University Aston University |
| Fudan University | November 2021–present | Jin Li | 金力 | Fudan University University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |

## Chinese Communist Party secretaries of Fudan University

| Period | Year | Communist Party Secretary (English name) | Communist Party Secretary (Chinese name) | Alma mater |
| Fudan University | January 1952–1954 | Li Zhengwen | 李正文 | Northeastern University (China) Tsinghua University |
| Fudan University | 1954–1965 | Yang Xiguang | 杨西光 | |
| Fudan University | October 1965–1978 | Wang Ling | 王零 | |
| Fudan University | 1978–1979 | Xia Zhengnong | 夏征农 | University of Nanking Fudan University |
| Fudan University | 1979–1984 | Sheng Hua | 盛华 | Kaifeng University Peking University Tohoku University |
| Fudan University | 1984–August 1990 | Lin Ke | 林克 | |
| Fudan University | August 1990–1995 | Qian Dongsheng | 钱冬生 | Dalian University of Technology |
| Fudan University | 1995–January 1999 | Cheng Tianquan | 程天权 | Fudan University |
| Fudan University | January 1999–September 2011 | Qin Shaode | 秦绍德 | Fudan University |
| Fudan University | September 2011–October 2016 | Zhu Zhiwen | 朱之文 | Xiamen University |
| Fudan University | October 2016–present | Jiao Yang | 焦扬 | Nanyang Technological University |