Research Strengths of Fudan University Dr. Chouwen ZHU Director, Foreign Affairs Office, Fudan...

Research Strengths of Fudan University

Dr. Chouwen ZHUDirector, Foreign Affairs Office, Fudan University

Matchmaking Workshop FUDAN-MACQUARIE-HAMBURG

May 2014, Hamburg, Germany

Fudan University at a GlanceFudan University at a Glance

• One of the oldest universities in China, founded in 1905

• First private college established by Chinese

• One of the 9 national key comprehensive universities (985 Projects)

Founder - Dr. MA Xiangbo

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen

1st President of Republic of China,

Director of Fudan Board

Shanghai Medical UniversityShanghai Medical University Found in 1927 by Dr. Fuqing Yan

Dr. Fuqing YAN,Dr. Fuqing YAN,a Yale MD and PhD in Public Healtha Yale MD and PhD in Public Health

The first modern The first modern medical college medical college established by established by Chinese scholarsChinese scholars

Fudan University Shanghai Medical UniversityFudan University Shanghai Medical University

Merged in April 2000Merged in April 2000 a new national key research oriented university

Handan Campus (main)

Fenglin Campus (med)

Zhangjiang Campus

New Jiangwan CampusCampus Location

4 Campuses

Some Statistics of key disciplines Some Statistics of key disciplines (Top Ten, 2003 and changes in 2007)(Top Ten, 2003 and changes in 2007)

Rank 03 Name 2003 / 2007

1 Peking University 81 / 84 (1)

2 Tsinghua University 49 / 56 (2)

33 Fudan UniversityFudan University 40 / 52 40 / 52 (3)

4 Nanjing University 28 / 36

5 Renmin University of China 25 / 33

5 Zhejiang University 25 / 48 (4)

7 Wuhan University 20 / 31

7 Zhongshan University 20 / 28

7 Xi’an Jiaotong University 20 / 27

10University of Science and

Technology in China19 / 24

Shanghai Jiaotong University (16+4) / 26Sichuan University 15 / 34

QS 2014 The China’s Universities in Asia QS 2014 The China’s Universities in Asia (May 2014)(May 2014)

2014 2013 Name8 5 Peking University *

14 14 Tsinghua University *

2222 2323 Fudan University *Fudan University *

25 26University of Science and

Technology in China *

26 29 Nanjing University *

28 27 Shanghai Jiaotong University *

31 28 Zhejiang University *

42 46 Beijing Normal University

50 62 Nankai University

54 55 Zhongshan University *

QS 2014 The Universities in Asia QS 2014 The Universities in Asia (May 2014)(May 2014)

2014 2013 Name1 2 National University of Singapore

2 6 Sci and Tech Institute of Korea

3 2 Hong Kong University

4 4 Seoul National University

5 1 HK U Sci and Tech

6 7 Chinese U of Hong Kong

7 10 Nanyang Technology University

88 55 Peking UniversityPeking University

9 7 POSTECH

10 9 Tokyo University

Fudan University• Humanities / Social Sciences • Natural Sciences• Medical Sciences

• ~3000 full-time teachers and researchers– Not including all those in the hospitals

• ~28000 full-time degree candidates– Undergraduates : Graduates ~ 1:1

Fudan University• 28 schools and departments• 13 affiliated/teaching hospitals

– Inward beds ~10000

• Disciplines:– bachelor's degrees in 70 academic disciplines– master's degrees in 229 disciplines – doctoral degrees in 24 Level I and 154 Level II

academic disciplines – 29 research stations that offer postdoctoral

fellowships

• Science/Technology (med included)– 16 schools– Research institutes/Centers– 13 hospitals– Key labs

• Humanities/Social Sciences– 6 + 6 schools– Research institutes/Centers– Key labs

University Research Infrastructure

Faculty and Staffs in Sci Faculty and Staffs in Sci

Thousand people

project:88

Note: all numbers are for nature science subjects

Research Key Labs Research Key Labs

5 State Key Labs5 State Key Labs

13 MOE Key Labs13 MOE Key Labs

9 MOH Key Labs9 MOH Key Labs

13 Shanghai Key Labs 13 Shanghai Key Labs

5 MOE Eng. Center5 MOE Eng. Center

Those key labs would receive more project-based support from government, joint enterprises and international cooperation.

State Key Laboratories

Advanced Photonic Materials and Devices

Applied Surface Physics

Genetic Engineering

Medical Neurobiology

Polymer Chemistry

Ministry of Education Key Labs

Advanced Coatings   Applied Ion Beam Physics  Bio-diversity & Ecological Engineering  Molecular Engineering of Polymer  Molecular Medical Virology Molecular Medicine Nonlinear Mathematic Models & Methods  Public Health Security Studies of Carcinogen sis & Invasiveness Wave Scattering and Remote Sensing Information

Ministry of Health Key Labs

Antibiotics and Clinical Pharmacology (HSH) Functional Reconstruction of Hand (HSH) Glycoconjugate (SMC) Health Technique Assessment (SPH)  Medical Audiology (EENT)  Molecular Virology (SMC) Neonatology (Children’s H) Viral Myocardial Diseases (ZSH)

Top Subjects (ESI Database) Top Subjects (ESI Database)

Note: Tsinghua Uni:13, Peking Uni: 19, Fudan Uni:15 subjects enter 1% ranking in ESI respectively, sorted by citation;’-’ means this subject does not enter 1%ranking but previously did

Subjects entering 1% ranking Rank update at 2014-5-9

ESI Domestic

CHEMISTRY 33 2

CLINICAL MEDICINE 326 6

PHYSICS 203 8

MATERIALS SCIENCE 42 4

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS 260 3

BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 252 5

NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOR 309 3

PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 141 8

ENGINEERING 239 19

IMMUNOLOGY 387 3

MATHEMATICS 61 3

ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY 433 9

PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCE 507 13

SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL 473 4

COMPUTER SCIENCE 334 14

Research Grant Budget Research Grant Budget

0.64

1.261.16 1.12

1.23

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Budget (Billion in CNY)Bars by order are: NSFC, MOST, STCSM, enterprises and others

23

Patent granted in 2013: 348

IP Apply and Granted IP Apply and Granted

24

System2010 2011 2012

Num Rank Num Rank Num Rank

SCI 2299 6 2671 6 3007 6

EI 966 31 930 34 895 35

ISTP 614 29 186 67 229 58

25 Article in Nature, Science, Cell (2010-2012)

Publication during 2010-2012 Publication during 2010-2012

Outstanding Output

Fundamental research broadens the horizonThe illustration of a new category of iron-based high temperature superconductor by Prof. Donglai Feng’s group @ Fudan Physics is selected by Nature Materials as one of the 20 milestone papers published there in the last decade.

The illustration of a new category of iron-based high temperature superconductor by Prof. Donglai Feng’s group @ Fudan Physics is selected by Nature Materials as one of the 20 milestone papers published there in the last decade.

Latest breakthrough: Possible superconductivity at the liquid nitrogen temperature in a FeSe thin film !

Latest breakthrough: Possible superconductivity at the liquid nitrogen temperature in a FeSe thin film !

Novel invention shed light on the future of various fields

Aug.2013,Pro. Zhang Wei & Wang Pengfei’s novel invention got published on <Science>, it could achieve ultra–high-speed writing operations (on time scales of ~1 nanosecond), thus making it applicable on various fields like image sensing etc.

Solar technology alters country’s industrial pattern-Environmental friendly makes life better

Double A certification granted by Photon; Yielding 66 million dollars from 2009-2012; 15 Patents; Top 3 inverter supplier in China and Australia, Top 1 foreign inverter supplier in Great Britain and Germany 2011.

EMCFilter (DC) Inverter

A

B

Parasitic capacitor GND

icm

VgEMCFilter (AC)

PV Cell

Established in 2011 by MOE and Shanghai government

Research Direction: Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathematics.

153 Million in CNY PI, young researches Postdocs, visitors International Meeting

Shanghai Mathematics CenterShanghai Mathematics Center

Established in 2011 by Fudan and UEA, the first foreign sub-center of UK Tyndall Centre

Research Direction: Global Environment and Climate Change

Dual Chairman PI, young researches, visitors Sino-European School on Atmospheric Chemistry,

SESAC

Fudan Tyndall CenterFudan Tyndall Center

MOE 111 ProgramMOE 111 Program

Quantum control - Univ. of

Stanford

Science and Technology of

Advanced Materials - UC Berkeley

Modern Applied Mathematics -

Univ. of New York

Human Genetics – USA

Functional Nano-material System

Engineering- USA

International Labs and CentersInternational Labs and Centers

MOST International MOST International

Cooperation BaseCooperation Base

Energy Storage Technology

– Japan, Korea

Human Genetic – USA

Development and Disease –

USA

Based on our own key labs, collaborate with the equivalent international labs to work on cutting-edge topics

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Senior Visiting Scholarship ProgramSenior Visiting Scholarship Program

Starting from 2003 ， we have invited over 1000 senior researchers to work in Fudan

Every Key Labs 6 quota in average Support money: 50,000 to 80,000 CNY Cover the travelling cost, local cost and subsidy

3~5% of the whole scientific grants

Research Grants of International CooperationResearch Grants of International Cooperation

General Funding Agencies in China

More about bio-medical research and More about bio-medical research and development capacitydevelopment capacity

Institute of Bio-Medical Science (IBS)Institute of Bio-Medical Science (IBS)An interdisciplinary platformAn interdisciplinary platform

• Schools in Medical CampusSchools in Medical Campus• HospitalsHospitals• School of Life SciencesSchool of Life Sciences• Other schools of natural and social sciencesOther schools of natural and social sciences• University enterprise officeUniversity enterprise office

--- Global Recruitment of PIs--- Global Recruitment of PIs --- --- to devote to the unknown of severe diseases (CVD, DM, to devote to the unknown of severe diseases (CVD, DM,

Cancer, CND)Cancer, CND) --- --- to translate knowledge into productsto translate knowledge into products

Institute of Brain ResearchInstitute of Brain Research

More about bio-medical research and More about bio-medical research and development capacitydevelopment capacity

• National Clinical Trial Centers for New DrugsNational Clinical Trial Centers for New Drugs

• Evidence-based Medicine / Clinical Epidemiology Evidence-based Medicine / Clinical Epidemiology

Center (ChinaCLEN Executive Office)Center (ChinaCLEN Executive Office)

Fudan’s Strategies for Global Health

Fudan Institute of Global Health (FIGH)

• Think Tank for global health strategies

• Innovations for intervention, technology and policy

• Interprofessional training and education

Think Tank• Interdisciplinary body

– medicine, public health, nursing – public policy, social science– economics– environment science– journalism – information science and engineering– international relations, politics

Innovations • To study, pilot and scale up population based

intervention strategies for global health issues• To study, pilot and produce technologies for

information and communication• To generate and disseminate the experience

and lessons in global health policy and governance

Achieve equitable access to quality health care

Inter-professional training and education

• Stimulating and challenging collaborative thinking (institutional partnerships)

• Inspiring a global perspective through international mobility (joint service learning program)

• Deliver joint training and education program (postdoctoral training and joint degree)

• Sharing experience and best practice (collaborative research and research training)

Prepare students for life in a globalised society

• Faculty numbers:1250 (380 professors & 400 associate professors

• 9 national institutes supported by the Ministry of Education

• 13 research groups and 6 think tanks supported by Shanghai Government

• More than 150 institutes and centers on university level

Humanities & Social Sciences At a glance

Ministry Of EducationKey Research Bases

of The Humanities And Social Sciences

Research Center of Ancient Chinese Literature Research Center of Chinese Historical Geography Research Center of Contemporary Marxism Research Center of Chinese Socialist Market Economy Research Center of Information and Mass Communication Center for American Studies Institute of World Economy

Research Platforms for Social Sciences,

Ministry of Education

Cultural Legacy and Cultural Novelty Historical Geography American Studies Overseas Marxism Research Public Administration and Public Policy Mass Communication and Media Research Economic Competition in Global Environment

• Philosophy √ (3rd)

• Theoretical Economics

• Chinese Language and Literature √(2nd )

• Communication √ (3rd)

• Industrial Economics

• Finance

• Political Theory √(1st )

• International Relations

• Historical Geography

• Modern Chinese History √ (3rd)

√ ranked top 3 on national level

Leading Disciplines

90

116

158145

020406080

100120140160180

2010 2011 2012 2013

million yuan

Research and development fund in recent 4 years

• Fudan University Research Platforms for the Humanities and Social Sciences

– Based on the achievements of various disciplines.

– Cross-disciplinary, administrative and open, taking as its duty the construction of first-class liberal arts platforms and think-tanks.

Current status of international cooperation: I

Current status of international cooperation: II

Fudan Humanities Fund Project:• Chair Professorship

– (Full time position): Fred E Schrader (Paris VIII)

• Fudan Guanghua Eminent Lectureship – (Short term visiting position).

• International visiting scholarship– (Short term visiting position)

Current status of international cooperation: III

Regular forums between international institutions

• Shanghai Forum (Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies)

• Fudan-Lund Economic Forum (Lund University, Sweden)

• Dialogue on Sino-US relations, Regional security and Global

Governance (CSIS -Pacific Forum)…

Current status of international cooperation: IV

Academic evaluation from international levels• National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies

• International scientific panel of Fudan

Current status of international cooperation: V

Center for contemporary China Studies Abroad

• Fudan–UC Center (UCSD, USA)

• Fudan-European Centre (Copenhagen University, Denmark)

Current status of international cooperation: VI

Journal and Publication• Fudan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

(Indexed by 6 International database,

now cooperated with Springer Group)

• Some monographs like “The history of Chinese literature”，“ The History of Chinese Thoughts”“ An Intellectual History of China”translated and published abroad

Challenges: Challenges: Cooperation for Cooperation for

the sustainable win-win developmentthe sustainable win-win development

• Vision, Mission• Commitment & Involvement (leadership, faculty,

staff, student)• Willingness, Capacity, Practicability and Innovation• Prioritization, Comprehensiveness• Resources, Integration