| Post: | President |
| Body: | Fudan University |
| Incumbent: | Jin Li |
| Incumbentsince: | November 2021 |
| Type: | University president |
| Inaugural: | Ma Xiangbo |
| Formation: | 1905 |
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.
| Period | Year | President (English name) | President (Chinese name) | Alma mater | Ref |
| Fudan Public College | 1905–1906 | Chinese: 马相伯 | |||
| 1906–1907 | Chinese: 严复 | ||||
| 1907–1909 | Xia Jingguan | Chinese: 夏敬观 | Liangjiang Normal College | ||
| 1909–1910 | Gao Fengqian | Chinese: 高凤谦 | |||
| 1910–1912 | Ma Xiangbo | Chinese: 马相伯 | |||
| 1913–1917 | Chinese: 李登辉 | ||||
| Private Fudan University | 1917–July 1936 | Li Denghui | Chinese: 李登辉 | Ohio Wesleyan University Yale University | |
| 1918 | Tang Luyuan | Chinese: 唐路园 | |||
| July 1924–March 1925 | Chinese: 郭任远 | ||||
| August 1936–May 1940 | Qian Xinzhi | Chinese: 钱新之 | |||
| National Fudan University | May 1940–February 1943 | Nan-hsuan M. Woo | Chinese: 吴南轩 | ||
| February 1943–July 1949 | Zhang Yi | Chinese: 章益 | |||
| July 1949–September 1952 | Zhang Zhirang | Chinese: 张志让 | |||
| Fudan University | September 1952–December 1966 October 1972–October 1977 | Chinese: 陈望道 | |||
| July 1978–January 1983 | Chinese: 苏步青 | ||||
| January 1983–November 1988 | Chinese: 谢希德 | ||||
| November 1988–November 1993 | Hua Zhongyi | Chinese: 华中一 | hp=|labels=no | Jiao Tong University | ||
| November 1993–December 1998 | Chinese: 杨福家 | Fudan University | |||
| December 1998–January 2009 | Wang Shenghong | Chinese: 王生洪 | |||
| January 2009–October 2014 | Chinese: 杨玉良 | Fudan University | |||
| October 2014–November 2021 | Chinese: 许宁生 | [1] | |||
| November 2021–present | Chinese: 金力 | [2] |
| Period | Year | Communist Party Secretary (English name) | Communist Party Secretary (Chinese name) | Alma mater | Ref |
| Fudan University | January 1952–1954 | Li Zhengwen | Chinese: 李正文 | ||
| 1954–1965 | Yang Xiguang | Chinese: 杨西光 | |||
| October 1965–1978 | Wang Ling | Chinese: 王零 | |||
| 1978–1979 | Xia Zhengnong | Chinese: 夏征农 | University of Nanking Fudan University | ||
| 1979–1984 | Sheng Hua | Chinese: 盛华 | |||
| 1984–August 1990 | Lin Ke | Chinese: 林克 | |||
| August 1990–1995 | Qian Dongsheng | Chinese: 钱冬生 | |||
| 1995–January 1999 | Cheng Tianquan | Chinese: 程天权 | Fudan University | ||
| January 1999–September 2011 | Qin Shaode | Chinese: 秦绍德 | Fudan University | ||
| September 2011–October 2016 | Zhu Zhiwen | Chinese: 朱之文 | [3] | ||
| October 2016–present | Jiao Yang | Chinese: 焦扬 |