►1958 The discipline of Macromolecular Science was established by Tongyin Yu et al. Fudan University established its Macromolecular Science Education, Research Center and CAS-Fudan Research Institute of Macromolecular Science.

►1981  Among the first institutes to provide Master and Ph.D. degrees in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics.

►1985  Among the first institutes to offer postdoctoral positions in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics.

►1982.12  The Macromolecular Science Education and Research Center joined the new Material Science Research Institute.

►1986.03  The Macromolecular Science Education and Research Center joined the newly established Department of Material Science.

►1993.04  The Department of Macromolecular Science and Research Institute of Molecular Science were established.

►1994.02  The National Education Commission Open Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers was founded.

►1996.06  The discipline of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics was selected as one of the key academic disciplines of Shanghai.

►1999.09  The Open Laboratory was selected as the Ministry of Education’s first-batch State Key Laboratory, and was named as State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Ministry of Education.

►2002-2007  The discipline of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics in Fudan University was approved as the key academic disciplines by the Ministry of Education.

►2011.10  The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

►2012 The discipline of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics in Fudan, secondary discipline of Chemistry, was awarded as national key academic discipline.

►2013.12 The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers passed examination by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

►2014.08 The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers was evaluated among state key laboratories, and graded as "good".