Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics originated from the business department founded by Nanjing Higher Normal School in 1917. Yang Xingfo, a well-known social activist and patriotic democrat, served as the director of the business department. In 1921, with the implementation of the plan to build the National Southeast University based on Nanjing Normal University, the business was expanded and reorganized and moved to Shanghai, and the National Southeast University was established and the Shanghai University of Commerce was established. This is the earliest business university in the history of Chinese education and a famous educator Guo Bingwen is the principal and Ma Yinchu, a famous economist, is the dean of academic affairs. In 1932, the school was established independently and named the National Shanghai Business School. At that time, it was the only national undergraduate university in business in China. In 1950, the school was renamed Shanghai Institute of Finance and Economics. In 1985, the school was renamed Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. In 2000, the school was placed under the leadership of the Ministry of Education by the Ministry of Finance, and is now jointly built by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government. After several generations of hard work and hard work, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics has become a multidisciplinary key university that focuses on economics and management disciplines, and has coordinated development of economics, management, law, liberal arts, and science. The school covers an area of ​​818 acres and has three campuses. The main campus is located at 777 Guoding Road. As of September 2017, the school has 1043 full-time teachers and there are 20,419 students of various types, including 15,159 full-time students. From the perspective of student classification, there are 8041 undergraduates, 6053 masters, 1166 doctoral students, and 826 foreign students with academic degrees. Over the centuries, the people of Shangcai have kept in mind the school motto of "Being ethical and knowledgeable, and economic time". They worked hard and worked hard to provide tens of thousands of financial management and related professionals for the country's economic and social development. The school is working hard to become an internationally renowned high-level research university with distinctive financial characteristics!