Southwest University of Finance and Economics

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Historical evolution

Southwest University of Finance and economics began in 1925 in Shanghai Guanghua University. On June 3, 1925, in the May 30 anti imperialist and patriotic rage, 572 patriotic teachers and students of St. John's University and affiliated high school left the University and supported Mr. Zhang Shouyong to organize Guanghua University. In September, Guanghua University held its first opening ceremony. The name of the school comes from "the sun and the moon are shining, and the day is coming again and again" (Qing Yun GE), symbolizing the revolutionary spirit of rejuvenating China and resisting imperialist oppression and slavery. Guanghua university is a private comprehensive university with liberal arts, science and business schools. The business school is divided into four departments: economics, accounting, banking and business administration.

In 1938, Guanghua University moved from Shanghai to Chengdu, Sichuan Province during the war of resistance against Japan. President Zhang Shouyong entrusted Xie Lin, Dean of business school, to organize and preside over the branch. With the approval of the Ministry of education of the national government, Guanghua University Chengdu Branch was established. When Guanghua University evacuated Sichuan, it set up two academies of law and commerce, the political and economic departments of the law school, the accounting, business administration and banking departments of the business school, and the Chinese Department of the school of Arts was newly added in 1945. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, the then board of directors decided to transfer all the Chengdu Branch of private Guanghua university to Sichuan people.

In 1946, it was renamed private Chenghua University, and the Department of finance was added. On October 11, 1952, Chenghua University was changed into a public university and transferred to some colleges or departments to form Sichuan University of Finance and economics, which was led by the Southwest Military and political Commission (which was changed into southwest administrative commission in March 1953).

From 1952 to 1953, Sichuan University of Finance and economics was incorporated into the finance and economics departments of 16 finance and economics colleges or comprehensive universities in Southwest China on the basis of Chenghua University, and Sichuan University of Finance and economics was established. It was one of the four finance and Economics Colleges in the regional layout of Colleges and universities in China at the beginning of the people's Republic of China, and was under the charge of the Ministry of higher education of the people's Republic of China. The school has gathered a group of famous professors, such as Chen Baoyin, Li Xiaotong, Peng Dixian, Tang Xianglong, Xu Tingxing, Liu Shibai, Mei Yuanmou, Liu Hongkang, Yang Youzhi, Wang Shuyun, and so on.

In January 1954, it was under the leadership of the Sichuan provincial government; in December 1954, it was under the direct control of the Ministry of higher education of the Central People's government; in July 1958, it was under the charge of the Sichuan provincial government.

In 1960, Sichuan University of Finance and economics and Sichuan University of science and technology were established respectively. In 1961, they merged and renamed Chengdu University.

In 1978, it was restored to Sichuan University of Finance and economics. In 1979, Sichuan Province was put under the charge of the people's Bank of China.

In 1981, it began to recruit postgraduates. It is one of the earliest Financial Universities in China to recruit postgraduates.

In 1985, it was renamed Southwest University of Finance and economics. In the same year, he began to recruit doctoral students.

In 1993, began to recruit MBA.

In 1995, the post doctoral research mobile station was set up.

In 1997, it became the key construction University of the national "211 Project".

In 1998, the Ministry of Education approved Southwest University of Finance and economics to establish a "national training base for Basic Economics Talents".

In 1999, it was selected into the first batch of national college students' cultural quality education bases.

In February 2000, the school was transferred from the people's Bank of China to the Ministry of education for direct management. In May, Sichuan bank school was merged into Southwest University of Finance and economics. In September, the research base of Humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education - "China Financial Research Center" was established.

In 2002, in the evaluation organized by the Ministry of education, the finance discipline of Southwest University of Finance and economics was rated as one of the first batch of national key disciplines.

In 2008, he was selected into the national innovative experiment program for college students.

In 2010, it became one of the first batch of Pilot Universities of national education system reform.

In 2011, it became the national "985 Project" advantage discipline innovation platform construction university, and the "financial discipline group and China's financial innovation and development" advantage discipline innovation platform of 985 project was officially established.

In September 2011, with the approval of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and the Ministry of education, the Graduate Department of Southwestern University of Finance and economics was upgraded to the Graduate School of Southwestern University of Finance and economics.

In July 2012, Southwest University of Finance and economics, Tsinghua University and Shanghai University of Finance and economics jointly set up the first collaborative innovation center of economics in China; in August, led by Southwest University of Finance and economics, the National Audit Office, China Banking Regulatory Commission, Renmin University of China and Wuhan University jointly set up the "collaborative innovation center of China's financial development and financial security".

In January 2013, he was selected into the National College Students' innovation and entrepreneurship training program. In May, it was rated as a national university with typical employment experience by the Ministry of education, and was identified as one of the first batch of social work professional training bases of the Ministry of civil affairs.

In December 2014, the school of Business Administration of Southwest University of Finance and economics officially passed the first certification of the European quality development system EQUIS, and was awarded EQUIS three-year certification, becoming the first business school in central and Western China to obtain this certification.

In December 2015, the MBA program of School of Business Administration of Southwest University of Finance and economics and the EMBA program of Western business school officially passed China's high quality MBA education certification (camea), and were awarded the highest level of five-year certification qualification. Together, they became the first business school in central and Western China and China's universities of Finance and economics to obtain the highest level certification.

On May 19, 2016, Southwest University of Finance and economics signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Chengdu Municipal People's government. Both sides will further promote comprehensive innovation and reform and build a world-class university.

In December, the University was awarded the "National University practice education, innovation and entrepreneurship base".

In July 2017, it was recognized as the second batch of national model universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform.

In September 2017, it was selected as one of the first batch of "double first-class" world-class discipline construction universities in China.

In 2018, it was selected into the national "plan of introducing talents for Discipline Innovation in Colleges and universities" (referred to as "111 plan")

On May 12, 2020, we will join the University Alliance of Chengdu Chongqing double city economic circle.

School running conditions

Faculty

According to the school's official website in July 2020, the school has 1355 full-time teachers, including 268 teachers with senior titles, 425 teachers with deputy senior titles and 98 doctoral supervisors. Among the teachers, there are 2 winners of the national "famous teaching teacher" award, 16 "famous teaching teachers" in Sichuan Province, 1 "national model teacher" and "national excellent teacher" Among them, 1 won the award of "100 outstanding returned overseas students in China", 12 won the Huo Yingdong outstanding young teacher award and funding program of the Ministry of education, 1 won the "first innovative talent award of Sichuan Province", and 31 won the title of "outstanding experts with outstanding contributions of Sichuan Province"; Four of them have been selected into the "ten million talents project" of the Ministry of human resources and social security of the people's Republic of China, 20 have been selected into the "new century talents support program" of the Ministry of education, 74 have been selected as the "academic and technological leaders and reserve candidates" of Sichuan Province, 3 have been funded by the German "Humboldt fund" project, and 10 teachers have served as the consultants of the fifth science and technology advisory group of Sichuan Province.

National "ten million talents project": Liu Xiliang, Zhang Zongyi, Zhao dewu, Yang Dan, Shi Daimin

General situation of colleges and departments

As of May 2019, the university has 35 undergraduate majors and 27 colleges and other teaching units.

Discipline construction

Subject overview

As of May 2019, the university has 1 double first-class construction discipline (self-determined), 4 national key disciplines (secondary disciplines), 7 first-class doctoral degree authorization points, 13 first-class master degree authorization disciplines and 19 master professional degree authorization points. As of October 2019, there are five mobile stations for postdoctoral research.

 

World class discipline construction discipline: Applied Economics (self determined)

 

National key disciplines (secondary disciplines): finance, political economy, accounting, statistics

 

Post doctoral research mobile station: theoretical economics, applied economics, statistics

 

Business administration, management science and Engineering

 

Provincial key first level disciplines: theoretical economics, applied economics, business administration, management science and engineering, law

 

Provincial key secondary disciplines: demography, ideological and political education, social security, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics

 

First level disciplines: theoretical economics, applied economics, statistics, business administration, law, sociology, management science and engineering

 

 

Master's degree authorization points of first-class disciplines: theoretical economics, applied economics, statistics, business administration, law, sociology, management science and engineering, public administration, foreign language and literature, sociology, Marxist theory, software engineering, computer science and technology

 

Master's degree authorization points: Master of business administration, master of public administration, master of law, master of accounting, master of engineering, master of agricultural extension, master of finance, master of insurance

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