Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Coordinates: 30°39′53″N 104°01′02″E / 30.664854°N 104.017126°E / 30.664854; 104.017126

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)
西南财经大学
Former names	四川财经学院, 光华大学成都分部 (成华大学)
Motto	经世济民，孜孜以求
Motto in English	To persistently strive for the benefit of people and society
Type	National University
Established	1925
President	Prof. Zongyi Zhang
Academic staff	2,000+
Students	24,000+ （600+ International Students）
Undergraduates	16,000+
Postgraduates	8,000+
Location	Chengdu and Mianyang, Sichuan, China
Campus	urban, suburb
Nickname	苏菲/SWUFE
Affiliations	Equis
Website	www.swufe.edu.cn

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (also known as SWUFE, Chinese: 西南财经大学; pinyin: Xīnán Cáijīng Dàxué) is a key national university in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. The university is under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education and it is ranked as one of the top 3 universities among finance and business oriented universities in China. The school is listed in both Project 211 and the 985 Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines Project as part of the national endeavor to build world-class universities.^[1]^[2] In December 2014, SWUFE’s school of business administration became the first business school in western China to be accredited by the European Quality Improvement System.^[3]

History

Students of Sichuan Institute of Finance and Economics in 1952

The university traces its origins to the year 1925, when a group of students and academics from St. John’s University in Shanghai, led by the prominent scholar Zhang Shouyong,^[4] left the school following the events of the May 30th Movement and founded the Kwang Hua University in Shanghai. In 1938, following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Japanese advance into mainland China, the university relocated its headquarters to Chengdu. This move was mirrored by other major Chinese universities in the east of China who relocated their operations to western China after the Republic of China moved its capital from Nanjing to Chongqing a city not far from Chengdu.

After the end of World War II in 1946, the university moved its main operations back to Shanghai and the university in Chengdu became a branch campus of Kwang Hua University. That same year, the campus in Chengdu separated from the university and formed an independent private university called Chenghua University. Kwang Hua University was later merged with other universities and formed the current East China Normal University. Another university in western China that can trace back its origins to similar events is Yunnan Normal University in Kunming, which evolved from an association of Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University.

In 1952, after the foundation of the People’s Republic of China, the university was merged with schools and departments of business and economics from 16 other universities and colleges and was reformed as the Sichuan Institute of Finance and Economics. In 1980, the People's Bank of China took over the administration of the university which it held until the year 2000 when the administration was transferred to the Ministry of Education. It was during the tenure of the central bank that the university received its current name of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.

Later, in 1995, the university became part of Project 211. A project initiated by the Ministry of Education to improve research standards at Chinese universities and currently includes only 116 universities across China. Later, in 2011, SWUFE was listed as part of the 985 Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines Project, which is an extension of Project 985.

Campuses

Guanghua campus main building

Liulin Campus (Main Campus): Founded in 2004, approximately 264 acres (107 ha) in Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan
Guanghua Campus: Founded in 1938, approximately 116 acres (47 ha) in Qingyang District, Chengdu, Sichuan

Organization and Administration

Schools

School of Statistics
School of Insurance
School of Securities and Futures
School of Business Administration
School of Finance
School of Accounting
School of Economics
School of International Business
School of Public Finance and Taxation
School of Economic Information and Engineering
School of Law
School of Humanities
School of Marxism
School of Public Administration
School of Foreign Language for Business
School of Continuing (On-line) Education
Western Business School of China
Study Abroad Institute
Institute of Economic Mathematics
College of International Education
Research Institute of Economics and Management

Academics

The university has 27 schools with 32 undergraduate majors (including centers and divisions). SWUFE has approximately 16,000 registered full-time undergraduate students.SWUFE is one of the earliest universities to offer graduate programs following the education reform of the 1970s. There are around 7,000 graduate students (6,000 Master's degree candidates and 900 Doctoral degree candidates). The university employs approximately 160 professors, 270 associate professors, and 100 doctor supervisors. SWUFE was the first institution authorized to grant MBA and CPA credentials in southwestern China.^[5]

Research

Institute of Financial Studies

The IFS was established on July 29, 2010. The research institute is dedicated to generating knowledge of international financial studies and the financial development in China. The director of the institute is Philip H. Dybvig. Dybvig is well known for publishing the Diamond–Dybvig model together with Douglas W. Diamond in 1983.^[6]

Libraries and museums

Library

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) Library was founded in 1952. The total building area amounts to 50,000 square metres (540,000 sq ft). The collection has reached 2,000,000 items in digital resources, making it the biggest library in southwest of China. In May 2002, a Translation Center was set up to provide services for overseas communication and editing and publishing the English version of SWUFE’s The Economist.^[7]

Money and Securities Museum

The university’s "Money and Securities Museum" was established in 1998 and is one of the earliest of its kind to have on exhibition various real financial items such as currencies, securities, certificates and cards pertaining to planned and market economies. Over 60,000 items have been on exhibition in the 700-square-metre (7,500 sq ft) hall.^[8]

International relations

SWUFE started to enroll overseas students in 1996 and was listed as a key university for overseas student education by the Ministry of Education in 2001. At present the university offers 38 Doctoral degree programs, 67 Master's degree programs and 32 Bachelor's degree programs to overseas students. The university also has four bachelor's degree programs and two master's degree programs delivered completely in English and these programs have trained several thousand foreign students from over 100 countries.^[9]

SWUFE has established cooperative relations with 130 universities, financial institutes and enterprises from 36 countries and regions, including Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Slovenia, United Kingdom and the United States.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Notable alumni

Jiang Chaoliang (Governor of Jilin Province, Former Chairman of Agricultural Bank of China)
Li Ruogu (Former chairman and president of the Exim Bank of China)
Liu Jiayi (Auditor general of the National Audit Office of the People's Republic of China)
Ma Weihua (President of China Merchants Bank)
Shang Fulin (Chairman of China Banking Regulatory Commission)
Tang Xu (Chief of The People’s Bank of China Research Bureau, secretary-general of China Society for Finance and Banking, Director of Anti-money Laundering Bureau)
Wei Hong (Former governor of Sichuan)

Student Life

SWUFE students

Student associations

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics has 124 student associations covering five domains: thoughts and theories, academic and technology, arts and culture, physical training, public welfare and practice and communication. To name a few: the Research on Philosophy Club, MUN, Starting Point Drama Club, Hip-pop, Green Development Association, Oracle Club, etc.^[15]

References

External links

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Project 211

Higher education and universities in China

Beijing	Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing University of Technology Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China University of Geosciences China University of Mining and Technology China University of Political Science and Law Communication University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University Peking Union Medical College Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University University of International Business and Economics University of Science and Technology Beijing

Shanghai	Donghua University East China Normal University East China University of Science and Technology Fudan University Second Military Medical University Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Tongji University

Tianjin	Nankai University Tianjin Medical University Tianjin University

Chongqing	Chongqing University Southwest University

Anhui	Anhui University Hefei University of Technology University of Science and Technology of China

Fujian	Xiamen University Fuzhou University

Guangdong	Jinan University South China Normal University South China University of Technology Sun Yat-sen University

Guizhou	Guizhou University

Gansu	Lanzhou University

Hainan	Hainan University

Hebei	Hebei University of Technology

Heilongjiang	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Institute of Technology Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Forestry University

Henan	Zhengzhou University

Hubei	China University of Geosciences Wuhan University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan University of Technology Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Normal University Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Hunan	Central South University Hunan Normal University Hunan University National University of Defense Technology

Jiangsu	China Pharmaceutical University Hohai University Jiangnan University Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing University Nanjing University of Science and Technology Soochow University Southeast University

Jiangxi	Nanchang University

Jilin	Jilin University Northeast Normal University Yanbian University

Liaoning	Dalian Maritime University Dalian University of Technology Liaoning University Northeastern University

Qinghai	Qinghai University

Shaanxi	Chang'an University Fourth Military Medical University Northwest A&F University Northwest University Northwestern Polytechnical University Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an Jiaotong University Xidian University

Shandong	China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Shandong University Ocean University of China

Shanxi	Taiyuan University of Technology

Sichuan	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan University Southwest Jiaotong University Southwestern University of Finance and Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Yunnan	Yunnan University

Zhejiang	Zhejiang University

Guangxi	Guangxi University

Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia University

Ningxia	Ningxia University

Tibet	Tibet University

Xinjiang	Shihezi University Xinjiang University

See also: Project 985

Universities and colleges in Sichuan

National	Sichuan University Ω University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Ω Southwest Jiaotong University Ω Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Ω Civil Aviation Flight University of China

Provincial	Sichuan Agricultural University Southwest University for Nationalities Chengdu University of Technology Southwest Petroleum University Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Sichuan Normal University Chengdu Sport University Chengdu University of Information Technology Xihua University Chengdu University Sichuan Conservatory Of Music Chengdu Medical College Southwest University of Science and Technology China West Normal University Sichuan University of Science and Engineering Sichuan University of Arts and Science Sichuan University for Nationalities Southwest Medical University Yibin University Panzhihua University Mianyang Normal University Leshan Normal University Neijiang Normal University Xichang College Luzhou Medical College North Sichuan Medical University Sichuan Police College Chengdu Technological University Chengdu Normal University Sichuan Tourism University

Private	Chengdu Neusoft University Sichuan University of Media and Communications Chengdu College of Arts and Sciences Sichuan College of Culture and Arts Sichuan Institute of Industrial Science and Technology Sichuan Film and Television College Chengdu Institute, Sichuan International Studies University

See also: List of universities in China

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