SWUFE (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)is one of the premier universities of finance and economics in China. It is directly under the Ministry of Education and also one of the top 100 universities in the nation’s 211 Project, a national initiative to build 100 first-class universities in the 21st century. 

The University was created as Sichuan Institute of Finance and Economics in 1952, when the colleges and departments of business and economics from 17 universities were restructured. In 1980, People’s Bank of China ( PBC ), China’s central bank took over the governance of the University and renamed it SWUFE in 1985. PBC governed the University till February 2000, when the governance was transferred to the Ministry of Education. The University boasts a strong faculty of scholarly excellence and professional dedication. Added to this is the classic campus setting, situated in Chengdu, a beautiful city of fine culture and long history plus being in the vicinity of Du Fu Thatched Cottage, residence of a prominent poet in Tang Dynasty. 

More than half century of development, especially the intensified efforts since 1995 within the 211 Project frameworks, has greatly enhanced the University’s administrative and academic resources. We offer 28 doctoral, 43 master and 29 bachelor’s degree programs in and among 19 University’s departments and schools. These programs are distributed over the areas of business, industry, economics, liberal arts, and law that feature a coordinated pattern with financial programs as core and economics and management programs as mainstream. The University has 3 mobile post-doctoral stations including theoretical economics, applied economics and business administration; 2 key disciplines registered at the ministerial level, i.e., financial studies and political economics; and 12 key disciplines at the provincial level. In addition, the University is home to 3 teaching/research centers ratified by the Ministry of Education, i.e., National Center for Economics Teaching, National Center for Liberal Arts and Humanities Education of University Students, and SWUFE China Finance Research Center. The University is the first institution authorized to train MBA and CPA in southwestern China. SWUFE sponsors over 30 interdisciplinary and specialized research and teaching centers and enters into partnership with foreign education and business organizations, among them the Center for PBC Simulated Banking Labs, Center for Business Foreign Languages Training ( BFT) and China Actuary Training Center.

Members of teaching/research, library, administration, and supportive faculties number more than 1300, among who over 900 work in teaching/research 130 professors, over 230 associate professors, and 62 doctor supervisors. The University is proud to have Liu Shibai, Zeng Kanglin, He Zerong, Zhao Guoliang, Jiang Mingxin and many other nation-wide renowned economists and management experts on its faculty. Moreover, more than 100 prominent economists, bankers, and senior corporate executives are invited to serve as professors emeritus.

The University’s total full-time student population of nearly 14,000 includes about 11,400 undergraduate, over 2,100 master level postgraduate students, over 400 PH.D. candidates, and some 40,000 various degree program students. 50 years since its foundation, the University has turned out over 110,000 graduates, many of whom hold important positions in every kind of organization, from major financial institutions, companies to government agencies.

西南财经大学是教育部直属的国家重点大学，也是国家“211工程”重点建设大学。学校坐落在享有“天府之国”美誉的成都平原，由光华、柳林两个校区组成，总占地面积2300余亩。校园绿树成荫，环境优雅，是著名的“园林式院校”和“全国绿化模范单位”。

学校原名四川财经学院，是中国办学历史悠久的综合性财经大学之一。1952-1953年经两次全国高等院校院系调整，由西南地区17所财经院校、综合大学的财经系科合并组成，荟萃了西南地区的财经教育专家和教授，我国著名经济学家彭迪先、陈豹隐、李孝同、梅远谋、刘洪康、杨佑之、汤象龙、刘诗白等在校任教。学校前身院校之一的上海光华大学成立于1925年，1938年内迁至杜甫草堂西侧兴办光华大学成都分部，故光华校区校址所在地得名“光华村”。2001年，学校在光华校区以西的柳林镇征地建设柳林校区，面向新世纪打造现代化大学校园，目前已完全实现了主校区的办学功能。学校建校初期由国家高教部和四川省主管，1980年起由中国人民银行主管，1985年更名为西南财经大学。1995年，学校进入国家“211工程”建设。

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 * Top teaching quality:
certified teachers with great experience in this field.

* Advanced facilities:
well-equipped classrooms ensure your study environment.

* Small-class teaching:
less than 15 students, and usually around 10, in a class.

* Free 1-on-1 tutor:
one selected tutor for one student, free of charge.

* Various selective courses:
economy lectures, Chinese cultural classes (martial arts, shadow boxing, calligraphy, etc), field trips, and a lot more.

* Personal service:
from free airport pick-up to “all-the-way” visa assistance, care on every student.

* Joyful campus life:
colorful arts/sports activities including evening shows, performances, annual sports tournament, many community programs, etc.

* Wonderful city:
gorgeous sceneries, high-quality life with a low living cost, historical city preserved with traditional culture.

Contacts

* Postal address (International Affairs):
College of International Education
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
No. 55 Guanghuacun Street
Chengdu 610074, China

* Tel. and Fax:
(86) 28-87355437 (Working language: Chinese/English)

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