The Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) is a top university specialized in finance, economics, and business. It is known for its entrepreurial character and unremitting endeavours to address the needs of the people and society through academics, research, and influence on alumni, drawn from the legacy of its founders and generations of excellent alumni.

SWUFE is located in Chengdu, the engine-city for the development of Western China and the fourth-largest aviation hub in China.

Established in 1925

The university traces its origin back to the year of 1925, when a group of students and academics from St. John's University in Shanghai, led by the prominent scholar Zhang Shouyong, left the school and founded the Kwang Hua University (Guanghua University) in Shanghai. In 1938, following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the university relocated its headquarters to Chengdu. This move was mirrored by other major universities in the east of China who relocated their operations to Western China during that time. In 1946, the Chengdu branch of Kwang Hua University formed an independent private univesity called Chenghua University.

After 1952, the university became a public school and was renamed and restructured several times until it received its current name, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), in 1985. In 1995, SWUFE became a Project 211 University, in 2011, SWUFE was listed as 985 Innovative Platform for Key Disciplines Project University.

International Accreditation and International Memberships

Academics

The university has 27 schools, colleges, and institutes with 33 undergraduate majors. SWUFE has approximately 24,000 students of which are 16,000 registered full-time undergraduate students. SWUFE is one of the earliest universities to offers graduate programs following the education reforms in the 1970s. The university has around 8,000 graduate students, of which there are roundabout 6,000 Master degree candidates and 900 doctoral degree candidates. SWUFE currently has around 600 international students and 140,000+ alumni.

The university employs 2000+ faculty members of which are approximately 250 professors, 490 associate professors, and 260 doctor supervisors. SWUFE was the first institution authorized to grant MBA and CPA credentials in Southwestern China. It offers 4 national key second-rate disciplines and 4 post-doctoral research centers. Marketing, Economics, Finance, Financial Management, Statistics, Insurance, law, Human Resource Management at SWUFE are in the national ranking marked feature majors.

Top National Ranking

Top 3 in Finance & Business orientation

Top 6 in Applied Economics (MOE)

Top 12 in Management (MOE)

Top 13 in Theoretical Economics (MOE)

Top 98 in Wushulian China Comprehensive University Ranking 2014

Top Research Ranking

Top 13 of all Asian Universities

130+ International Partners in 36 Countries and Regions

3.8 Million Volumes' Library

380 Acres' Campuses

Air-conditioned Accommodation

Well-established service facilities

7 Research Institutes and Centers

Research Institute of Economics and Management

Institute of Financial Studies

Chinese Finance Research Institute

Social Work Development Research Center

Beijing Research Institute of SWUFE

Research Department of Psychical Education

20 Schools and College

School of Finance

School of Insurance

School of Securities and Futures

School of Economics

School of Business Administration

School of Accounting

School of Public Finance and Taxation

School of Statistics

School of Economic Information and Engineering

School of Law

School of Foreign Language for Economics and Trade

School of International Business

School of Public Administration

School of Economic Mathematics

School of Humanities

School of Marxism

College of International Education

Western Business School

Study Abroad Institute

School of Continuing (On-line) Education