Introduction

SWUFE is a national key university under direct administration of the Ministry of Education and is listed in both “Project 211” and “985 Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines Project” of the Chinese government as part of the national endeavor to build world-class universities in the 21st century. It is also selected as one of the trial spots for nation-wide educational reform. Located in the city of Chengdu, SWUFE now has two campuses, the Guanghua Campus and the Liulin Campus. With an overall area of about 380 acres, SWUFE is also known for its picturesque campus scenery.
 
SWUFE with long and fine cultural and revolutionary legacy was originally founded as the Shanghai Guanghua University in 1925. Since the founding of the university, generation after generation SWUFERs shoulder national responsibility spontaneously, and thus the university motto of “diligently striving for the well-being of the people and the society” has been recognized by the public, and thus earns credit and trust for SWUFE. As a key training base for senior level management personnel in the financial and economic sectors and key research base for the development of the financial industry as well as the socio-economic development of western China, SWUFE has become favorably known as “China’s financial talent pool” and “the think-tank for addressing financial and economic issues in western China”. The university has nurtured an array of excellent leading figures in finance among its 130,000 school fellows.
 
The university forms advanced finance-related disciplines as the key discipline and Economics and Management disciplines as the mainstream, ensuring a coordinated development of various disciplines. As a result, SWUFE has gained reputation and academic influence profoundly. It has established cooperative relations with nearly 100 prestigious universities, financial institutes and enterprises from around 30 countries and regions worldwide, helping to promote international standards and practices in educational management of economics. In an era of fierce competition and boundless opportunities, committing to Quality Priority and Connotation Development, SWUFE has adhered to its four main development strategies:
 
(i) Maintain its unique features.
(ii) Build competitiveness through the cultivation of talent.
(iii) Continue reforming and innovating in line with a changing world.
(iv) Further open up the university to join globalization so as to build a high-level research-based university that focuses on finance and economics with its own characteristics.
 
SWUFE also accelerates the construction of high-level financial university with its distinctive features, and contributes to the prosperity of the country, the rejuvenation of Chinese nation, the happiness of the people and the harmony of the society. The library of SWUFE holds 2.7million printed books and e-books, and ranks as the largest document center of finance and economics in southwestern China.

Campus
*      2 campuses, 378 acres, 40% covered with green plants
*      Over 200 buildings, including over 40 student residential halls
*      2 libraries and 1 literature center, with a collection of 2.32 million volumes
*      4 soccer pitches/sports stadiums, 2 swimming pools, over 57 ball courts (basketball, tennis, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, gym, etc)
*      4 cafeterias
*      3 international students’ dormitory buildings

 
Academics
*      27 schools/departments/centers
*      56 doctoral, 79 master’s and 32 bachelor’s programs
*      4 national key-disciplines, 9 provincial (ministerial) key-disciplines
*      5 education and research bases of national -level
*      4 integrated disciplinary areas
*      4 pilot projects of the national education system reform
*      "985 Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines Project"
*      Connection and cooperation with over 100 renowned institutes/ organizations/ enterprises
 
People
*      Faculty of over 2000 people
*      1231 instructors, including 189 professors, 342 associate professors and 252 doctor supervisors
*      200+ renowned overseas scholars
*      23,593 full-time students, including 16,269 undergraduates 6,113 master students and 1,211 doctoral students
*      Over 10000 continuing education students
*      412 international students
 
Productions and Awards
*      Over 18000 research productions since Reform and Opening-up (1978)
*      Near 300 research productions awarded nationally/provincially
*      Accomplished over 400 national/provincial key research projects
*      Various international/national awards won by university faculty and students
 

accomodation

Students can choose to live on-campus or off-campus.
The overseas students building in SWUFE Guanghua Campus is equipped with 52 twin-bed rooms and 28 single-bed rooms, altogether 132 beds. Each room has bed, desk, chair, wardrobe, independent bathroom with 24-hour hot water, TV, air-conditioner and internet access.
Limited numbers of refrigerators are for rental.
There are public kitchen and laundry on the 2nd and 3rd floor.