• Website of : SWUFE
  • HERMES Representative Information

    Professor Dr. Tang Mingfeng  – tang (@) swufe.edu.cn

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)

  • Founded – 1925

  • Students – 25200+

  • Alumni – 50 000+

  • International students – 1800+

  • International accreditations: Equis, AACSB.

  • Chairs/Professors: 1500+ Core faculty members

  • Programs – 200+

  • Double degree programs: 2

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), located in Chengdu, is a national key university under the direct administration of the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE). It became a Project 211 University in 1995 and 985 Innovative Platform for Key Disciplines Project University in 2011. Since 2017, SWUFE has been listed among the first batch of national “Double First-Class” (world-class universities and first-class disciplines) university, and Applied Economics have been selected as the national “Double First-Class” discipline.

SWUFE currently is composed of 28 academic units offering 46 undergraduate programs, 100 masters programs (including 19 professional master programs), and 60 doctoral programs. The university has an enrolment of over 15300 full-time undergraduate students, 8500 master students, 1400 doctoral students, 1800 international students from 129 countries and regions, and over 170,000 alumni including outstanding leaders in finance, business and other sectors. SWUFE is recognized as “China’s Financial Talent Pool” and the think-tank in western China.

While recognizing the strength of its heritage and traditions, SWUFE is striding into an era of rapid development to be a differentiated, research-led, and finance-oriented institution of higher learning that reflects and addresses the needs of an ever-changing, knowledge-based world. SWUFE is a forward-looking research university with a strategic focus on fostering talents and developing its disciplines through “new finance.” We are committed to advancing learning, bolstering innovation, pursuing excellence, and contributing to society.

Think global, act local. SWUFE highly values international cooperation with higher education institutions, research institutions and companies. By far, SWUFE has forged partnerships with over 230 prestigious universities, financial institutions and companies from more than 40 countries and regions. The cooperation includes exchange programs, internships, double degree programs, joint research programs and other mutually interested collaboration programs.

As its motto goes, SWUFE will continue to make unremitting efforts to advance the well-being of the public, the prosperity of the economy, and the harmony of the society.

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