University of Economics and Finance of Southwest China
| University of Economics and Finance of Southwest China 西南 财经 大学 |
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| motto | 经 世 济 民 ， 孜孜以求 Zealously seeking the welfare of the people and the nation |
| founding | 1925 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place |
 People's Republic of China , Chengdu
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| president | Zhang Zongyi |
| Students | 24,126 |
| Employee | 1,656 |
| Website | www.swufe.edu.cn |
The University of Economics and Finance of Southwest China ( Chinese 西南 财经 大学 , Pinyin Xīnán Cáijīng Dàxué ), also known in German and English under the abbreviation SWUFE (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics), is a university in the provincial capital Chengdu , People's Republic of China . The university has two locations in the city, the Guanghua campus in Chengdu's downtown district of Qingyang and the Liulin campus in the western district of Wenjiang. It is funded directly by the central administration of the Ministry of Education in Beijing and works closely with the Chinese Central Bank (People's Bank of China). In the state Chinese ranking it is listed both as a Project 211 University and as Project 985 - an innovative platform for key disciplines. Thus, the SWUFE receives special state funding in the context of the national efforts to establish world-leading university educational institutions in the country. In recent years, the university has also been very successful in certifying many faculties. In December 2014, for example, the business administration department, abbreviated to SBA (School of Business Administration) , was accredited by EQUIS , the European Quality Improvement System.
history
The University of Economics and Finance of Southwest China (SWUFE), founded in 1925, has a very eventful history, during which both the name and the focus in teaching and research have been changed several times in the past decades before they received their current name, status and mission Has.
The origins of the university, which was founded in Shanghai , date back to 1925 when a group of over 550 young students and academics from St. John's University under the leadership of the prominent scholar Zhang Shouyong ( Chinese 张寿 镛 , Pinyin Zhāng Shòuyōng; * 1875, † 1945) left their university in the course of the events of the May 30th Movement and set up a new university under the name Kwang Hua University ( Chinese 光华 大学 , Pinyin Guānghuá Dàxué) founded. As with the time it was founded, the first decades of the university reflect the eventful and confusing years of the late republic of China. As a result of the Japanese invasion during the Second Sino-Japanese War , the Kwang Hua University relocated its headquarters from Shanghai to Chengdu in southwest China in 1938, where it is still located today.
After the Second World War, the university relocated its main administration back to Shanghai in 1946, which meant that the Chengdu site was only operated as a branch of the Kwang Hua University for the time being. In the same year, however, the Chengdu campus separated from the mother university and continued its activities as an independent private spin-off under the name Chenghua University.
In 1952, Chenghua University was merged with 16 business faculties from other neighboring universities and was named the Sichuan Institute of Economics and Finance. This was followed by further amalgamations and renaming in 1960 and 1961, as well as a long period of canceled classes during the Cultural Revolution until normal classes were resumed in 1978 under the name of the Sichuan Institute for Science and Technology. In 1980 the Chinese People's Bank finally took over the administration of the university and gave it its current name, University of Economics and Finance Southwest China, and its current professional orientation. In 2000 the Chinese People's Bank handed over the leadership to the Chinese Ministry of Education and since then the university has been directly subordinate to the central government in Beijing.
The following table provides a brief overview of the history of the University of Economics and Finance of Southwest China:
| Period | event |
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| 1925 | Originally founded in Shanghai under the name of Kwang Hua University |
| 1938 | Moved inland to Sichuan, Chengdu, after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War |
| 1946 | Privatization and renaming to Chenghua University |
| 1938-1953 | Conversion to the public Chenghua University and later renaming to the Sichuan Institute for Economics and Finance after merging with other economic institutes from 16 other universities and technical colleges |
| 1960 | Sichuan Science and Technology Institute established |
| 1961 | Merged with the Sichuan Institute for Science and Technology and then renamed Chengdu University |
| 1978 | Teaching resumed under the name of Sichuan Science and Technology Institute |
| 1980 | Administration is taken over by the Chinese People's Bank, China's central bank |
| 1985 | Renaming to University of Economics and Finance Southwest China (SWUFE) |
| 1995 | Inclusion in "Project 211" |
| 2000 | Administration by the Ministry of Education in Beijing |
| 2010 | Pioneering university as part of the national educational reform |
| 2011 | Inclusion in the "Project 985 - Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines" |
Institutional structure
At the head of the University of Economics and Finance of Southwest China is the presidium, which currently consists of the chairman of the university council Zhao Dewu, the president Zhang Zongyi and the two vice-chairmen of the university council Ou Bing and Zeng Daorong as well as the five vice-presidents Ma Xiao (teaching ), Yang Dan (international), Yin Qingshuang (research), Zhang Bangfu and Shi Daimin.
The University of Economics and Finance of Southwest China currently has 27 departments with 1,380 full-time teachers who offer 33 bachelor's degrees for around 22,600 full-time students. Furthermore, the university is characterized by over 25 respected research institutes, an extensive central library with over 20 million volumes on 55,000 square meters and a university publishing house. The library is now the largest financial documentation center in southwest China.
Departments
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Central Institutes
- Institute for Study Abroad
- Research Institute of Economics and Management (RIEM)
- Institute for International Education (College of International Education)
- Western Business School of China
Library
The Southwest China University of Economics and Finance Library was established in 1952. Today it is located on the Liulin campus in the Wenjiang district of Chengdu and covers an area of over 50,000 square meters. The library's digital collection now has 2,000,000 copies, making it the largest library in Southwest China. In May 2002, the library management set up a translation center there to facilitate international communication and to publish an English-language version of SWUFE's The Economist .
Money and Securities Museum
The University's Money and Securities Museum was founded in 1998. The museum is located on the University's Guanghua Campus in the Qingyang downtown district. The collection comprises a total of 60,000 individual items on 700 square meters, including historically significant currencies, securities, certificates and other financial products that not only reflect the history of the Chinese market economy, but also and especially the period of the planned economy in the People's Republic of China. The exhibits are all of inestimable value from a historical perspective. It is one of the first exhibitions of its kind in the People's Republic of China.
International Relations
In 1996, SWUFE started enrolling overseas students, and in 2001, the Ministry of Education added it to the list of key universities in China for student education. SWUFE currently offers 38 doctoral programs, 67 master’s programs and 32 bachelor’s programs to foreign students. The university also offers four completely English-language bachelor's programs and two completely English-language master’s programs, including the successful and groundbreaking MA CEEBS (Chinese-European Economics) master’s program, which was founded in 2007 together with the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR) and Business Studies). Several thousand foreign students from more than 100 countries have already taken advantage of SWUFE's offers.
The SWUFE took its first steps towards internationalization in 1986 and is one of the first universities in the country to have established external relations with universities in other countries since the beginning of the opening and reform period. SWUFE's first international partnership began in 1986 with what was then the German University of Applied Sciences for Economics Berlin (FHW); since 2009, following a merger with the University of Applied Sciences for Administrative Law Berlin (FHVR), it has been renamed the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR). Since then, SWUFE has expanded its international partner network to over 150 universities, financial institutions and companies from around 40 countries and regions. Partner institutions are u. a. (in alphabetical order) in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, France, Great Britain, Israel, Japan, Canada, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Austria, Russia, Slovenia and the USA.
Well-known alumni
Well-known alumni of the University of Economics and Finance of Southwest China are listed in alphabetical order below:
- Jiang Chaoliang (Governor of Jilin Province, Former Chairman of the Agricultural Bank of China)
- Li Ruogu (Former Chairman and President of Exim Bank of China)
- Liu Jiayi (Inspector General of the National Audit Office of the People's Republic of China)
- Ma Weihua (President of China Merchants Bank)
- Shang Fulin (Chairman of the Supreme Banking Regulatory Commission of the People's Republic of China)
- Tang Xu (Head of the China People's Bank Research Department, General Secretary of the China Finance and Banking Association, Director of the Anti-Money Laundering Bureau)
- Wei Hong (Former Governor of Sichuan Province)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 西南 财经 大学. In: www.swufe.edu.cn. Retrieved March 29, 2016 .
- ^ Information and Education Technology Center: History-Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. In: e.swufe.edu.cn. Retrieved March 29, 2016 .
- ^ Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, accessed March 29, 2016 .
- ^ Information and Education Technology Center: Schools-Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. In: e.swufe.edu.cn. Retrieved March 29, 2016 .
- ↑ 我 院 师生 参观 西南 财经 大学 货币 证券 博物馆 - 四川 大学 历史 文化 学院. (No longer available online.) In: historytourism.scu.edu.cn. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016 ; accessed on March 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
