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Southwestern University Of Finance And Economics
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Public SHANGHAI #72 · 2022Project 985Project 211Double First Class
About the university
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 —
The university traces its origin back to the year of —, 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 —, 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 —, the Chengdu branch of Kwang Hua University formed an independent private univesity called Chenghua University.
After —, 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 —. In —, SWUFE became a Project 211 University, in —, SWUFE was listed as 985 Innovative Platform for Key Disciplines Project University.
International Accreditation and International Memberships
Academics
The university has 28 schools, colleges, and institutes with 35 undergraduate majors. SWUFE has approximately — students of which are — 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 — graduate students, of which there are roundabout — Master degree candidates and 740 doctoral degree candidates. SWUFE currently has around 515 international students and —+ alumni.