上海财经大学源于1917年南京高等师范学校创办的商科，经过100年的发展，现已成为一所以经济、管理学科为主，经、管、法、文、理协同发展的多科性重点大学，是教育部直属“211工程”和“985优势学科创新平台”建设高校，由教育部、财政部和上海市人民政府三方共建。2017年9月，学校入选国家“世界一流大学和一流学科建设”建设高校行列。

学校坚持追求卓越，以世界一流学科为引领、为标杆、为导向，已形成了财经特色较为鲜明的多科性学科体系，涵盖哲学、经济学、法学、文学、历史学、理学、工学、管理学8个学科门类，现有哲学、理论经济学、应用经济学、法学、马克思主义理论、统计学、管理科学与工程、工商管理、公共管理9个一级学科博士学位授权点，15个一级学科硕士学位授权点，13个硕士专业学位授权点，35个本科专业，及7个博士后科研流动站；重点建设“经济学与商学”世界一流学科群，拥有国家重点二级学科（含培育）4个，上海高校高峰学科2个。学校拥有一支国际化高水平师资队伍，截至2018年10月，共有专任教师1044人。学校有各类在校生20659人，其中本科生12933人，硕士生6463人，博士研究生1263，其中留学生971人。

学校坚持开放办学，深入实施Global SUFE战略，目前已与46个国家和地区的212所大学与机构建立了合作关系。学校是国内较早接收留学生的院校之一，历史可追溯到1957年迎来的第一批2名留学生。在发展过程中，留学生教育依托学校专业特色与优势，秉持“国际接轨、中国特色、财大品牌、融合发展”的理念，建立了层次完整、结构合理的留学生学历教育体系和以商务汉语为特色的汉语教学体系。通过国际文化交流学院、国家级国际商务汉语教学与资源开发基地（上海）和孔子学院的逐步建设与发展，学校形成了留学生人才培养、学科发展、师资建设与国际交流共生促进的良性循环体系与可持续发展格局。

面向未来，学校始终铭记“厚德博学、经济匡时”之校训，以创建世界一流学科为引领，为建成国际知名具有鲜明财经特色的高水平研究型大学而努力。

国际文化交流学院

国际文化交流学院的前身为从事留学生教育管理工作的留学生办公室（后改为“留学生部”）。2001年10月，国际文化交流学院成立，招收中国政府奖学金留学生和自费留学生，以搞好“既有中国特色，又与国际接轨”的留学生工作为己任。在学科建设方面，学院于2001年设立对外汉语（现汉语国际教育）专业本科点，2006年设立中国语言文学一级学科下的语言学及应用语言学硕士点，2013年设立汉语国际教育专业学位硕士点。此外，还拥有以商务汉语和商务文化为特色的汉语教学项目。

The Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, known affectionately by its students as “SUFE”, started life way back in 1917 - in the city of Nanjing of all places. What once started off as a mere business program, soon flourished and eventually evolved into what is now considered to be China’s top finance university (ACU University Rankings 2010-2012), and one of the top business universities.

SUFE was one of the very first universities in China to create post-doctoral research centers in the fields of economics and management, and it was also one of the leading universities to first offer MBA and EMBA programs.

The International Cultural Exchange School (ICES) of SUFE is dedicated to the admission, education, and administration of international students.

Modern Day SUFE

Moving into the 21st century, the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics is at the cutting edge of economic and accounting research in China. SUFE has been selected as one of the key universities in China’s “211 Project”, a national state-sponsored program to foster the development of outstanding Chinese universities.

The University

Currently, there are over 20 schools and colleges in the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. They include:

- College of Business

- School of Accountancy

- School of Finance

- School of International Business Administration

- School of Economics

- School of Public Economics and Administration

- School of Humanities

- School of Law

- School of Information

- School of Statistics and Management

- Department of Foreign Languages

- Department of Applied Mathematics

- International Cultural Exchange School (ICES)

In addition, there are more than 20 research institutes at SUFE, including the Institute of Finance & Economics Research, the Institute of Accounting and Finance, and the Institute of Higher Education.

There are 6 first-level and 47 second-level doctoral programs, 6 first-level and 79 second-level master programs and 37 undergraduate programs. SUFE has over 1,000 faculty members, of which more than 540 are professors or associate professors. Currently, there are more than 13,000 full-time students studying at SUFE, including over 6,300 master and PhD students.

International Students

Since 1994, the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics has been recruiting international students as well as students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

There are over 1,000 international students from 104 different countries studying at SUFE today. Our international students mostly study international economics and trade, finance, investment, accountancy, business administration, law, and the Chinese language.

Chinese Language

The main focus of our Chinese language courses is business Chinese, which emphasizes the practical use of the Chinese language within a business environment. In 2001, we established the undergraduate major Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. Then in 2006, we created a master’s degree major in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics.

Currently we offer three kinds of long-term Chinese language programs:

1. Business Chinese Program

2. General Chinese language Program

3. Intensive Chinese language (Pre-HSK) program

In addition to our long-term language programs, we also provide our international students with the option of studying short-term Chinese language training programs during summer and winter.

In 2010, the Chinese National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Hanban) set up a national research center in SUFE, and it is one of only 19 Chinese Research Centers in China. We are using this great opportunity to further develop our Business Chinese programs to help support and foster more excellent international student talent for international business environments.

The International Cultural Exchange School (ICES) is also one of the national HSK test centers in Shanghai, and we regularly organize tutorial courses for the HSK tests and can accept test registrations in our office. For more HSK information, click here for our HSK information.

Do you want to study Chinese in China? Do you want to study Chinese in Shanghai, the heart of China’s economy? Then come and study with SUFE!