Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
| 上海财经大学 | |
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| Motto | 厚德博学，经济匡时 |
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Motto in English
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Strive for Virtue and Knowledge, Assist in Economy and Governance |
| Type | National |
| Established | 1917 |
| President | Fan, Liming |
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Academic staff
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1,019 |
| Students | 22,071 |
| Undergraduates | 7,838 |
| Postgraduates | 6,322 |
| Location |
Shanghai,  People's Republic of China
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| Campus | Urban |
| Nickname | 上财 (Shàng Cái) or 财大 (Cái Dà) |
| Website | http://www.sufe.edu.cn/ |
The Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE; Chinese: 上海财经大学; pinyin: Shànghǎi Cáijīng Dàxué), founded in 1917, is a finance- and economics-oriented research university located in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China. The university is under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and is among the national Project 211. The Shanghai University of Finance and Economics is a top-ranked research university specializing in economics, finance and business studies. As the oldest financial university in China, SUFE has developed its own spirit over the years.
SUFE has enjoyed a reputation of being the best finance and economics universities in China for many years. The university had been consistently ranked No. 1 in the “finance and economics” category in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008 by the Chinese university ranking (Netbig). Since 2005, the university has achieved substantial improvements in terms of research and started to gain international reputation. According to Tilburg University’s Economics Schools Research Ranking in 2012, SUFE is ranked 120th in the world, 9th in Asia and 3rd in mainland China, only after Tsinghua University and Peking University. In 2014 and 2015 the university is ranked 151-200th in economics/business category in the world by ARWU.
In 2005, SUFE introduced the academic tenure and became the first university in China to adopt this system. As of December 2012, there were more than 120 tenure-track faculty members at SUFE, of which most are Ph.D. graduates from renowned overseas universities.
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