Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE)

西南财经大学
Former names	四川财经学院, 光华大学成都分部 (成华大学)
Motto	经世济民，孜孜以求
Motto in English	To persistently strive for the benefit of people and society
Type	National University
Established	1925
President	Prof. Zongyi Zhang
Academic staff	2,000+
Students	24,000+ （600+ International Students）
Undergraduates	16,000+
Postgraduates	8,000+
Location	Chengdu and Mianyang, Sichuan, China
Campus	urban, suburb
Nickname	苏菲/SWUFE
Affiliations	Equis
Website	www.swufe.edu.cn

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (also known as SWUFE, Chinese: 西南财经大学; pinyin: Xīnán Cáijīng Dàxué) is a key national university in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. The university is under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education and it is ranked as one of the top 3 universities among finance and business oriented universities in China. The school is listed in both Project 211 and the 985 Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines Project as part of the national endeavor to build world-class universities. In December 2014, SWUFE’s school of business administration became the first business school in western China to be accredited by the European Quality Improvement System.

The university traces its origins to the year 1925, when a group of students and academics from St. John’s University in Shanghai, led by the prominent scholar Zhang Shouyong, left the school following the events of the May 30th Movement and founded the Kwang Hua University in Shanghai. In 1938, following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Japanese advance into mainland China, the university relocated its headquarters to Chengdu. This move was mirrored by other major Chinese universities in the east of China who relocated their operations to western China after the Republic of China moved its capital from Nanjing to Chongqing a city not far from Chengdu.