In 2019, the School of Finance enrolled students in the Finance discipline. The undergraduates would complete the foundation courses and receive liberal education in Year 1. From Year 2 onwards, they may branch off to Finance, Financial Engineering or Fintech according the specialized plan of the School.

Finance

I. About the Major

Finance was launched soon after the foundation of the People’s Republic of China and is one of the oldest majors at CUFE. It focuses on the teaching and research of Macro-Finance theories and policies, Micro-Finance theories and application and the integration of Finance and Technologies. In keeping with the demands of the new era, the talent-cultivation plan of the major is continuously being improved.  

The major aims to cultivate elite with a global view and a structured command of Finance theories and basic modern Information Technology. In addition to being proficient in actual financial operations, they will possess comparatively stronger social adaptability and innovation skills, which ensure they are fully competent to work at international financial organizations, government and public institutions and financial institutions such as banks and securities, fund, trust and futures companies.  

II. Academic Degree

Bachelor of Economics

III. Cultivation Plan

Finance undergraduates will gain a systematic understanding of the basic theories and knowledge of Economics and Finance. They will become proficient with the basic instruments of financial analysis and possess the positive qualities and basic skills to engage in financial operations. They will also become familiar with the national economic and financial guidelines, policies, laws and regulations and become well versed in the rules and conventions of international financial activities. Furthermore, the undergraduates will master a foreign language, become a proficient reader and possess the basic skills of listening, speaking, writing and translating, with which they may obtain professional information. On top of that, they will become skilled in computer and mathematical and statistical tools. They will demonstrate positive overall qualities with their profound theoretical foundation for advanced studies, in addition to having strong practical skills and innovation awareness.  

IV. Main Courses

The major offers the following main specialized courses: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Quantitative Economics, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Corporate Finance, Commercial Banking Operations, Introduction to Financial Engineering, International Finance, Securities Investment, Financial Risk Management, Behavioral Finance, Financial Statistical Analysis, etc.

Financial Engineering

I. About the Major

Launched in 2002, the major is one of the first such undergraduate programs in China. Our program emphasizes the learning and understanding of economic and financial theories, mathematical and statistical methods, computer science and big-data analysis. The major has distinctive technical and application-oriented features.  

The major aims to cultivate all-round elite with a global view, who will have a solid foundation in mathematical programming while being proficient in modern financial theories. In addition to being familiar with financial-product design and quantitative analysis, they will possess comparatively stronger social adaptability and innovation skills, which ensure they are fully competent to work at government and public institutions and financial institutions such as banks and securities, fund, trust and futures companies.  

II. Academic Degree  

Bachelor of Economics

III. Cultivation Plan

Financial Engineering undergraduates will gain a systematic understanding of the basic theories and knowledge of Economics, Finance and Financial Engineering. They will become proficient with the basic instruments and methods of financial analysis and modeling, while possessing the basic skills to engage in financial operations. They will also become familiar with the national economic and financial guidelines, policies, laws and regulations. Furthermore, the undergraduates will master a foreign language, become a proficient reader and possess the basic skills of listening, speaking, writing and translating, with which they may obtain professional information. On top of that, they will become skilled in mathematical and statistical tools, as well as using computer and big-data analysis technology to solve financial issues. They will demonstrate positive overall qualities with their profound foundation for advanced studies in Economics and Finance, in addition to having strong practical skills and innovation awareness.


IV. Main Courses

The major offers the following main specialized courses: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Applied Stochastic Processes, C++ Programming, Data Structure and Algorithm, Quantitative Economics, Finance, Statistics, Introduction to Financial Engineering, Corporate Finance, Financial Value Computing, Financial Econometrics, Financial Economics, Securities Investment, Financial Risk Management, etc.

Fintech

I. About the Major

Established in 2017, the experimental course was approved as a major in 2018 and began admitting undergraduates in 2019. It is an interdisciplinary major that comprises Finance, Information Science and Intelligent Science. Highlighting the integration and innovative application of modern technologies in finance, the major aims to cultivate financial elite with a global view and a structured command of Economic Finance and modern Information-Technology theories and knowledge. In addition to being proficient in Information Technology, Data Science and Algorithm and Intelligent Technologies, they will possess comparatively stronger practical and innovation skills, which ensure they will fully adapt to work in fields such as banking technologies, intelligent-investment counseling, program trading, insurance technology, supervision technology, etc.

II. Academic Degree

Bachelor of Economics

III. Cultivation Plan

Fintech undergraduates will gain a systematic understanding of the basic theories and knowledge of Economics and Finance. They will become proficient in financial analysis and modern information technology, particularly fundamental frontier technologies such as big data, blockchains and artificial intelligence. While possessing the scientific learning and basic skills to engage in financial operations, they will also be familiar the latest theories of and developments in Fintech. Furthermore, the undergraduates will master a foreign language, become a proficient reader and possess the basic skills of listening, speaking, writing and translating, with which they may obtain professional information. On top of that, they will become proficient in computer programming and acquire the skill to apply technologies to financial services. They will demonstrate positive overall qualities, while also having strong practical skills and innovation awareness.  

IV. Main Courses

The major offers the following main specialized courses: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Python Programming, Data Structure and Algorithm, Econometrics, Finance, Modern Cryptography, Fintech, Introduction to Financial Engineering, Corporate Finance, Big Data and Finance, Fintech Supervision and Supervision Technology, Blockchain Technology and Application, Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing, AI Theory and Application, etc.