School of Banking and Finance

Overview

The School of Banking and Finance (SBF) is one of the leading schools in China, and enjoys a very high international reputation. It has particular strengths in the fields of money and banking, financial economics, international finance, and financial engineering. The school not only includes a highly specialized faculty with both expertise and a passion for teaching, but also maintains a global perspective in its course offerings, added to which, close relationships with China’s financial industry.

Currently, SBF has over 58 teachers, with 49 of them being faculty members, 4 of whom experts in their fields and who enjoy a government special allowance. Professors and associate professors account for approximately 62% of the whole faculty, with more than 55% having doctoral degrees. A number of SBF's senior professors are experts in their field of study, and a large number of associate and assistant professors with up-to-date knowledge, skills, and foreign educational backgrounds. SBF has also invited a group of famous experts in both financial academics and industry, such as Ronald McKinnon, Liu Hongru and Li Yang, as visiting professors.
At present, about 1500 students are studying at SBF, among which 1000 are undergraduates, 200 graduates, and 50 doctoral graduates. There are 100 international students pursuing either bachelor or master degrees at SBF. The school also has roughly 300 part-time graduate students who major in finance.
The mission of SBF is to be a world-class school of banking and finance; contributing academic knowledge that can fuel the revival of the Chinese economy, and to cultivate business leaders for China and the world. SBF offers the undergraduate, graduate and part-time graduate students the best education opportunities; providing them with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed both in their lives and in their professions; helping them obtain the global vision and the ability to solve problems in the real business world and to make innovations.

Departments and Research Institutes

The school is composed of three academic departments -- the department of finance, the department of financial engineering, and the department of investments. It also has built up academic research platforms such as Research Center of Financial Research, Research Center of Finance R&D, Research Center of Financial Product and Investment, and M&A Research Center. Meanwhile, the school has its own School Office, Teaching Management Office, Instructor’s Office, Reference Room, Computer Room and Financial Project Laboratory, etc.

Faculty

Wu Jun
Professor
Ph.D., Graduate School of the PBC
Dean, SBF
Expert enjoying the government special allowance
Monetary theory and policy 
Qiu Zhaoxiang
Professor
Expert enjoying the government special allowance
Finance R&D, Bank Management
Liu Ya
Professor
Ph.D., Graduate School of the PBC
Vice President, UIBE
Expert enjoying the government special allowance
Financial Risk Management
Shi Wei
Professor
Director, personnel division in UIBE
International Finance
Xu Shizhi
Professor
Expert enjoying the government special allowance
Corporate Finance
Ding Jianchen
Professor
Ph.D., Graduate School of the PBC
Public Finance, Financial Supervision
Ding zhijie
Professor
Ph.D., Liaoning University
Deputy Dean of SBF
International Finance
Su Qin
Professor
Ph.D., Southwest University of Finance and Economics
International Trade
Guo Hongyu
Professor
Ph.D., Renmin University of China
Public Finance, Monetary Economics
Guo Min
Professor
Ph.D., Wuhan University
Capital market, Investment Banking
Liu Lixin
Professor
Ph.D., Nankai University
Financial Engineering
Qi Tianxiang
Professor
Ph.D., Renmin University of China
Finance system, individual savings
Zou Yasheng
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Renmin University of China
Deputy Dean of SBF
Bank Marketing, Enterprise Management
He Ziyun
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Graduate School of the PBC
Commercial Bank Management, Financial Risk Management
Wu Weixing
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences
Financial Engineering

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Undergraduate Programs

The undergraduate programs of SBF are the most competitive undergraduate programs in China. A full-time undergraduate program lasts for four academic years. The main purpose of the program is to cultivate the students as applied finance talents with strong innovation ability, positive life attitude and broad international vision. It will build on the foundation with economics and finance theoretical basis, which will ensure those good performances in financial market with strong cross-cultural communication ability and various aspects solid knowledge in finance, management and so on.
There are three majors for undergraduate program: Finance, Financial Engineering and Investments.

1. Finance
2. Money and Banking
3. Commercial Bank Management
4. Public Finance
5. International Finance
6. Foundations of Financial Economics
7. Financial Risk Management
8. Financial Engineering
9. Corporate Finance
10. Financial Derivatives
11. Security Investment Analyze and Management
12. Investment Banking
13. Bank Accounting
14. Financial Statement Analysis
15. Financial Engineering
16. Probability Theory
17. Money and Banking
18. Mathematical Statistics
19. Operation Research
20. International Finance
21. Commercial Bank Management
22. Applied Stochastic Processes
23. Foundations of Financial Economics
24. Financial Engineering
25. Corporate Finance
26. Financial Derivatives
27. Security Investment Analyze and Management
28. Fixed Income Securities Analysis
29. Measuring Analysis of Financial Risk
30. Applied Financial Engineering
31. Investments
32. Money and Banking
33. Principles of Management
34. International Finance
35. Industrial Economics
36. Financial Market
37. Investments
38. Management of Corporate Finance
39. Technical Economics
40. Security Investment Analyze and Management
41. Financial Statement Analysis
42. Investment Banking Management
43. Mergers & Acquisitions
44. Venture Investment
45. Multinational Business Finance
46. CFA Program
47. Money and Banking
48. Commercial Bank Management
49. Public Finance
50. International Finance
51. Foundations of Financial Economics
52. Financial Risk Management
53. Financial Engineering
54. Corporate Finance
55.  Equity Securities Valuation and Investment Analysis
56. Debt Securities Valuation and Investment Analysis
57. Valuation and Investment Analysis on Derivatives and Alternative Investments
58. Portfolio Management
59. Quantitative Methods in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

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Master Programs

SBF offers Two-year, full-time Master of Economics programs in nine disciplines: Monetary Theory and Policy, International Finance, Bank Management, capital market, Corporate Finance, Financial Risk Management, Financial Engineering and Investments. This Master's program is to equip students with more advanced, interdisciplinary, yet practice-oriented, financial knowledge and problem-solving techniques, for both academic and financial industry positions. At the end of this program, the students will have a good appreciation of applied finance with solid advanced economics and finance theory, strong cross-cultural communication ability and proficiency in Chinese economics and finance.
Main Courses:

1. Intermediate Microeconomics
2. Intermediate Macroeconomics
3. Econometrics
4. Monetary Economics
5. Selected Classical Readings on Economics and Finance
6. Lectures on Advanced Economics and Finance
7. Financial Economics
8. International Monetary Economics
9. Research of Corporate Finance
10. Behavioral Finance
11. Financial Risk Management

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PHD Programs

The Ph.D. program is to offer an advanced and highly specialized course of Finance study. In the course of pursuing Ph.D. studies, students actively participate in seminars and workshops and use them to help develop their dissertation, present their research for critical feedback, and refine their analysis of the dissertation. Four fields of specialization are offered in the Ph.D. program in Finance: monetary economics, financial economics, financial intermediary, and financial engineering.
Main Courses:

1. Advanced Econometric Analysis
2. Advanced Monetary Economics
3. Advanced Micro-finance Analysis
4. Research of Modern Monetary Theory and Policy
5. Research on Chinese Financial problems
6. Selected Readings on Economics and Finance

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International Students

In order to diversify its student body and encourage a global vision among students to a greater extent, the school has begun recruiting international students since 2005. Currently, the school offers Bachelor, Master and Doctor degrees in economics, all the degree programs are offered only in Chinese.

1. Undergraduate Programs

This program has expertise in two research areas: International Finance and Portfolio Investment. The students in both areas will be trained into applied talents mainly for the multinational banks, the transnational investment banks, the fund organizations, the insurance companies, the financial sector in large industrial companies, the finance consultancy firms as well as relevant management departments. Most graduates find positions in planning and management of investment or financing as a trader in foreign exchange and capital markets, corporation securities business, corporate financing and so on.

Main Courses

1. Microeconomics
2. Macroeconomics
3. Introduction to Financial Accounting
4. Theory and Practice of International Trade
5. Money and Banking
6. Financial Market
7. Principles of Management
8. Public Finance
9. Venture Investment
10. Commercial Banking Management
11. International Finance
12. Foreign Exchange and Management
13. Introduction to China’s Economy and Finance
14. Reform and Development of China’s Financial System
15. Corporate Finance
16. Security Investment Analyze and Management
17. Investment Banking

2. Master's Programs

The students will be trained into advanced applied talents and reach higher management level mainly in the central banks, the multinational banks, the transnational investment banks, the fund organizations, the insurance companies, the financial sector in large industrial companies, the finance consultancy firms as well as the relevant management departments. Most graduates are mainly engaged in the positions in analysis, judgment and decision on investment or financing, mastery the international financial markets, research and judgment on relevant government financial policies, advanced financial management and etc.
Main Courses:

1. Intermediate Microeconomics
2. Intermediate Macroeconomics
3. Econometrics
4. Monetary Economics
5. Financial Asset Pricing
6. Financial Institutions Management
7. Topics in Modern Finance

3. Ph.D. Programs

Students should expect to study for about four or five years to complete a Ph.D. in Finance. The graduates of the program should achieve the level of advanced knowledge in their specialty necessary to carry out original academic research, along with sufficient knowledge of other disciplines to facilitate inter-disciplinary insight; to demonstrate this research ability by producing a high-quality dissertation and academic papers; to be critical thinkers; to have well-developed ethical reasoning skills; to have a good understanding of the international business environment; and to have good preparation for a career as an effective teacher.

Main Courses:

1. Advanced Microeconomics
2. Advanced Macroeconomics
3. Financial Econometrics
4. Financial Economics
5. International Monetary Theory
6. Financial Engineering
7. Finance Theory and Policy

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Academic Research

SBF puts its research focus on important theoretic and practical problems in economics and finance. It has completed many research projects on national and provincial level, such as National Social Science and Science Fund Project, Ministry of Education Research Project, etc. In addition, the school has also undertaken many research projects with several international financial organizations, domestic banks and non-bank financial institutions. The research achievements have made a significant impact on Chinese financial area in terms of theory, reform and development.

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Cooperation and Exchange

SBF has put a lot of weights on its international exchange programs. The school actively communicates and cooperates with international and other domestic universities, as well as with relevant research institutes. SBF has initiated various activities such as academic exchanges, teacher assignment and educational cooperation with leading international institutions such as The University of Birmingham, The University of Manchester, University of Victoria, Dalhousie University, Seton Hall University, Anglia Ruskin University from many countries or regions over the world. These activities have dramatically promoted the internationalization of SBF as well as the mutual understanding between SBF and its foreign counterparts.