Tianjin University of Finance & Economics

Infobox University
name = Tianjin University of Finance and Economics


established = 1958
type = Public
president = Jiaxing Zhang
city = Tianjin
country = China
undergrad = 11,000
postgrad = 1,300
faculty = 700
campus = Suburban
website = [http://www.tjufe.edu.cn/ (chinese)]

Tianjin University of Finance and Economics (天津财经大学) is a university in Tianjin, China.Tianjin University of Finance and Economics (TUFE) was founded in 1958, is one of the earliest universities offering applied economics and business administration in P.R.China. In the early time of TUFE, the faculties were formed by the faculty of business school of Nankai University and other prestigious professors in North China. This is due to the readjustment of national education system after the foundation of People's Republic of China. The university is under the municipal government of Tianjin on 1st October, 1969.

Now there are over 11,000 undergraduate and 1300 graduate students on campus. There are 117 professors, 226 assistant professors in the university. A comprehensive educational system has been formed with different levels from doctorate to bachelor programs in economics, business, management, law, science and engineering, education, literature and art. TUFE offers bachelor's and master's degrees in 33 areas, and doctorates in statistics, accounting and finance. It is one of the universities permitted by the Ministry of Education to offer MBA programs, and among the first batch of universities authorized by the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council as early as 1987 to conduct educational programs with foreign universities and confer academic degree of foreign countries. It is also one of the universities that offer the courses of Chinese Certified Public Accountants (CPA). The university has one of the exam center of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

The main campus of the university is located in 25 Zhujiang Road, Hexi District, Tianjin. Most departments and research center are in here. The Machangdao campus is located in the central district of Tianjin near Tianjin Institute of Foreign Languages. The university covers 800,000 m², with a floor space of 455,600 m². The First Classroom Building and the Old Libray in the 'west campus' is part of the history of TUFE. Along with TUFE library, the new classroom buildings and many new comprehensive buildings in the 'east campus' are the new faces of the university. The library boasts an extensive collection of books and reference materials both in Chinese and other languages. Most current main economics journals such as The American Economic Review, The Journal of Finance, The Quarterly Journal of Economics are available for all students for their independent research.

The university has always been actively engaged in international exchange, as evidenced by its close educational exchanges with foreign universities and research institutes such as those from The United States, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Great Britain, France, Germany, Greece, etc. About 334 international students from Republic of Korea, United States, Japan, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Thailand, Canada, Mongolia study in the university. Overseas students come from the countries and regions such as The United States, Japan, Russia, Malaysia, Singapore, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, etc.

TUFE provides student apartments to all students with rooms normally shared by 2 or 4 students. Gyms and a sub-library are also in the apartments area. Because TUFE women's basketball team is the national champion for several consecutive years, the most popular game in TUFE is basketball.The modern multifunctional classroom buildings, library, indoor stadium, swimming pool, gymnasium, computer service rooms, laboratories and the students' dormitory provide an excellent environment for studying and living.

External links

* [http://www.tjufe.edu.cn/ Official website]