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对外经济贸易大学 | |||||||
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Former names | Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade | ||||||
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| Motto | 博学，诚信，求索，笃行 | ||||||
Motto in English | Erudition, Honesty, Endeavour, Perfection | ||||||
| Type | Public | ||||||
| Established | 1951; 74 years ago (1951) | ||||||
| President | Zhao Zhongxiu[1] | ||||||
Academic staff | 1,237 (2015)[2] | ||||||
Administrative staff | 641 (2015)[2] | ||||||
| Students | 16,094 (2015)[2] | ||||||
| Undergraduates | 8,379 (2015)[2] | ||||||
| Postgraduates | 3,790 (2015)[2] | ||||||
| 591 (2015)[2] | |||||||
Other students | 3,334a (2015)[2] | ||||||
| Location | , China | ||||||
| Campus | Urban | ||||||
| Nickname | Màodà (贸大) | ||||||
| Affiliations | Under direct administration of Ministry of Education and Ministry of Commerce | ||||||
| Mascot | "Cross Global and universe" (Symbol – also forms part of the logo) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 对外经济贸易大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 對外經濟貿易大學 | ||||||
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TheUniversity of International Business and Economics (UIBE;对外经济贸易大学) is a public university located inChaoyang,Beijing, China. It is affiliated with theMinistry of Education. and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and theMinistry of Commerce.[3] The university is part ofProject 211 and theDouble First-Class Construction.[4][3] It is the only finance and economics university in China accredited by EQUIS, AACSB, CAMEA, and AMBA,[5] and one of 15 universities in mainland China with AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA accreditations(the fifth university in China to receive all three accreditations).[6][7]
The university emphasizes oneconomics,finance,international business,management,business,law,foreign languages andinternational relations.[8][9] and is recognized as one of China's leading universities in the studies of business and finance.[10][11][12] It was established in 1951 in Beijing by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of China.[12][13]
The school was formerly known as the Senior Business Cadre School and was founded in 1951.[8][14] In 1953, it was renamed Beijing Foreign Trade College. In 1954, the foreign trade major of the Department of Trade of Renmin University of China was merged into the Beijing College of Foreign Trade and the Beijing College of Foreign Trade was established. In 1984, it was renamed the University of International Business and Economics.[14] In June 2000, the former China Finance Institute and the former University of International Business and Economics merged to form a new University of International Business and Economics, which was placed under the management of the Ministry of Education.[15] In December 2010, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Commerce signed an agreement to jointly build the University of International Business and Economics.
The university offer a range of courses ininternational business,economics,international trade,finance,management,commercial law,foreign languages and related fields.
UIBE is the home ofThe Beijing Center, a program for mainly American students studying in China who reside at UIBE and takeChinese language courses, as well as other courses taught in English.
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School of International Trade and Economics[16][17]
The School of International Trade and Economics is one of China's leading centers for the study and research of international trade and finance. The School is an established, research-intensive institution including seven departments and ten research centers.
China School of Banking and Finance[18]
In 2001, the School of Banking and Finance in UIBE merged with the former China Institution of Finance which was widely known as the undergraduate school of the Peoples' Bank of China and received endorsement from the Chinese central government. Currently, about 1500 students are studying in SBF, with 950 being undergraduates, 179 graduates, and 33 doctoral graduates, including more than 100 foreign students. The school also has roughly 300 graduate students, specialized in finance, studying as part-time students.
The Business School at the University of International Business Economics (hereafter UIBEBS) was established in 1982 as Department of International Business Management. It is now the second largest among 16 schools on the campus in terms of enrollment and faculty team. Teaching and research at UIBEBS covers virtually all facets of business management with programmes in accounting, finance, marketing, business management and human resource management. UIBEBS uses textbooks and teaching materials from the United States in courses taught in English. The business school is currently [as of May 2014] a member of theAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) as well asEuropean Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).[20] By the end of 2013, UIBEBS has 87 full-time and 31 part-time faculties, 2499 full-time and 1060 part-time students. Of the total number, 597 are international students.
Founded in 1984, the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) School of Law features a State-approved key discipline of international law and has around 50 full-time faculty members. Half of the full-time faculty have served as arbitrators of various domestic and foreign arbitration institutions. In 2010, UIBE ranks second in China’s National Higher Education Institution Rankings by Employment Rate. The university has enrolled many foreign students.
School of Foreign Studies
The School of Foreign Studies (SFS), originally the second Department of the Beijing Foreign Trade College founded in 1954, is composed of eight departments and one centre, namely, Departments of Arabic, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Russian, and Vietnamese, as well as the Sino-Italian Language Training Centre. In its history of half a century, there appeared many known scholars and professors: Chen Tao, Song Wenjun, Shen Daming, Zhang Xiongwu, Zhao Run, Jiang Xindao, Xiao Tianyou, among others.Up till now, the school has produced about 1,000 undergraduates and 100 post graduates. Prominent among them: Shi Guangsheng as the ex-minister of Foreign Trades, Song Hai, now the vice provincial governor of Guangdong Province, Cao Weizhou, the deputy Secretary-General of the National Standing Committee of People’s Congress of China, Guo Li, the deputy director of the Hong Kong Liaison Office of China.The eight departments of the School are all members and/or standing members of their separate National Teaching Associations and Literature Societies.The faculty consists of 21 full professors and 33 associate professors. Among them, 34 are graduate supervisors, 21 have obtained PhD degrees. The SFS also employs some foreign teachers.There are 700 undergraduate and 100 postgraduate students enrolled. The school has exchange programs with 20 overseas universities.
School of International Studies
School of International Education (SIE) of UIBE is engaged in recruiting international students for UIBE’s degree and non-degree study programs, and provides related services. SIE offers language training programs, including the Chinese Language and Business Chinese at different levels, and Advance Studies on Chinese Economy and Culture.
Currently, there are more than 3,100 foreign students from 126 countries and regions studying at the University of International Business and Economics. Over 2,300 of them are taking degree courses and over 800 students are taking Chinese language courses and non-degree courses.
School of International Education has Dean's Office, Admissions Office, Office for Degree Education, Office for Non-Degree Education, Department of Students' Affairs, Department of Teaching and Service Center.
School of Information Technology and Management Engineering
Research Institute for Global Value Chains
School of Public Administration
School of Insurance and Economics
School of Chinese and Literature
Sino-French International Management School
Zhuoyue International School
China Institute for WTO Studies
Institute of International Economics
School of Distance Education
School of Executive Development
In the Shanghai Ranking, UIBE ranks third among finance and economics universities in China,[21] with its Applied Economics program also placed third nationwide, behind only Peking University and Renmin University of China.[22]
UIBE ranks 41th globally in the U.S. News “Best Global Universities for Economics and Business.”[23] It is ranked 78th in the QS International Trade Rankings 2026 for MBA and Master’s programs,[24] and 169th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 for Economics & Econometrics.[25]
The campus has been nicknamed "Hui Garden" (惠园).[26][27] Seven buildings are either dormitories or classroom buildings. There is a major academic building at the northwest of the site, which used to belong to the China Institute of Finance, named Boxue (博学楼). Another modern teaching building is located in the southeastern corner, named Ningyuan (宁远楼). There is also an imposing structure in the middle of the campus, named Chengxin (诚信楼). A new library building was opened in October 2008.
Apart from the sports areas, there is a Chinese garden (south side), a bird cage, and a pond dubbed the "Back Sea" (seeHouhai) by students.
In August 2021 UIBE opened a new campus inPetah Tikvah in Israel, in a ceremony that was attended by UIBE's Party Chief Jiang Qingzhe, UIBE's President Xia Wenbin, Israeli Ambassador to ChinaMatan Vilnai and Petah Tikva's MayorRami Greenberg.
It has permanently closed as the ongoing conflict in Gaza.[28][29]
UIBE was one of the first Chinese universities to admit foreign students, with the first group enrolling in 1954.[30]
Since 1998, the UIBE andReims Management School have created a Franco-Chinese undergraduate programCESEM. It also has an exchange agreement forSpanish students with theComillas Pontifical University. Other dual diplomas partners are Paris-based business schoolESCE andCardiff University.
UIBE is one of the first universities in China to launch an international student program taught entirely in English. This program has become very popular among foreign students both in China and outside.
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