The College of Economics, Shenzhen University (SZU) grew out of the Department of Economics and Management, established in 1983 with the assistance of Renmin University of China when Shenzhen University was founded. In 1985, the Department of Economics and Management was divided into the Department of Economics and the Department of Management, and the former was further divided into the Department of Economics and the Department of International Finance and Trade in 1987. In May 1997, the Department of Economics, the Department of International Finance and Trade, and the Research Institute for Economy of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao jointly formed the College of Economics. After more than 41 years of development, the College of Economics has become a major teaching and research center in the field of SEZ economic management.
The College of Economics is building its programs with good momentum. Now it boasts:
Five undergraduate programs in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain Management, International Economics and Trade
A first-level PhD program in Theoretical Economics, a first-level master program in Applied Economics, a first-level master program in Statistics, and a second-level master program in Accounting
Programs of Master of Professional Accounting (MPACC), Master of Finance (MF), Master of International Business (MIB), and Master of Applied Statistics (MAS)
A postdoctoral research station in Theoretical Economics.
Joint training of PhD program with famous domestic and international business schools such as Lingnan University, City University of Macau, University of Nottingham Ningbo China and etc.
Among them, Theoretical Economics is a provincial key first-level program. Political Economy is a provincial program with focused support. Finance is a national featured program and a famous program of Guangdong province. Finance, Accounting and economics are national first-class undergraduate programs. International Economics and Trade and Supply Chain Management are provincial first-class undergraduate programs. Microeconomics is a provincial selected course, and was selected into national first-class course list in 2020. Finance was selected into national first-class course list in 2023.In 2011, approved by the Department of Education of Guangdong province, the College of Economics became an innovation pilot zone of Guangdong province for talent fostering model.
The College of Economics has attracted a well-balanced team of eminent, dedicated and innovative scholars in the field of economic management. The College has a team of 156 faculty and staff, among which 118 are full-time teachers, including 2 Leading Talents of The National Ten Thousand Talents Program, 1 Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, 1 National Excellent Youth, 2 Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researchers , 1 Famous Teacher of Guangdong Provincial Special Support Program, 1 Outstanding Young Scholars of Guangdong Provincial Science Foundation, 1 Zhujiang Scholar, 40 Shenzhen Municipal High-level Talents. Altogether, the College has 22 doctoral supervisors, 24 professors, 42 associated professors, 52 assistant professors and lecturers.
The College of Economics is innovative, pragmatic and distinctive in talent fostering. The College boasts three laboratories: a comprehensive professional laboratory, a modern logistics laboratory, an experimental teaching platform for the Internet of Things, and a “Guangdong Experimental Teaching Center”. The College actively promotes innovation of talent cultivation mode, and establishes Mathematical Finance Experimental Class, ACCA International Accounting Innovation Class, CFA Specialty Class, Investment Science Experimental Class, Financial Risk Management Class, Supply Chain Finance Class, International Economics and Trade and English Language Experimental class. The College enrolls a total of 3,266 students, including 2,416 full-time undergraduates, and 850 graduate students (master program: 806; doctoral program: 44).
With steady improvement in scientific research strengths, the College is witnessing increasing academic clout in and outside of China. The College established a JECR (SSCI) regional editorial office and participated in the building of the Guangdong Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy. Teachers of the College actively take on national, provincial and ministerial-level and consulting scientific research programs, with grant amount taking the front rank among the liberal arts colleges of SZU. They have published researches in authoritative Chinese journals such as “Social Sciences in China”, “Economic Research Journal”, “Management World”, “China Economic Quarterly”, “Accounting Research”, “Systems Engineering - Theory & Practice”, and international authoritative journals as well, such as “The Accounting Review“,”Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA)”, “Production and Operations Management”, “Journal of Banking and Finance”, “Journal of Corporate Finance” and “Journal of International Money and Finance”.
The College of Economics will consistently uphold the concept of “culture-led, innovation-driven, and connotative development” and forge ahead with the mission of building first-class programs to meet social and market needs.