Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics

Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics is located in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province in central China. Its convenient location offers easy access to major cities across the country. Jiangxi has beautiful mountains and waterways and many historic and cultural attractions, including Tengwang Pavilion, Mount Lushan, Mount Sanqing and Jingdezhen. The university was founded in 1923, has a long educational history and is one of China’s renowned universities of economics and management.

It is jointly developed and administered by China’s Ministry of Finance and Jiangxi Province. Its principal disciplines are economics and management, alongside law, engineering, literature, science, agriculture, education, philosophy and history. Giving equal emphasis to teaching and research, it is an established yet continually innovative multidisciplinary university.

It has 4 campuses, 21 schools, 58 undergraduate programs, 64 master’s programs, 21 doctoral programs and 5 postdoctoral workstations. It has over 40000 students of various kinds, including over 30000 full-time students. It has 2179 teachers, including 257 professors, 444 associate professors and 124 doctoral supervisors. A total of 690 teachers hold doctorates, representing 31.66% of all teachers.

Internationalization is one of the university’s most important development directions. It has long-term friendly partnerships with 85 universities in 18 countries and regions. It offers two jointly operated MBA programs: one with New York Institute of Technology in the United States and one with the University of South Australia. It runs student exchanges with 14 universities, including WU Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria, the University of Oulu in Finland, the Amsterdam School of Economics and Business in the Netherlands, a university of applied sciences in Berlin, Germany, the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom, Edith Cowan University in Australia and Ajou University in South Korea. It offers self-funded overseas study programs with many partners, including Lancaster University, the University of Southampton and the University of Essex in the United Kingdom, Duquesne University in the United States, the University of Prince Edward Island in Canada and Massey University in New Zealand. Over 400 students study at overseas universities each year.

The university began admitting international students in 1996, mainly from overseas partner institutions and neighboring Asian countries, with nearly one hundred new students each year. It is a member of ISEP, International Student Exchange Programs, and was the organization’s first member university in mainland China able to exchange students.

The university provides high-quality international student education. Most undergraduate and master’s programs accept international students, and almost all courses are open to them. It offers some English-taught courses for international students and Chinese language training. International students are taught in small classes. Each semester, it organizes varied cultural and sporting activities, company visits and cultural field trips within Jiangxi.

It has first-class facilities, attractive campuses and extensive sports facilities. International student residences meet standards found in developed European and North American countries, with over 240 single rooms and shared kitchens, laundry rooms and other facilities.