

Nanjing University of Finance and Economics (NUFE) was founded in 1956 by the Ministry of Grain Nanjing Grain School, which was one of the first grain colleges founded by New China itself. In 1981, Nanjing Institute of Grain Economics was established on the basis of the original Nanjing Grain School. In 1993, the school was renamed Nanjing University of Economics. In 1999, Nanjing Material School was merged into Nanjing University of Economics. In 2000, Nanjing University of Economics, Jiangsu College of Finance and Economics, and Jiangsu College of Economics and Management were merged to form the new Nanjing University of Economics. In 2003, approved by the Ministry of Education, the school was officially renamed Nanjing University of Finance and Economics. In 2011, the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the State Food Administration signed a contract to jointly build Nanjing University of Finance and Economics. In 2019, the State Bureau of Grain and Material Reserves and the People's Government of Jiangsu Province signed a strategic cooperation agreement to fully support the development of the school.
Nanjing University of Finance and Economics has now become a key construction university in Jiangsu Province with economics, management, law, engineering, science, literature, art and other multi-disciplinary support and coordinated development. After years of reform and development, the school’s popularity has expanded rapidly, the quality of education has been continuously improved, its overall strength has been significantly enhanced, and its social reputation has been improved in an all-round way. Various undertakings have reached a new level, showing a strong momentum of development and a new atmosphere of reform.
The school has 3 campuses in Xianlin, Fujian Road and Qiaotou, covering an area of 1.207 million square meters with a total construction area of 713,600 square meters. There are 18 teaching colleges (departments). At present, there are more than 16,000 ordinary undergraduate students and more than 2,600 doctoral and master students on campus. It has a post-doctoral mobile station for applied economics, a "Modern Food Circulation Industry Development and Policy" program for doctoral talent training for national special needs, 12 first-level disciplines for master's degree authorization, 14 master's degree authorization points, and 49 undergraduate majors.
The school has nearly 1,300 full-time teachers, including more than 200 teachers with senior professional titles and more than 700 teachers with doctoral degrees. There are 1 "National University Huang Danian Teacher Team", 1 National Excellent Teaching Team, 6 Jiangsu University "Blue Project" Teams, 4 Jiangsu University Science and Technology Excellent Innovation Teams, Jiangsu University Philosophy and Social Science Innovation Team (Including cultivation sites) 3. Among the teachers are 3 leading talents of the National "Ten Thousand Talents Program", 1 young scholar of the "Yangtze River Scholars Award Program", 2 national cultural masters and "four batches" talents, 1 propaganda and ideological and cultural youth talent, and national level 1 young and middle-aged expert with outstanding contributions, 2 national candidates for the "New Century Talent Project", 3 talents from the "New Century Talent Support Program", 9 experts enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, and outstanding environmental science and technology workers in China 1 person. In recent years, teachers have been selected for 230 person-times of talent projects such as "333 Project", "Blue Project", "Six Talent Peaks" and "Double Innovation Plan" in Jiangsu Province. There are more than 30 title holders.
The school adheres to the unshakable status of the talent training center, continues to deepen the reform of education and teaching, and continuously improves the quality of talent training. In recent years, the school has won 2 national teaching achievement awards, 2 national quality courses, 2 national quality resource sharing courses, 1 national bilingual teaching demonstration course, 4 national quality online open courses, "Grain Storage Phosphate “Hydrogen circulation fumigation” is a national virtual simulation experiment teaching project, 6 national-level first-class undergraduate professional construction sites, 4 national-level characteristic professional construction sites, 2 national-level professional comprehensive reform pilot projects, national-level talent training model innovation experimental zone 2, 9 national-level planning textbooks, 1 national-level experimental teaching demonstration center, 1 national Chinese excellent traditional culture inheritance base (seal cutting); 4 first-class undergraduate professional construction sites in Jiangsu Province, "13th Five-Year Plan" Jiangsu Province University There are 5 projects in the first phase of the brand professional construction project, 6 key majors (categories) of Jiangsu colleges and universities in the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", 6 brand majors in Jiangsu colleges and universities in the 11th Five-Year Plan period, and 8 specialty majors in Jiangsu colleges and universities. There are 1 innovative experimental base for talent training model in Jiangsu Province, and 12 provincial-level experimental teaching and practical education centers. In 2006, the school was excellent in the evaluation of the undergraduate teaching level of the Ministry of Education. In 2012, the school was rated as the first batch of "Advanced Universities in Teaching in Jiangsu Province". In 2017, the school successfully passed the review and evaluation of undergraduate teaching work. The school’s students performed outstandingly in the “Challenge Cup” National College Students’ Extracurricular Academic Technology Work Competition, “Creating Youth” National College Student Entrepreneurship Competition, National College Students’ Mathematical Modeling Competition, National Management Case Classic Competition, “May’s Flowers” National College Students’ Campus Art He has won many awards in events such as performances and national college student art performances. High-level athletes have repeatedly achieved good results in world and national competitions at all levels. The employment rate of graduates continues to be stable, and the level of employment and social recognition continue to increase.
The school insists on opening up schools and continuously deepens international exchanges and cooperation. It has established cooperation and exchange relationships with more than 60 universities in more than 20 countries and regions, as well as international organizations such as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations International Labor Organization. Co-founded the first business Confucius Institute in the United States with the State University of New York. Cooperated with the University of Waterloo in Canada to organize an undergraduate education program in business administration (environmental business). Established medium and long-term relationship with University of California, Berkeley, Cornell University, University of Exeter, University of Southampton, University of Strathclyde, University of Manitoba in Canada, McGill University, Massey University in New Zealand, etc. An international cooperation and exchange platform for undergraduates that combines projects and short-term projects, as well as degree projects and non-degree projects. It has established cooperative scientific research platforms with the United Nations International Labour Organization and the Cologne Business School, the University of Manitoba in Canada, the University of Marburg in Germany, and Long Island University in the United States. The school's foreign student education has a certain scale, covering short-term study tours, language training, undergraduate education and postgraduate education. In the 2019-2020 academic year, there are more than 400 long-term and short-term foreign students from 18 countries enrolled in our school, of which about 50% of them have academic qualifications. The school continuously strengthens the introduction of overseas high-level talents and the recruitment of foreign experts, and dispatches multiple batches of teachers to visit overseas or participate in academic activities every year to continuously improve teachers' internationalization level and teaching and research capabilities.
Nanjing University of Finance and Economics (NUFE), one of the key comprehensive universities in Jiangsu Province, is oriented to the disciplines of economics and management, coupled with those of laws, engineering, humanities, science and art.
At present, the university hosts 18 schools and departments as follows, School of Economics, School of Public Finance and Taxation, School of Finance, School of International Economics and Trade, School of Accounting, School of Business Administration, School of Marketing and Logistics Management, School of Public Administration, School of Management Science and Engineering, School of Law, School of Food Science and Engineering, School of Information Engineering, School of Applied Mathematics, School of Foreign Languages, School of Journalism, School of Arts and Designing, School of Marxism, and MBA Center. The university now has 49 undergraduate programs, 54 graduate programs, 1 post-doctoral research station of applied economics and 1 doctoral personnel training project of "development and policy of modern grain circulation industry". NUFE has thus formed a complete system of economics and management disciplines, with the interdisciplinary support from law, engineering, humanities, science and art. The university has a clear advantage in its discipline setup over other universities in Jiangsu Province.
The university has 3 campuses, including Xianlin, Fujian Road and Qiaotou, covering a total area of 1.207 million square meters, with the buildings taking 713,600 square meters. The libraries hold over 5 million books and e-books. The number of multi-media classrooms amounts to more than 200, and that of labs and computer rooms is over 100. The layout of the campuses is clear and reasonable, and the public services are full equipped.
After years of reform and construction, NUFE now enjoys a good social reputation both in Jiangsu Province and around China.