Shanghai University of International Business and Economics

Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (formerly known as Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade) was founded in 1960 as one of the first two higher education institutes offering degree programs set up by the former Ministry of Foreign Trade. It is hailed as a “cradle for professionals in foreign trade in China”. In 1994, the university was transferred to the administration of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government; in 2009, it became the first China-based university admitted to the WTO Chairs Programme; in 2013, it adopted the current name; in 2019, it was certified as a WTO Asia-Pacific Training Center and became the only regional training partner set up in the Chinese mainland among the seven training partners of the WTO; in 2021, it was approved to grant doctorate degrees by the Academic Degree Commission of the State Council and could offer doctorate programs under the top-tier discipline of applied economics; in 2022, it was listed in the program of promoting key top-tier universities in Shanghai. SUIBE was established to develop a strong country through foreign trade, sprang up thanks to the reform and opening up policy adopted in 1978, flourished in the comprehensive reform drive of China, and is innovating with the country’s opening up in the new era since 2012. With more than 60 years of development, it has built an integrated training system covering programs for bachelors, masters, and doctors with distinctive features and advantages. It has made fruitful achievements in the cultivation of high-level, application-oriented, and internationalized economics and trade professionals, as well as decision-making consultation and research in international economy and trade. It has significantly enhanced its overall competitiveness performance.