Capital University of Economics and Business

Capital University of Economics and Business
首都经济贸易大学

Motto	崇德尚能经世济民
Motto in English	"Focused on Strengthening Values, Building Morals, and Strategic Development to improve the quality of life for all people."
Type	Public
Established	1956
President	Wen Kui
Academic staff	750
Administrative staff	1459
Students	20,436
Undergraduates	9,528
Postgraduates	2,310
Doctoral students	170
Other students	8,598
Location	Chaoyang District, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Website	www.cueb.edu.cn

Capital University of Economics and Business (simplified Chinese: 首都经济贸易大学; traditional Chinese: 首都經濟貿易大學; pinyin: Shǒudū Jīngjì Màoyì Dàxué) is a university in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The main campus of the university is located in the Fengtai District of Beijing. There is a smaller campus located in the Hongmiao area of Beijing's Chaoyang district that houses the International and Correspondence colleges.

History

The Capital University of Economics and Business (CUEB), traces its roots back to 1956 when the Ministry of National Education founded the Beijing Economics Institute. In 1995, The Beijing government combined the Beijing Economics Institute and the Beijing Finance and Trade Institute creating Capital University of Economics and Business. CUEB is one of Beijing's three key universities, the others being the Capital University of Medicine, and Capital Normal University.^[1]

Campus

The two campuses are collectively 360,000 square yards and have a campus library that houses over 1.6 million books, and more than 2,500 periodicals in both Chinese and foreign languages. The original Hongmiao campus is located between the East 3rd and 4th ring roads, and is a 5-minute walk to Beijing's Central Business District (CBD). The main campus is located between the southwest 3rd and 4th ring roads in the Jijiamiao area of the Fengtai distinct of Beijing.

Academic

Currently the University consists of more than 30 colleges and departments and offers more than 30 Undergraduate degrees, 28 master's degrees including MBA, and 9 Doctoral programs.

The university's key areas of research are in Applied Economics, Labor Economics, Enterprise Management, Industrial Economics, Banking, and Finance.

CUEB employees 750 instructors for the programs, of those 239 hold doctoral degrees. Among CUEB's 127 full professors are 9 who have received distinctions from either the Beijing or Chinese government. The remaining instructors are either associate professors (312) or advisers for the doctoral and graduate students (294).

CUEB has founded over 25 economic research centers and institutes that focus on a wide range of areas including the World Trade Organization, Enterprise Development, Social Security, Real Estate Development.

Each year CUEB publishes 4 academic journals, with the "Research of Economics and Management" being one of the highest rated journals in the China and the Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSI).

In the 8th issue Philosophy and Social Science of Beijing 5 papers from CUEB faculty were honored with 1 being declared "first class" by the committee. The paper was also selected by the Ministry of National Education as the "Best Book" for the 14th issue, and was chosen by the Chongqing Municipality to be awarded the "first class excellent achievement prize.

Administration

The administrative framework of the university is as follows:^[2]

Administrative Offices

General Bureau
Dept of the Party's Organization & Dept of the United Front
Propaganda Department
Disciplinary Inspection Division
Development & Layout Division
Audit Division
Teaching Affairs Division
Scientific Research Division
Student-served Division
Graduates Department
Personnel Division
Division of Financial Affairs
Logistic Management Division
Assets management Division
Fundamental Construction Division
Security Division
Service Division for Retired Veteran or Emeritus faculty
Labour Union
the Committee of the Youth League

Departmental Structure

Economics College
Labor Economics College
Business Administration College
Urban College
Accountancy College
Banking College
Informatics College
Humanities College
Safety & Environment Engineering College
School of Statistics
Faculty of Public Finance and Taxation
Law Department
Dept of Foreign Languages
Dept of physical training
Overseas Chinese College
External Cultural Exchange College
Adult Education College
Tour College of the Great Wall
Educational Center of MBA
Miyun Chapter

International exchange

The CUEB has cooperated and exchanged with over 30 universities, academic institutions, social scientific associations and United Nations' Relative Framework or international organizations.

At present, there are more than 500 foreign students majoring in BA/BS, MA/MS and PhD or the doctorate, and some of them study Chinese as the second language. The university has cooperated with the Deakin University, Australia to organize accounting master's degree program, and accountant-registered master's degree program, both of which will carry out an agreement with training and certification between two distant countries.^[3]

In recent years, some excellent students graduated from our university are yearly sent to UK, Sweden, and France to study for MA/MS for one or two-semester period of time. And more and more teachers or researchers are sent to go abroad for further study or major in their academic degree or exchange in an academic way. Every year, nearly 30 foreign professors, scholars are to be invited to give lectures or teach in order to meet the needs of learning some major courses.

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Universities and colleges in Beijing

Education, Higher education, and Universities in China

National	Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Language and Culture University Beijing Normal University Beijing People's Police College Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Physical Education Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Central Academy of Drama Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China Central Academy of Fine Arts China Foreign Affairs University China Institute of Industrial Relations China University of Geosciences (Beijing campus) China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing campus) China University of Petroleum (Beijing) China University of Political Science and Law China Women's University China Youth University for Political Sciences Chinese People's Public Security University Communications University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University (Beijing campus) North China University of Technology Open University of China Peking Union Medical College University of Chinese Academy of Sciences University of International Business and Economics University of International Relations University of Science and Technology Beijing

Municipal	Beijing International Studies University Beijing Information Science and Technology University Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing University of Technology Beijing University of Agriculture Beijing Materials University Capital University of Economics and Business Capital University of Medical Sciences Capital Normal University North China University of Technology China College of Music Beijing Dance Academy Beijing Film Academy Beijing Institute of Clothing Technology Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology Beijing Institute of Machinery Beijing Union University

Private	Beijing City College

See also: List of universities in China

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