School of Insurance and Risk Management

The School of Insurance at UIBE is one of the earliest academic programs dedicated to international risk management education and research around China. With more than 20 years’ development, the school has consistently ranked at the top among universities in China, making great achievements in education and research in international risk management & insurance and Social Security.

The School of Insurance is comprised of three departments and two research centers as part of its strategy to offer innovative teaching and research programs. The three departments include: Department of Risk Management and Insurance, Department of Employee Benefits and Social Security and Department of Insurance Actuary. The research centers are: Center for Insurance Law Research and Center for China Risk Management and Insurance Research. The School offers undergraduate programs in two majors: Risk Management and Insurance, Labor and Social Security; and graduate program and PhD program in Finance (specialty in Insurance).

The School of Insurance prides itself on the quality of its faculty, with 80% holding PhD's with overseas academic institutions, as well as professional experience. Many well-known experts and scholars have been hired as part-time professors.

The SIRM is home to the council of the Insurance Institute of China, and offers training in insurance designated by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). We have built broad cooperation with a number of insurance companies and organizations. Many insurance firms have launched scholarships and assistantships at our school.

The Prudential Reading Room sponsored by the U. K. Prudential Insurance Company is one of the best insurance data centers in China's universities.

We have established extensive cooperation and communication relationships with distinguished overseas universities, such as the School of Business at University of Wisconsin (US), School of Law at University of Connecticut(US), School of Business at University of Teesside (UK), School of Business at University of Sydney (AU) and School of Finance at University of International Business (Vietnam).

Our goal is to pursue the motto of "first-class education, first-class discipline, first-class faculty, and first-class management"; to help students build a knowledge structure with both a solid foundation and wide scope; to cultivate top-ranking talents with comprehensive and practical qualifications required in the fields of international risk management, insurance and social insurance.