School of Accountancy

The School of Accountancy of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics has a history of 90 years. The School offers both undergraduate and postgraduate programs including doctoral programs. The Accountancy discipline offered by the school is recognized as a National Key Discipline. In addition to the Accountancy discipline, Corporate Finance is also offered by the school. The Ministry of Education has set up a Research Institute within the School and it is considered as a key Social Science Research Centre.

To promote research quality, faculty members of the School are encouraged to carry on joint research with scholars abroad and many of them are sent to prestigious overseas universities for study. Faculty members of the School have published papers either independently or in cooperation with others in international journals such as Journal of Accountancy and Economics, the Accountancy Review, Accountancy, Organization and Society, the Accountancy Horizons, and British Accountancy Review. Additionally, several working papers are under review at international journals.

Mission Statement

Our School is committed to adopt the latest National and global developments in accountancy and corporate finance theories and practices. We encourage innovation to achieve excellence. Further, we emphasize academic interaction and exchange with institutions throughout the world. We promote cross-disciplinary and cross-regional cooperation in education and research. Our mission is to prepare our students with high standards of scholarship and research which will help them to integrate into the global environment.