Introduction to School of Finance
The discipline of finance at Nanjing Audit University traces its origins back to 1951, inheriting the legacy of financial talent cultivation from the former Jiangsu Bank School, Nanjing Junior College of Finance and Banking, and the former Nanjing College of Finance and Trade. In 2002, the Nanjing Junior College of Finance and Banking was merged into Nanjing Audit College. The School of Finance was formally established in 2005 and renamed the School of Finance, Nanjing Audit University, in 2016.
The School of Finance is one of the university’s largest and most prestigious colleges, distinguished by its diverse academic programs, substantial enrollment, comprehensive strength, and outstanding social reputation. Currently, the school enrolls over 2,000 undergraduate students and more than 100 postgraduate students. It offers a range of undergraduate majors, including Finance (with specialized tracks concentration in CFA and FinTech), Investment, Insurance, Credit Management, Financial Engineering, Financial Auditing, and an Innovative Talent Program in Economics and Finance with an International Focus. Among these, Finance, Investment, and Credit Management have been designated as National First-Class Undergraduate Programs. Additionally, the Finance major has been selected for Jiangsu Province’s “14th Five-Year Plan” as both a Pioneer Program for International Talent Development and a Provincial Industry-Education Integration Brand Program. Credit Management is also recognized as a Provincial Industry-Education Integration Brand Program, while Insurance has been designated a Provincial First-Class Undergraduate Program. At the graduate level, the school offers master’s programs in Finance (academic track), Master of Finance (professional track), and Master of Insurance (professional track). To date, the school has graduated approximately 20,000 students, who are now widely employed across banks, securities firms, insurance companies, public institutions, and other sectors, forming an extensive and influential alumni network.
Guided by strong Party leadership, the School of Finance places great emphasis on building high-caliber research teams. Its finance discipline is recognized as a Key Construction Discipline in Jiangsu Province and features four distinctive research directions: Financial Theory and Policy, Financial Big Data Analytics and Risk Control, Financial Auditing and Regulation, and Financial Risks in the Context of Digital Economic Transformation. The school hosts several provincial- and national-level research centers and laboratories, including the Research Center for Financial Risk Management, the Key Laboratory of Financial Engineering, and the Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Financial Big Data Auditing.
The faculty comprises 90 full-time teachers, including 16 professors (five of whom serve as doctoral supervisors) and 27 associate professors. Notably, 91% of the faculty hold doctoral degrees. The teaching and research team is led by distinguished scholars, including recipients of the State Council Special Allowance, members of the Ministry of Education’s Steering Committee for Finance Programs and Industry Advisory Committees, New Century Talents of the Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Province’s Outstanding Mid-Career Experts, “Six Major Talent Peaks” awardees, “333 Project” High-Level Talents, “Qinglan Project” (Blue & Green Project) talents, and provincial-level teaching masters. The team also includes recipients of the “Top 100 Outstanding Teachers” award from the China Financial Education Development Foundation. Collectively, they constitute an outstanding disciplinary group recognized under Jiangsu Province’s “Qinglan Project.”