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School of Applied Economics
The School offers 15 doctoral and master’s degree programs in second-level disciplines under the first-level discipline of Applied Economics. It also offers professional master’s programs in Finance and Taxation, and undergraduate programs including Finance. The School has 1,043 enrolled students, including 375 doctoral students, 578 master’s students, 90 undergraduate students, and 4 international students. The School is home to a distinguished faculty, including several Members of CASS, two Academicians of the IEAS, 157 professors, 126 associate professors, and 4 lecturers.
Since its founding, the School has steadily carried forward a range of key undertakings in multiple fields, while fully and meticulously implementing the strategy of integrating research and education. Firstly, in its effort to cultivate top-tier research talents in the humanities and social sciences, the School has established a "five-in-one" research-teaching model that closely integrates faculty guidance, classroom teaching, signature academic activities, academic research teams, and institutional support. Secondly, the School has advanced disciplinary development at a high standard, with a steady stream of high-level research achievements emerging. Since its establishment, the School’s faculty have authored over 40 papers published in leading academic journals, with the School listed as the primary affiliation. They have also received funding for nine Major Projects and 48 Key, General, and Youth Projects from the National Social Science Fund of China. Their achievements have been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the Second Prize for Outstanding Research Achievements in Higher Education Institutions (9th Session) from the Ministry of Education, the First Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences (17th Session) from Beijing Municipality, the Zhang Peigang Award for Outstanding Achievements in Development Economics, and the Deng Zijí Award for Best Paper in Finance and Public Economics. Furthermore, faculty members have steadily enhanced their capacity to serve the major strategic needs of the Party and the central government, demonstrating growing competence in addressing complex, real-world challenges. Some have received honors such as the National Young Talent Award from the Ministry of Education, the Young Outstanding Talent in National Communication, Ideological and Cultural Development, and the CASS Award for Outstanding Policy Advisory Research. Thirdly, the School has continued to strengthen its faculty team and optimize its internal organizational setup. The past two years have seen the arrival of many outstanding young faculty members, greatly improving the School’s faculty composition and academic team structure. In addition to the eight teaching departments established under the research-teaching integration model, the School has set up four additional teaching departments, each comprising an undergraduate teaching center, a professional master's center, and a comprehensive laboratory. Fourth, the School has actively engaged in high-quality international exchanges and collaboration. It has invited international experts to deliver lectures and has carried out exchange programs with world-renowned universities.



