Founded in September 2020, the School of Business at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (UCASS) is a comprehensive academic unit offering both undergraduate and postgraduate programs, with close integration of research and education. Initiated by the National Academy of Economic Strategy under Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the School has been built on the business administration disciplines of the Institute of Industrial Economics and the Institute of Quantitative & Technical Economics of CASS, and consolidates high-quality teaching resources inherited from the former Business School of UCASS. The disciplinary development of the School can be traced back to the founding of the Institute of Finance, Trade and Materials Economics of CASS in 1978. Approved personally by senior revolutionaries Deng Xiaoping and Ye Jianying, the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (GSCASS) was founded in October 1978, and subsequently set up the Department of Finance and Trade, the Department of Industrial Economics, the Department of Quantitative & Technological Economics, and the Master of Business Administration (MBA) Center that admitted master’s and doctoral students in management. UCASS was officially founded in May 2017 and started the Financial Management undergraduate program in the same year. In February 2022, through further institutional optimization and disciplinary integration, the majors of Accounting and Business Administration from the CASS Institute of Industrial Economics, together with Technical Economics and Management from the CASS Institute of Quantitative & Technical Economics, were incorporated into the School of Business.
Adhering to the Party’s leadership and fully implementing national educational policies, the School strives to fulfill the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education. Upholding the developmental philosophy of "Cultivating Political Integrity, Creating New Business Knowledge, and Educating Business Elites" and following the University motto of "Diligence in Learning, Prudence in Thinking, Discernment in Research and Passion in Action", the School adopts a coordinated undergraduate-postgraduate training model underpinned by research-education integration. It is fully committed to cultivating well-rounded talents with sound moral grounding, intellectual competence, physical health, aesthetic attainment and labor awareness for socialist development. The School currently offers five doctoral programs, five academic master’s programs, two professional master’s programs in Business Administration and Accounting, and one undergraduate program in Financial Management, covering Accounting, Enterprise Management, Tourism Management, Technical Economics & Management and Human Resource Management. As of April 2026, the School has a total enrollment of 426 students, including 75 undergraduates, 262 master’s students and 89 doctoral candidates.
Capitalizing on the unique strengths of research-education integration, the School boasts a well-structured and high-quality faculty. It currently has 87 faculty members, including 12 full-time teachers, 12 adjunct instructors, and 63 graduate supervisors (excluding overlapping personnel). 39 faculty members hold senior professional titles (professors or equivalent) and 39 hold deputy senior professional titles (associate professors or equivalent), with senior title holders accounting for 90% of the total.
Among the faculty, two have been honored as talents under the National Cultural Masters and "Four Batches of Talents" Project, one has received the title of National Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions, one has been selected for the National Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talents Project, one serves as a Counsellor of the State Council, and eight are recipients of the State Council Special Allowance. The current Dean is Professor He Dexu, former Director of the National Academy of Economic Strategy of CASS.
Over the past four decades, the School has nurtured a large number of high-level administrative talents for government institutions, distinguished scholars with national and international repute, and outstanding industry leaders. It has made remarkable contributions to theoretical innovation, academic advancement and managerial practice in the field of management science in China. Moreover, the School has occupied an important place in the disciplinary development of management studies nationwide, pioneering a new phase of innovative development for management science rooted in Chinese context.
Looking ahead, the School will draw on the robust research strength and academic resources of CASS. It will proactively adapt to the demands of economic and social development, pursue continued innovation, and break new ground in a pioneering spirit. The School aims to develop itself into a business school with distinct CASS characteristics, taking as its mission “serving national development and contributing Chinese wisdom”.
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