Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (formerly known as Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade) was founded in 1960 as one of the first two higher education institutes offering degree programs set up by the former Ministry of Foreign Trade. It is hailed as a “cradle for professionals in foreign trade in China”. In 1994, the university was transferred to the administration of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government; in 2009, it became the first China-based university admitted to the WTO Chairs Programme; in 2013, it adopted the current name; in 2019, it was certified as a WTO Asia-Pacific Training Center and became the only regional training partner set up in the Chinese mainland among the seven training partners of the WTO; in 2021, it was approved to grant doctorate degrees by the Academic Degree Commission of the State Council and could offer doctorate programs under the top-tier discipline of applied economics; in 2022, it was listed in the program of promoting key top-tier universities in Shanghai. SUIBE was established to develop a strong country through foreign trade, sprang up thanks to the reform and opening up policy adopted in 1978, flourished in the comprehensive reform drive of China, and is innovating with the country’s opening up in the new era since 2012.

The university has established a discipline layout led by applied economics and characterized by an open economic discipline group and the coordinated development of economics, management, liberal arts, law, science and engineering. It is eligible to grant doctoral degrees in the top-tier academic category of applied economics, master's programs in 7 top-tier academic categories of applied economics, business administration, law, foreign language and literature, theoretical economics, statistics, and Marxist theory, and professional master programs in 13 academic categories. In addition, it has 2 peak and plateau disciplines for Shanghai-based universities (applied economics and business administration), 2 key disciplines of Shanghai and 5 key disciplines of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. Our applied economics is ranked in the top 15% of the Best Chinese Subjects Rankings, 2 disciplines in the top-tier academic category are elected into the special plan for the cultivation of doctoral degree programs in Shanghai universities, and 6 professional master's programs are selected for the special plan for the cultivation of master's degree programs in Shanghai universities.

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