The professional Master of Finance program builds on the university’s strong foundation in engineering, aligns closely with national strategic priorities, and serves the needs of the real economy. It draws on the strengths of the school’s leading research platforms, including the Beijing Research Base for Corporate Low-Carbon Operations Strategies and the Futures and Securities Research Center. Alongside providing a solid theoretical grounding in economics and finance, the program develops students’ ability to independently analyze and creatively solve complex problems in financial practice.
The program adopts a dual-supervisor model that combines academic supervision with guidance from industry professionals. Its internationally oriented faculty comprises scholars who graduated from prestigious universities in China and abroad, including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beihang University, Central University of Finance and Economics, the University of Manchester, Durham University, the University of York, and the University of Copenhagen. Several faculty members have received recognition under the Ministry of Education’s New Century Excellent Talents Program or earned distinctions such as National Outstanding Entrepreneurship Mentor, National Outstanding Academic Competition Advisor, and Beijing Distinguished Teacher. Industry supervisors come from institutions including China Investment Corporation, China Everbright Bank, Shenwan Hongyuan, and BBMG Group.
The program offers three main research concentrations: Financial Technology and Digital Finance; Financial Investment and Technological Innovation; and Green Finance and Sustainable Development. The curriculum focuses on emerging areas such as FinTech, digital finance, corporate finance and green finance, examining how disruptive technologies-including mobile internet, blockchain, cloud computing, big data, and artificial intelligence-are reshaping the financial industry. It emphasizes students’ ability to apply these technologies to theoretical research and financial practice, including AI-powered customer service, credit decision support, quantitative trading, financial analysis, and intelligent risk management and financial supervision.
