1.background
The Department of Finance was founded in 2000 during the period of school merger, relying on the school's multidisciplinary resources and scientific and technological advantages, and deeply cultivating the new liberal arts development system of "Finance + Mathematics and Science, Finance + Science and Technology", and cooperating with the School of Mathematical Statistics and the School of Computer Science, respectively, to set up the experimental class of Mathematics and Science of Finance and pilot class of Finance and Science and Technology in 2004 and 2019, and to provide a new system of finance and science.Starting from 2013, China-Australia Finance International Class has been established in the College of International Education.Relying on the first-class doctoral program of Applied Economics, it now has a postdoctoral mobile station in the direction of finance, a doctoral program in finance, a master's program in finance, and a professional master's program in finance.In 2022, the undergraduate program of finance was approved as the first-class undergraduate program construction point in China.
Relying on the school's multidisciplinary resources and advantages in science and technology, the Finance Program of Wuhan University of Technology has clearly defined the cultivation concept of "consolidating foundation, focusing on innovation, and strengthening practice" to cultivate interdisciplinary vision and way of thinking, with the theoretical foundation of economics, in-depth integration of finance, mathematics, information science and other disciplines, and rich in the spirit of practical work,The university aims to cultivate outstanding financial talents with interdisciplinary vision and thinking, knowledge of finance, mathematics, information science and other disciplines, practical spirit, innovation ability and global competitiveness.As a key program of the School of Economics of Wuhan University of Technology, it has gained a certain influence at home and abroad after 25 years of construction and development.
2.Introduction to Specialty Directions
Wuhan University of Technology, School of Economics, Finance program implements a classified training mode, including a finance professional class, mathematics and science finance experimental class and financial technology pilot class.
Among them, the experimental class of mathematics, science and finance adopts a university-wide selection mechanism, and is selected by assessment from the freshmen after admission to the university.Through in-depth cooperation with the College of Science, it adopts a joint training model of finance + mathematics, science and statistics.It aims to cultivate financial talents with a solid foundation in mathematics, economic and financial theories, proficiency in research methods such as econometric analysis and financial modeling, and the ability to use mathematics, computers and financial tools to solve practical financial problems.
The Fintech Pilot Class, which adopts an intra-institutional selection mechanism, relies on the school's strengths in computer and information disciplines, and focuses on cultivating intelligent and outstanding fintech talents who can apply technology to solve complex financial problems by building a platform for the cross-fertilization of disciplines and specialties in finance and big data, finance and artificial intelligence.After graduation, students can be engaged in data analysis and development, application architecture design, financial product development and other aspects of work.
The finance direction emphasizes the consolidation of students' fundamentals in economics and finance, focuses on innovation and strengthens practice.It focuses on cultivating compound financial professionals with the ability of financial business operation and financial management.After graduation, students can work in banks, securities, insurance and other financial institutions.
3.Specialty Features
1)Formed across the boundaries of disciplines to build a composite talent cultivation model
Utilizing the resources of the university's science and engineering disciplines, cooperating with the College of Science and the College of Computer Science to promote the in-depth cross-fertilization of mathematics and modern information technology with traditional finance, giving full play to the exemplary role of the experimental class of mathematics, science and finance and financial science and technology, and highlighting the role of the professional courses in "digital finance", such as financial big data processing, financial science and technology, and financial data mining and analysis.In the era of "digital finance", the program will emphasize the cutting-edge features of financial big data processing, financial technology, financial data mining and analysis, and cultivate financial talents urgently needed for the strategic development of the country and the industry.
2)Construction of a modularized curriculum system based on the objectives of categorized training
Different cultivation objectives and cultivation programs are set up for Finance, Mathematical Finance, Financial Science and Technology, and Finance International Classes, and the modularized curriculum system is built by decomposing them one by one according to "Cultivation Objectives - Graduation Requirements - Curriculum System - Curriculum Modules - Courses - Knowledge Units".
3)Strengthen the integration of science and education, and emphasize the cultivation of innovation ability
Explore the "teaching + research + competition + social practice", "four-in-one" talent cultivation model.We strive to enhance the nurturing functions of "academic competitions", "academic clubs", "social practice" and other channels.
4)Shaping the international competitiveness of specialties through Chinese-foreign cooperative education
We have introduced foreign professional training programs in finance in China-Australia International Classes, organized all-English teaching workshops and international qualification certification for teachers to enhance their international competence. Teachers from foreign universities and globally recruited expatriate teachers have taken up the teaching duties of 17 courses to enhance the internationalization of the teaching contents and methods and shape the international competitiveness of the specialty.
4.Faculty
The Department of Finance has 20 full-time faculty members, including 6 professors and 8 associate professors. 76% of the full-time faculty members have doctoral degrees, and more than 60% have overseas study background.The research team has undertaken a number of national scientific research projects and consulting research projects, such as the National Social Science and Self-Science Program.There are six provincial and national first-class courses such as Financial Risk Management.There are 9 university-level joint talent training bases, such as Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and CITIC Futures.The overall employment situation of graduates is good, with an average annual employment rate of over 90% and an average annual research rate of over 45%.The proportion of graduates employed in Fortune 500, three major industries, head financial institutions, government, institutions and colleges and universities is increasing year by year.
Teachers of the Department of Finance have been committed to teaching and scientific research for a long time and have achieved fruitful results. In recent years, they have presided over 9 national (including national social science and self-sponsored projects) and more than 30 provincial and ministerial projects; they have been approved for a number of provincial and ministerial teaching and research projects, and have won 1 national teaching achievement award, 1 first-class prize and 1 third-class prize of provincial teaching achievement award.There is a national first-class online course "Financial Risk Management" and a boutique course "International Financial Management" for international students from the Ministry of Education.In addition, four courses, including International Finance, Monetary Finance, Commercial Bank Operation and Management and Financial Engineering, have been approved as first-class online courses in Hubei Province.
