Established in December 2006, the School of Foreign Studies evolved from the Department of Foreign Languages and the Foreign Language Teaching Division of Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE).

Through years of development, the School has established an interdisciplinary and mutually supportive framework for teaching and research that integrates foreign language and literature studies with economic- and management-related disciplines.

Currently, the School comprises the Department of English, the Department of Japanese, the Department of Translation and Interpreting, and the College English Division. It also hosts three research institutes: Institute for International Communication of Chinese Culture, Institute for Ecological Literature Studies, and Institute for Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Studies.

The School’s Experimental Teaching Center for Finance and Foreign Languages has been listed as a Beijing Municipal Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center.

The School boasts vast development potential with the authority to confer Master’s degrees in the First-Level Discipline of Foreign Language and Literature and to confer Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI).

To meet the demands of socioeconomic development, at the undergraduate level, it offers three programs: English (Professional Financial English), Japanese (Professional Financial Japanese), and Translation (Professional Financial Translation). These programs nurture practice-oriented and interdisciplinary talents with solid foundation in foreign languages and cultures, extensive knowledge in finance and economics, proficient translation skills, and cross-cultural communication competence.

Leveraging CUFE’s strengths in finance, accounting, and related fields, we pioneer a distinctive talent development model focused on building its“Language Plus Finance and Economics”academic profile.

Presently, the school is home to 73 faculty members, consisting of 63 full-time teachers and 10 administrative staff with a well-structured and high-quality faculty team. We have a total of 34 full-time teachers and 2 foreign teachers teaching three undergraduate programs, most of whom are at their middle age or younger. Of these, 20 hold senior professional titles; 32 have doctoral degrees; 33 had overseas study or visit experience; and 10 are overseas-trained PhD holders. They hold degrees in diverse disciplines, with 23 doctors of arts, 1 doctor of laws, 2 doctors of education, 3 doctors of economics, and 2 doctors of management. The diverse faculty team provides robust support for the cultivation of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural talents.

The school has achieved notable results through placing great emphasis on teaching reform and academic research. In recent years, it has led eight projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China, three by the Humanities and Social Science Fund of Ministry of Education, and one by the Beijing Social Science Fund. The faculty has published over 100 works, including books, textbooks, and translations, and authored more than 50 high-level academic papers. Additionally, faculty members actively engage in community service. They undertook and completed over 70 research projects commissioned by government departments and enterprises. The teaching reform project received the second prize for teaching achievements in Beijing. The course“Academic English for Finance”was recognized as a national-level first-class offline undergraduate course and“Selected Readings of English Economic Newspapers and Periodicals”was awarded as“Outstanding Textbook for Undergraduates”among universities in Beijing.

The School embraces internationalization, continuously enhancing the level and scope of international cooperation and exchange. Through programs such as undergraduate exchanges and summer schools with foreign universities, the school aims to improve students’cross-cultural communication skills and academic innovation capabilities. Some undergraduate students have successfully applied for exchange programs at prestigious institutions such as Cambridge University, Columbia University, Nanyang Technological University, the National University of Singapore, and Sophia University.

The school explores distinctive approaches to education, focusing on the comprehensive development of students. It has achieved remarkable outcomes through encouraging participation in activities related to innovation and entrepreneurship, internships, and foreign language competitions. In 2023, a total of 108 students received awards in provincial-level competitions or higher, including silver medals in the English Speech contests and reading competitions of“Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press - National Talent Cup”and the“Understanding Contemporary China”National College Students’Foreign Language Ability Competition, and the special award of the“CATTI Cup”National Translation Competition.

In 2023, the graduate school enrollment rate for English majors reached 70.27%. Among those pursuing further studies in domestic universities, 100% were admitted to“Double First-Class Initiative”institutions. Nearly half of the students studying overseas enrolled in universities ranked among the top 50 in the world, with fields of study including management, economics, law, and foreign language and literature. Graduates secured positions across a wide range of industries, including banking (such as Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China, and Bank of China), accounting (Deloitte, PwC, Ernst & Young, and KPMG), media (including China Central Television and CITIC Press Group), as well as other enterprises (like Huawei and Air China).