📖Introduction

Shanghai University is a public research university located in Shanghai, China, and was established in 1922. It is co-funded by Chinese Ministry of Education and Shanghai Municipal Government as part of the Project 211 and the Double First Class University Plan for leading national universities.

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📚About the Program

Master’s in Finance at Shanghai University (SHU)

This program is a Professional Master's Degree.

The master's degree provides a comprehensive grounding in key areas of finance, such as security investment, corporate finance and investment banking. MoF Finance pays a stronger emphasis on quantitative and analytical techniques than you'll find on many other similar masters courses in Chinese universities, enabling you to gain critical insights into the financial markets. On the basis of mastering solid economics and financial theory, this major focuses on training students' financial market operation and management skills and training high-quality talents engaged in financial practice. You’ll be able to practice your skills using industry-standard software and live company data from our extensive range of databases. In addition, you’ll be taught by academics with extensive professional and research experience, who will enable you to put your finance studies into a real-world context. The degree provides a mix of theoretical knowledge and practical techniques, with a particular focus on Fin-Tech and big data analytic skills, that will make you highly employable in the finance and banking sectors.

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📖Program Curriculum

Corporate Finance: Theory and Application
Security investment: Theory and Application
Financial Statement Analysis
Investment Banking
Empirical Methods in Finance
Quantitative Investment Strategies and Application
Structured Financing Vehicles
Asset Pricing and Financial Risk Management
Commercial Banking Management and Application
Introduction to Fin-tech
Lecture series on Research
Frontier Exchange Rate and International Settlement
Behavioral Finance: Theory and Application
Fin-tech practice - Application of big data and blockchain
Asset Management: Theory and Application
Financial Econometrics

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🏫About Shanghai University (SHU)

Shanghai University (SHU), founded in 1922, is a leading University based in Shanghai offering a wide range of programs in English to international students. SHU has been developed into a university with profound academic traditions and outstanding research facilities, embracing students from various countries with its global outlook. Just like the city of Shanghai, SHU has undergone dramatic changes in the past few decades,turning into a multicultural community with tremendous opportunities and resources.

SHU is one of the top 40 Chinese universities, the top 100 Asian universities, the premier university of Shanghai, and a member of China Project 211 Universities. It is a comprehensive university offering 82 undergraduate programs, 187 graduate programs, and 97 doctoral programs in various disciplines including science, humanities & social sciences, engineering, economics & management, art, etc. They ranked No.15 in China last 2018 and No.17 in China last 2016 for the QS World University; No.33 in China in 2018 and No.34 in China in 2016 for the U.S. News Education Rankings; and ranked No.33 in China last 2016 for The World University Rankings.

The university currently has 16,464 graduate students, 20,406 undergraduate students, and 4,505 international students. Students graduated from SHU are widely welcomed by employers from various firms and companies, as proved by the employment rate of 99.63% in 2017.

Currently, there are about 3,155 faculty members at Shanghai University, which includes 722 professors and 1,102 associate professors. To be more specific, 34 faculty members receive a special allowance from the State Council; 11 professors were awarded as the Yangze River Scholars, and 29 members accepting funding and scholarship from the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Based on the contribution of our top-level faculty and diligent students, SHU has achieved collaboration with 208 universities in 51 nations and regions, managing 5 Confucius Institutes with partners in North America, Europe, Asia, etc.

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🏠 Accommodation

Shanghai University provides international students on-campus dormitory buildings on both their Baoshan campus and Yanchang campus. Each dormitory room, either single or double, is equipped with one or two single beds, a desk, a closet, an air-conditioner and a bathroom with a basin, a western toilet and a shower. There is a shared kitchen and laundry area with washing machines on each floor of the dormitory buildings. There are various cafeterias that provide delicious food, while convenience stores, supermarkets, and open markets are easily accessible from the residential quarters.

Notes:
  • You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.
  • You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.
  • We have an article about how to find accommodation off campus here.
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💰 Fees

Application Fee:

$90 USD

Tuition fee:

45,000 CNY per year

90,000 CNY in total

Insurance is 800 CNY.

Entry Requirements

You are not eligible to apply to this program because:

The minimum age is 18 and the maximum age is 55.

English fluency is required.
You need to be either:
- A native English speaker
- Studied a degree in English before
- Can demonstrate a high level of English
- Having an English certificate such as IELTS level 6 or TOEFL 95 and above is an advantage.

Minimum education level: Bachelor's.

All student except from Nigeria are eligible to apply to this program

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📬 Admissions Process

3 Steps to Apply to a Chinese University

Application step 1

Application step 2

Application step 3

Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required Documents:

  • Video Introduction
  • Certificate from the Financial Guarantor
  • Second Recommendation Letter
  • No Criminal Record Certificate
  • First Recommendation Letter
  • English Language Certificate
  • Your Highest Academic Transcript (In English)
  • Your Graduation Certificate (in English)
  • Personal Statement Letter or Study Plan
  • Your Photograph
  • Your Passport Copy

Preparing documents:

You can start your application now and send the application documents during your application. Some documents you can send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info about preparing application documents is here

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to China Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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Here is some more information about the enrollment process after you have been accepted.

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