History
The University was originally founded as Shanghai Guanghua University in 1925. In 1938, during World War II, the university moved to the inland city of Chengdu to ensure the safety of the students, staff and faculty. In 1946, it was renamed the private Chenghua University. In 1952, the university was transformed into the public Chenghua University and in 1978, it merged with schools and departments of business and economics from 16 other universities and colleges and was renamed Sichuan Institute of Finance and Economics. In 1980, People's Bank of China (PBC), took over the administration of the University and renamed it the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) in 1985. PBC administered the university until the administration was transferred to the Ministry of Education in 2000. The university was listed in the “211 Project” in 1995. It became the pioneering university for national education reform in 2010 and was listed in the “985 Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines Project” in 2011.
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