The Department of Finance was established in 2008, on the basis of the former Financial Management Specialization at the Department of Business Management. Abiding by the forward-looking education concept, the Department designs its curriculum by learning from the top-tier business schools both in China and abroad, and by building on its own distinctive strength, reforms and innovates in teaching methodology, course contents, textbooks and teaching management. The Department has established a mechanism to educate students in both research and application in the areas of corporate finance and securities investment, a distinctive teaching and research base. Currently, the Department has over 342 on-campus students, including undergraduates, masters students and doctoral students.

The Department of Finance has a solid foundation in research and teaching in the areas of corporate finance, securities investment and capital market studies. Faculty members consist of both such reputed professors as Wu Shinong and Shen Yifeng, and such young and promising scholars as Professor Qu Wenzhou and associate professors Xiao Min, Zhao Jingwen, Huang Xinluan, Wu Chaopeng and Wang Yanyan.