Founded in 1960, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (SUIBE) is hailed as a "cradle for foreign trade professionals in China".

The university has three campuses in Shanghai's Songjiang, Changning and Minhang districts, respectively. It has more than 14,000 students, including nearly 1,0000 full-time undergraduates and over 4,000 postgraduate students.

SUIBE has more than 1,500 faculty and staff members, including nearly 900 full-time faculty members and neraly 500 faculty members with senior professional titles.

The university has established a discipline layout led by applied economics and characterised by an open economic discipline group and the coordinated development of economics, management, liberal arts, law, science, engineering and education.

A view of SUIBE campus. [Photo/Official website of SUIBE]

It has been exanding its foreign exchange and cooperation network. It has established cooperation and exchange agreements with more than 100 overseas universities in 40 countries and regions and international organizations to jointly carry out talent training, scientific research and social services.

It also runs Confucius Institutes in some countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. The Confucius Institute built in cooperation with the University of Ljubljana won the title of "Global Advanced Confucius Institute".

SUIBE works closely with the WTO, APEC, UNCTAD, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Center for International Trade and Sustainable Development (Geneva), and other international organizations. It was certified as a WTO Asia-Pacific Training Center in 2019 and became the only regional training partner in the Chinese mainland among the seven training partners of the WTO. It was also named China's Center of Excellence for WTO Affairs, providing support and services for China's participation in global economic governance.

Address: No 1900 Wenxiang Road, Songjiang district, Shanghai, China

Post code: 201620

(Statistics as of March 2025)