Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University

Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University (FISF) is a business school founded in accordance with the management model and standards of the world's leading business schools, focusing on high-end financial talent education and financial think-tank research. The school was founded in late 2016 and officially opened in June 2017, with a core faculty team composed of outstanding scholars recruited from around the world.

FISF aspires to ascend to the league of world-class business schools with global and domestic influence in the next 5 to 8 years. To this end, the School is committed to educate future leaders through innovative, best-in-class pedagogy. It is also determined to spearhead cutting-edge research that will further our understanding of the Chinese and international economies and inform decision-making in the public as well as private sectors.

A great school needs great people. That is why FISF is building a core faculty of more than 80 world-renowned scholars as tenured and termed professors, all with proven track records in research and teaching. They will be joined by a team of clinical professors who hold key positions in international organizations, government agencies and successful enterprises to complement classroom learning with their wealth of real-world experience.

The open courses and internal training courses of The Executive Education Program (EE) are in full operation now. The Elite Master of Finance Program (EMF) has enrolled its first cohort of students in September 2018. In September 2019, the Finance MBA Program (FMBA) and Finance EMBA Program (FEMBA) will welcome their first batch of students. Furthermore, the Finance DBA Program, Doctoral Program in Finance, undergraduate program and joint degree program will be launched in the near future.

Among all the programs, the curriculum of EMF and FMBA programs will incorporate both theoretical studies and experiential learning, which will help the students to make connections with leading international and domestic financial institutions, enterprises, and the government. Furthermore, the students also have access to the internship opportunities in companies where our executive students of Finance DBA, FEMBA and EE work for.

In addition to an outstanding faculty and world-class programs, FISF’s strategic advantage is further strengthened by the two privileged campus locations – one in the centennial Fudan University in Yangpu District, another in the newly developed Financial Innovation Pilot Zone at the Bund, providing convenient access to professionals working in the city.

With the strong support from key stakeholders and its commitment to academic excellence, FISF strives to become one of the world’s leading business schools for finance, serving business communities in China and beyond.