   the shanghai university of finance and economics (sufe; ), founded in 1917, is a finance- and economics-oriented research university located in shanghai, the people's republic of china. the university is under the direct administration of the ministry of education of the people's republic of china and is among the national project 211. the shanghai university of finance and economics is a top-ranked research university specializing in economics, finance and business studies. as the oldest financial university http://www.shufe.edu.cn/structure/shangcaigk/lishiyg.htm ä¸æµ·è´¢ç»å¤§å­¦åå²æ²¿é© in china, sufe has developed its own spirit over the years. , sufe has enjoyed a reputation of being the best finance and economics universities in china for many years. the university had been consistently ranked no. 1 in the âfinance and economicsâ category in 2003,2003å¹´ä¸­å½å¤§å­¦æè¡æ¦ 2004,2004å¹´ä¸­å½å¤§å­¦æè¡æ¦ 2005,2005å¹´ä¸­å½å¤§å­¦æè¡æ¦ 20072007å¹´ä¸­å½å¤§å­¦æè¡æ¦ and 20082008å¹´ä¸­å½å¤§å­¦æè¡æ¦ by the chinese university ranking (netbig). since 2005, the university has achieved substantial improvements in terms of research and started to gain international reputation. according to tilburg universityâs economics schools research ranking in 2012,tilburg university economics ranking . sufe is ranked 120th in the world, 9th in asia and 3rd in mainland china, only after tsinghua university and peking university. in 2005, sufe introduced the academic tenure and became the first university in china to adopt this system.ä¸æµ·è´¢ç»å¤§å­¦"æµ·å½"è½ééæ¾æåæ´ä½åå­¦æ°´å¹³ as of december 2012, there were more than 120 tenure-track faculty members at sufe, of which most are ph.d. graduates from renowned overseas universities. ==history== 
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