Qiang graduated from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University in 1998. He received M.Sc in Management from National University of Singapore in 2000. He pursued his Ph.D in economics at Indiana University from 2000 to 2005, and taught at NUS Business School thereafter. Qiang Fu is an applied game theorist. His research interests focus on the economics of contests and tournaments, career concern model, and political economy.