Guanghua School of Management
The Tsinghua School of Economics and Management (SEM) is consistently ranked among the best business schools in China. It was the first mainland Chinese institution to have achieved AACSB and EQUIS accreditations for its business and accounting programs. Founded in 1984, SEM was the first school of economics and management in China. Its founding Dean, Professor Zhu Rongji, later became the fifth Premier of the People’s Republic of China. Tsinghua SEM is the successor to Tsinghua University's Department of Economics, which was originally established in 1926. Its main competitor is Guanghua School of Management, Peking University.