International Economy and Trade
Program Introduction:
Duration:Four years-Degree:Bachelor of Economics
Objectives: This major is to mould students to be high-quality practical backbone talents of international economy and trade after graduating 5 years with firm ideal & faith, the unity of knowledge and action, a solid economic theory, critical thinking, social responsibility, innovation& entrepreneurship and sustainable development ability, international trade business operation management skills, to be familiar with international trade rules and practices, proficient in English communication ability, and to be engaged in operating import and export business in the foreign trade enterprises and in managing foreign trade and economy in all levels of government.
Main Courses:Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Management, Basic Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Econometrics, Theory of International Trade, International Trade Practice, International Finance, International Settlement, International Commercial Law, International Market Analysis, Multinational Corporation Operation and Management, Transportation & Insurance of International Trade, Customs Practices, International Business Correspondence and Negotiation, Business English(Junior Secondary, Senior), English Contract of International Trade, Listening & Oral Business English, Cross-border E-business etc.
Advantages and Features:
1. High Major Ranking. Supported by Beijing Municipal Finance Special Fund and Construction Funds for Advantage Major, this major ranks top 9%~15% nationwide, according to China Science and Education Evaluation Network.
2. Rich Research Achievement. Based in Beijing, radiating to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the major has been focusing on research of service trade and service industry opening ,and serving regional economic development. The major has received the approval of setting the Beijing Service Trade Research Base and more than 20 vertical and Government Projects. A number of research outputs have been adopted by government agencies. Entrusted by the Bureau of Commerce to compile Beijing Business Development Report every year, the major has published seven monographs on trade in services, and has taken the lead in publishing excellent textbooks in Beijing such as International Trade in Service, International Trade in Financial Services and International Trade in Tourism Services. The major has become one with exemplary effects in internationalization and intellectual support for local economic development.
3. Excellent Teaching. For the major, each teacher has a PH.D degree and has business practice experience. 50% of teachers are professors, 83% of teachers have long-term overseas study, visiting or further study experience, 75% of teachers are with “Double-type Teacher” qualification. There is one teacher awarded the title of Beijing Young Famous Teacher and a teacher has won the first prize in the 11th Beijing Youth Teaching Competition of Humanities.
4. Experimental Classes.An university-level English teaching experimental classes has been set by the major. Students will be taught in English and trained by the tutor system. In the junior year, students will have the opportunity to study in University of International Business and Economics and Beijing University of Science and Technology as exchange students.
5. Deep Integration of Course-Certificate-Game. The major develops students' ability of operating and managing international trade business by deep integration of professional courses,multiple professional qualification certificates, national professional games & competitions, and inviting industry experts to enter the classroom, sending students to quality enterprise practice etc. The major develops students' English language ability by providing students with courses of business English (elementary, middle and advanced) after college English 1-4, and then with a series of professional English courses for four years’ continuous English learning. Students’ abilities have been enhanced greatly and have won the first and second prize of the National Business Elite Challenge for 6 consecutive years, and won the second prize of the National "Challenge Cup" University Students' Academic Science and Technology Works Competition.
6. High Internationalization. This major recruits international students from two Russian universities and implements the "2+2" Bachelor Degree programs by joint training. Domestic students also have opportunities to attend the "2+2", "3+1" and "3+1+1" Sino-foreign cooperative degree programs. Besides, the major offers opportunities of one-year paid internship overseas, English summer camp overseas, as well as exchange study in universities in Britain, Russia and other countries.
Prospect for Employment:Graduates of the major could work in CCPIT, Commerce Bureau, Customs and other economic and trade administrative institution specializing in the international economy and trade, could also work in the customs declaration companies, the international transport of goods and agents, the shipping companies, the cross-border electricity enterprises, the state-owned enterprises with the right of import and export, and the foreign-funded enterprises specializing in business, and could work in the financial enterprises engaging in international settlement and other related work. In the past three years, 21% of the graduates studied further and all of them got a job. Some of the graduates have been admitted to famous domestic universities such as University of International Business and Economics, Nankai University and universities in more than ten countries such as Britain and the United States.
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