1. Major Positioning

1.1 Major Demand

Shenzhen is the experimental field of China's reform and opening up, and as the leader of scientific and technological development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, it has been entrusted with the great responsibility of being "Socialist Pilot Demonstration Zone". After China becoming the world's second largest economy, national reform and opening up has entered the deep water area, and there has been a greater demand on applied and international talents. So far, 145 Chinese companies have been ranked among the world's top 500 companies, in which there are 24 companies from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Among them, there are 10 corporations located in Shenzhen, including Ping An, Tencent, Shenzhen Investment Holdings, BYD and SF. At the beginning of the year, the Central Committee for Deepening Overall Reform has adopted the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of World-Class Enterprises. To build a world-class enterprise, financial management is one of the core links, so the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council issued the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of World-class Financial Management of Central Enterprises" strategy, to which many major central enterprises have responded. And talents will be the key to this strategy. World-class financial management talents are not only urgent demand for central enterprises or local state-owned enterprises, such as Shenzhen Investment Holdings, but also for those non-state-owned enterprises, such as BYD, which has just announced three electric vehicle models to enter the Japanese market.

As the third undergraduate university in Shenzhen, SZTU recognizes “internationalization” and “application” as our educational philosophy and outstanding features. Accordingly, Financial Management major of Business School strives to take on the mission of cultivating international and applied first-class financial management talents for the country, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Pilot Demonstration Zone.

1.2 Major Position

1.2.1 Industry and Education Integration

With the deepening process of internationalization, social development has put forward higher requirements for financial management professionals, and high-level talents who have mastered business practice experience have become an urgent demand for current economic development. The Business School of SZTU was born in line with the trend and is a high-level applied business school established to adapt to the rapid development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the whole country and even the world economy. Creating and upholding the “4I”educational concept of “interaction, intelligence, innovation and internationalization”, as well as learning from the business curriculum setting mode and talent training concept on applied technology of German, Swiss and so-on first-class universities, Business School focuses on international exchanges and in-depth cooperation between schools and enterprises, and with the theme on development of industry and education integration, strives to cultivate compound talents who master comprehensive knowledge and business practice capabilities in the field of international business. Therefore, Business School will accurately grasp the characteristics of application and internationalization of business construction in the new era, will give full play to the advantages and characteristics of the technical university, will absorb the advanced school-running mode inland and abroad, and will strive to become an explorer and demonstrator of the business education of the university of applied technology. This means that the school will carry out bilateral close cooperation with industry elites, and help to solve the actual problems of the industry while understanding the demand for the industry, as well as to cultivate talents for the country, especially for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

1.2.2 Practice Orientation

The Financial Management major will deeply practice the teaching and research mode of industry-education integration and industry-university-research integration. The Business School will rely on the existing school-enterprise cooperation plan to establish a more complete training room in the school, and make long-term cooperation agreements with more relevant well-known enterprises, considering whom as long-term and stable off-campus training bases for discipline development, to gradually establish an effective industry-university-research-school-enterprise cooperation mechanism. Meanwhile, the off-campus training base will be gradually built into an employment base to provide customized talents for enterprises. Based on the applied technology concepts and models of European universities, focusing on high-level practical applied disciplines, the faculty of Business School has an international, practical teaching level and a global perspective. They have work experience in the business field, and can impart theoretical knowledge and business insights which are closely related to industrial activities to students. In the teaching process of undergraduate majors, students are required to participate in practical projects of schools or enterprises, such as case analysis and project cooperation with guests from enterprises, that let students focus on combining academic knowledge and practical business experience.

1.2.3 Global Vision

The university actively carries out cooperation with world-class applied science universities in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and other nations, and actively promotes in-depth cooperation in various forms, such as academic exchanges, school construction and joint training. So far, the university has signed memorandums of cooperation with more than 50 foreign universities and institutions, and carried out more than 10 overseas exchange programs, including famous applied science universities in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and other countries. At the same time, thanks to the International Liaison Office of Shenzhen Technology University in Regensburg and Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany, students will have the opportunity to go abroad for research and internship. Through this way of learning, students are able to be awareness of foreign academic knowledge and culture as well as gain valuable business practice experience.

2. Cultivation Objective

2.1 University Positioning

Shenzhen Technology University aims to build itself into a world-class open, innovative and internationalized high-level applied sciences university, and cultivate talents such as engineers and designers with international vision and craftsman spirit to meet the development needs of high-tech industries. Since the beginning of the construction, it has adhered to the German applied sciences education, learned from the German education program, implemented the training mode of "academic education + enterprise training", and created a new model of school-enterprise cooperation.

2.2 Cultivation Goal

This major meets the industrial development needs of the country and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, especially the new requirements of accelerating the construction of world-class enterprises and world-class financial management system, and unites the training mode of German universities of applied science universities and related educational institutions to cultivate professional management talents who can adapt to enterprise value management under economic globalization and have solid financial theory and practical skills. Graduates can skillfully use a foreign language, and can engage in financial and economic management work such as investment and financing, capital operation, asset evaluation, performance management, tax planning, financial reporting, and international business in industrial and commercial enterprises, financial institutions, public institutions, government departments and international organizations, etc.

3. Cultivation Mode

3.1 Academic Term and Credit

The standard study duration for Financial Management is 4 years, and the minimum credit requirement for graduation is 190 credits.

3.2 Cultivation Requirement

Financial Management major is set up to meet the needs of enterprise value management in the context of economic globalization. Financial Management students need to face complex and diverse financial markets, financial systems and financial regulations, so they need to be familiar with international standards, master a solid theoretical foundation and professional knowledge of financial management, be able to skillfully use financial management systems and tools to improve corporate financial management capabilities, promote enterprises to strengthen internal constraints and financial control, and achieve management innovation. At the same time, they should possess great humanity qualities, strong sense of social responsibility and superior professional ethics as well as have a good mental and physical fitness. All courses of the major would be based in English-taught, and course system refers to the curriculum system of the Financial Management Vocational Qualification Certification Examination of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) , as well as the leading financial management professional training program in China in order to help students prepare for the vocational qualification examination after graduation and obtain the internationally-recognized vocational qualification certificate, and open up the channel between school education and career development.

Therefore, Financial Management graduates should equip with the following knowledge and abilities:

1) Master the comprehensive basic knowledge required to engage in theoretical and practical work in the professional field of financial management (including economics, accounting, management, finance, financial markets and investment, risk management, etc.); Be proficient in accounting, financial analysis, financial planning and other practices, and be able to provide directional guidance and specific methods for corporate and individual on financial decision-making; Have solid data analysis knowledge, master the professional application software of financial management, and be able to engage in practice, teaching and research in the field of financial management;

2) Be familiar with China's financial market and related financial regulations, as well as international standards, be capable of strong international financial management operation ability, master the internationally-accepted management accounting system and understand the development of the theory and practice of the discipline;

3) Have a high level of foreign language application ability, especially in German and English, be able to carry out international cultural exchanges in a foreign language work environment, and enable to retrieve and read related professional literature and accomplish academic writing;

4) Practice lifelong learning, and cultivate good professional ethics, social responsibility and humanity qualities;

5) Possess moral fiber, strive to study Marxism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of "Three Represents", the scientific concept of development and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and establish a dialectical materialist and historical materialist world outlook; Advocate the leadership of the Party and the socialist system, and have strong ability to analyze and judge the situation; Have a good sense of moral cultivation and social responsibility, positive ideals in life, values that meet the requirements of social progress, and lofty feelings of patriotism.

4. Curriculum System

4.1 Core Knowledge Area

Financial Management major requires students to master a huge knowledge system of economics, accounting, investment, finance, risk management, data analysis, taxation, related laws and regulations, etc., especially being familiar with international corporate financial management standards and proficient in financial tools including financial management software. Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Asset Valuation, Financial Statement Analysis, International Finance, Data Analysis and other subjects are the core knowledge areas of financial management.

4.1.1 Main Courses

Major foundational compulsory courses: Advanced Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, Statistics, Principles of Economics, Principles of Accounting, Intermediate Financial Accounting, Introduction to Finance, Management, Monetary Finance, Taxation.

Major core compulsory courses: Management Accounting, Financial Management, Applied Metrology, Advanced Financial Management, Advanced Financial Accounting Topics, Auditing, Capital Markets and Portfolio Management, Data Analysis and Decision Making, Python Financial Application.

4.1.2 Featured Courses

(1) Intelligent financial direction: Financial Data Analysis and Visualization, Financial Information Construction, Machine Learning and Financial Application, Financial Robot Application and Development, etc.

(2) Financial investment direction: Investment Banking, Financial Innovation and Financial Technology, Financial Risk Management, Quantitative Investment, etc.

(3) Customized courses: Specific Topics in New Technologies and Trends, Sustainability and Business Ethics, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Management Psychology, International Economics, etc.

4.2 Required Credits for Graduation

5. Faculty

Business School fully embodies the characteristics of international education. From the beginning of its establishment, it is committed to forming a high-quality teaching team with domestic and overseas business experience. All faculty members have a PhD degree and the vast majority of them have overseas study or work experience, and some teachers have worked in Germany, Canada, Japan and other countries to carry out that major courses are based in English-taught. Professor Holger Haldenwang, Dean of Business School, is the former Executive Vice President of Regensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany, and has more than 30 years of management and teaching experience in German business schools. Therefore, the existing faculty base of the school will lay a solid foundation for school majors.

5.1 Major Chief

Financial Management Major Chief is Doctor Li Jie, Vice Dean of Business School, who has served as corporate executive and enjoyed many years of financial management experiences in central corporates and transnational corporations. Dr. Li has rich practical and teaching experience, and he has been the National Top Accounting Talent and held CICPA and ACCA certification.

5.2 Faculty Structure

Business School fully embodies the characteristics of international education. From the beginning of its establishment, it is committed to forming a high-quality teaching team with domestic and overseas business experience. All faculty members have a PhD degree, of whom 90% have overseas study or work experience, part have working experiences in Germany, Canada, Japan, etc., 75% have obtained PhD Degree abroad, and 40% are foreign teachers. Therefore, major courses are based in English-taught. Faculty who are responsible for business-related courses are all with a PhD degree and enjoy the business background as well as rich working experience in companies.

5.3 Faculty Development Plan

In spite of present faculty, Business School plan to invite two to three specific major chief with professional theoretical background in land and abroad. Besides, considering the developing scale of the school, the construction of other undergraduate and postgraduate programs, such as Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, would be started up in five years. The school will continuously recruit experts with PhD degree as well as domestic and overseas industrial experience. In basis of present talent structure, the school would cultivate five to eight backbone teachers to compose a characteristic and innovative teaching-team.

6. Education Environment

6.1 Practical Education Environment

SZTU Library has reserved 413 thousand books, which covers Science, Engineering, Social Science and other fields, and inland and overseas well-known database of social science and financial management. Besides, university has international collaboration with Regensburg University of Applied Sciences, Nuremberg University of Applied Sciences, International Technological University, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, University of Rennes 1 and other renowned universities, and has signed cooperation agreement with famous corporates, such as Tencent, HUAWEI, TCL, Han’s Laser、China Telecom、BYD、SIEMENS、Kingdee、Man Wah Holdings, etc., which provides more opportunities for students to have an internship. In addition, Business school is in the dedicated support of the Overseas offices of Shenzhen Technology University in Regensburg and Wurzburg-Schweinfurt Germany thus students would engage in allied universities exchanges, company internship, incubator implementation plan of leading firms and other activities to improve individual ability of innovation.

6.2 Construction of Practical Training Workshop and Research Center

In accordance with the cultivation concept of "academic education + enterprise training", Business School encourages students to apply knowledge in practice to promote learning and professional practice steadily. In order to meet the teaching need of future international business courses, the school would make effort to build interdisciplinary and interregional teaching platforms as well as relevant teaching labs, while effectively applying with university-enterprise cooperative resources to take full advantage of their unique efficacy in improving the quality of culture. Based on present university-enterprise cooperation plan, there are three practical training bases for Financial Management major so far, which are Financial Data Training Base, Business Simulation Training Center and Financial Innovation & Financial Technology Center. These training bases would be used for subsidiary teaching practice of Financial Management major.

6.3 Construction of University-Enterprise Cooperation Training Base

In order to guarantee and improve the quality of practice and effect, Business School has cooperated and signed "Off-campus Practice Training Base Cooperation Agreement" with lots of companies, including Kingdee Software (China) Co., LTD., Shenzhen Love Wisdom Technology Co., LTD., SRNE Solar Co. LTD, Pangoo Group Co., LTD., and other enterprises and has jointly build seven off-campus practice bases. The school and enterprises will combine the training plan and the actual situation of students, independently determine the practical content and practical training project objectives, and cultivate application-oriented technical talents with strong practical ability.