Nanjing University Business School (NUBS,

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：南京大學商學院,

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: Nánjīng Dàxué Shāngxuéyuàn, colloquially 南大商學院, Nándà Shāngxuéyuàn) is the school of

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Nanjing University Nanjing University (NJU; ) is a national public research university in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is a member of C9 League and a Class A Double First Class University designated by the Chinese central government. NJU has two main campuses: the Xianl ...

, which founded the first professional

university

business school A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in business administration or management. A business school may also be referred to as school of management, management school, school of business administration, o ...

. NUBS's disciplinary areas consist of

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

and

management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

. According to the report released in 2009 on class 1 disciplines overall level evaluation during 2007~2009 by China Academic Degree & Graduate Education Development Center of The Ministry of Education, NUBS ranks within top 5 nationwide in both theoretical economics and business management, while business management ranks No.1 in south area of China.

History

Nanjing University Business School dates back to the courses of economics and commerce provided after education reform in 1902, during which period the faculty member of the school included the cultural academic leader

Liu Yizheng Liu Yizheng (; 1880–1956) was a Chinese historian, calligrapher, librarian, cultural scholar, educator, and academic leader. He is known for his personal charisma, spirit and eruditeness. In modern Chinese academic field, it is said that the num ...

(柳詒徵), who is the author of the first book of ''The History of Chinese Commerce'' and ''Business Ethics''. The faculty of commerce (or business) was founded in 1917 at

Nanking Higher Normal School Nanjing University (NJU; ) is a national public research university in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is a member of C9 League and a Class A Double First Class University designated by the Chinese central government. NJU has two main campuses: the Xianl ...

which transformed to be National Southeastern University in 1921. The first dean was

Yang Hsingfo Yang Xingfo, also spelt Yang Hsingfo (楊杏佛) and otherwise known as Yang Chu'en (楊銓)(Born May 4, 1893, Zhangshu, Jiangxi - June 18, 1933 French Concession, Shanghai) was a Chinese management scholar and activist. He was professor at Nation ...

(Yang Xingfo, 楊杏佛), who is a pioneering scholar of modern management in China. Then in 1921 the commerce faculty was moved to

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and extended to become the business school of

National Southeastern University Nanjing University (NJU; ) is a national public research university in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is a member of C9 League and a Class A Double First Class University designated by the Chinese central government. NJU has two main campuses: the Xianli ...

with the name Shanghai Commerce College, initially with six departments including General Commerce, Business Administration, Accounting, Banking & Financing, International Trade, and International Transportation. It's the first modern professional university business school conferring degrees in

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. National Southeastern University renamed

National Central University National Central University (NCU, ; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Kwet-li̍p Chung-yong Thài-ho̍k'', Wade–Giles: ''Kuo2 Li4 Chung Yang Ta4 Hsüeh2'' or ''中大'', ''Chung-ta'') is a public research university with long-standing traditions based in Taiwa ...

in 1928 and again in 1949 renamed

. National Central University business school became independent with the name National Shanghai College of Commerce in 1932 and later became

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. In the meantime, there was the Department of Economics under the division of social sciences in the main campus of

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, which was originated in 1921 and the first director was Hsiao Chunchin (Xiao Chunjin, 蕭純錦). In 1945 there were three groups at the Economics Department: economic theory and policy, public finance, banking and finance. The department was merged to

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in 1952 during the college and department adjustment by PRC government. Nanjing University reestablished faculties of economics and business management after 1978. Those faculties formed the International Business School of Nanjing University in 1988, and in 2000 the school was renamed Nanjing University Business School and at the time the school had five departments: Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, and International Economics & Trade. In 2006 the business school was divided into two collaborative interdependent sub-schools: School of Economics, comprising Departments of Economics, Finance, Industrial Economics, and International Economics & Trade, and School of Management, comprising Departments of Business Administration, Accounting, Marketing, Human Resources Management, etc. NUBS launched MBA (Master of Business Administration) training project firstly in 1987 and start MBA education in

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in 1993. NUBS MBA program in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

main campus start in 1994. In 1995, National MBA Entrance Examination Research Center was established at NUBS, the director of the center who was the dean of NUBS Zhou Sanduo (周三多) led a team to work out the MBA entrance examination blueprint GRK which was put into effect in 1997 and since then MBA candidates need to take part in the nationwide united MBA Entrance Exam.MBA入学考试简析
/ref> NUBS start to provide formal EMBA (Executive Master of Business Administration) education in 2002.

Composition

Nanjing University Business School consists of two sub-schools: school of management and school of economics. * Management School ** Department of Business Administration ** Department of Human Resource Management ** Department of Marketing & Electronic Commerce ** Department of Accounting * Economics School ** Department of Economics ** Department of Industrial Economics ** Department of International Economics & Trading ** Department of Finance

Programs

Education and training programs Programs provided by NUBS include: * Undergraduate Programs * Master Programs * Doctoral Programs Practical professional programs: * MBA Program * EMBA Program *MPAcc (The Master of Professional Accounting) *EDP (The Executive Development Programs)

Current information

Current information and recent status ;Faculties Yangtze River Scholar (Distinguished Professor) *Shen Rongkun, economics *Fan Conglai, economics *Jin Bingyi, finance *Wang Yuetang, business administration *Chen Donghua, business administration The following courses are recognized as National Excellent Courses: *(General)

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

, chief professor: Chen Chuanming (The book Management written by NUBS professors Zhou Sanduo and Chen Chuanming was chosen as textbook by most colleges in China, and the sales volume in 2011 is above 350 thousand) *

Human Resources Management Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...

, chief professor: Zhao Shuming * Operations Management, chief professor: Yang Dongtao *

International Finance International finance (also referred to as international monetary economics or international macroeconomics) is the branch of financial economics broadly concerned with monetary and macroeconomic interrelations between two or more countries. Inter ...

, chief professor: Pei Ping ;Activities *''International Symposium on Multinational Business Management'' (企业跨国经营国际研讨会). The conference is held every three year a time, and the latest one, the 8th Symposium was held in June, 2014

Alumni

Notable alumni include: *

Chen Deming Chen Deming (; born 1949) is a former the President of Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits of the People's Republic of China. Early life Chen was born in Shanghai in 1949. He went on to receive a Bachelor's Degree in Economics, a ...

(陳德銘), former Minister of Commerce,

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* Hsing Mu-huan (邢慕寰), economist, the first Director of Institute of Economics,

Academia Sinica Academia Sinica (AS, la, 1=Academia Sinica, 3=Chinese Academy; ), headquartered in Nangang, Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. Founded in Nanking, the academy supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ...

. * Yang Bi-li (楊必立)
the pioneer guru of management education in Chinese community
the initiator of Chinese

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

education. * Hsu Po-Yuan (徐柏園), financier, former Central Bank Governor, Ministry of Finance, R.O.C. He is the founder of Chinese central bank system. * Wang Chih-hsin (王志莘), banker, financier, a founder and the first General Manager of former Shanghai Stock Exchange

Notes and references

External links

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