About Us

The University of International Business and Economics (UIBE; 对外经济贸易大学) is a public university located in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Commerce. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction.

The university emphasizes on economics, finance, international business, management, business, law, foreign languages and foreign relations.It was established in 1951 in Beijing by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of China.

The school was formerly known as the Senior Business Cadre School and was founded in 1951. In 1953, it was renamed Beijing Foreign Trade College. In 1954, the foreign trade major of the Department of Trade of Renmin University of China was merged into the Beijing College of Foreign Trade and the Beijing College of Foreign Trade was established. In 1984, it was renamed the University of International Business and Economics. In June 2000, the former China Finance Institute and the former University of International Business and Economics merged to form a new University of International Business and Economics, which was placed under the management of the Ministry of Education. In December 2010, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Commerce signed an agreement to jointly build the University of International Business and Economics