Established in January 2005, the College of Economics and Statistics is an amalgamation of the original School of Economics & International Trade and Department of Statistics. The original School of Economics & Trade was established in July 2000, also an amalgamation of the original Department of International Economy & Trade, Modern Economics and Development Academy. This college is made up of three departments and one academy, i.e. Department of International Economy & Trade, Department of Economics, Department of Statistics and Economy Academy. It has four undergraduate specialties, i.e. international economy & trade, international business, economics and statistics, and one postgraduate program of national economics. Now it has a staff team of 68 which includes 9 professors and 20 associate professors, 19 of whom hold doctoral degrees.
        The college has harvested a lot of achievements by means of sticking to pushing forward teaching by scientific research, encouraging innovation, and advocating academic contention. Since 1999, the college has undertaken 44 research projects at the departmental level and above, among which, 4 are national projects, 2 is the Guangdong Provincial natural science funded project, and 15 are department or ministry projects. In addition, it has also undertaken 5 joint research projects. It has published 15 monographs and 13 textbooks. The college staff has had 500 academic essays published in Chinese and foreign academic journals. The college has won four prizes for their teaching and scientific research production from the Province and the Ministry of Education and 22 prizes from various academic associations. At present, three collegiate key specialties: National Economics, International Trade and Statistics have been established, among which International Trade is ranked as both a provincial and collegiate key specialty. Political Economics is one of the provincial-level excellent courses and Western Economics and International Trade are the top-quality courses of the university. Mathematical Statistics and Theory of Social Economic Statistics are among the key courses in Guangdong Province. National Economic Statistics, Investment and Production Analysis, Econometrics are ranked excellent courses in GUBS. The college emphasizes computer–based experimental teaching and has set up an Economy Prediction and Decision Simulation Lab, developed computerized teaching and a case analysis system for economy prediction and decision, which guarantees experimental work for both teachers and students in teaching and research.
        Students from this college have a good command of specialty knowledge. At the same time, they take an active part in scientific research projects. Every year a number of research projects are supported by the university. Two research essays among the published papers have been cited in their entirety by the Social Sciences Information Center of The People’s Republic of China. Its students have won the second prize in the “Challenge Cup” College Students Scientific and Technological Productions Competition in Guangdong Province and also won the third prize in the “Challenge Cup” Chinese College Students Creation Programs Competition. Its students also achieved second and third places in the 2nd and 3rd “Higher Education Cup” national college students invitational online teaching tournaments. They have also won the first, second and third awards many times in Chinese and American College students mathematics modeling competitions.
        The college cultivates students by means of practicing a “three-dimensional” education model, namely, to build graduated student of “solid foundation, broad horizon, strong ability, high quality, good Employment Prospect, new knowledge and quick mastery”. Students so cultivated have a wide range and high rate of Employment Prospects.

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