Educational Objectives:
Our major aims to cultivate individuals who adhere to thesocialist path and promote comprehensive development in morality, intelligence,physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor. They should possess solid knowledgeand basic theories in economics, be familiar with the operation of the globaleconomy and China's reform practices, master the fundamental methods of moderneconomics, possess economic mathematical skills, computer operationcapabilities, and practical abilities in economic activities. They shouldpossess both a sense of patriotism and a global perspective, excel in the'three forces' (learning ability, thinking ability, and action ability), and becomprehensive and innovative talents with well-rounded development in morality,intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, known as the 'threecreative types' (innovation, creation, and entrepreneurship).
Overview of educational objectives
(1) Training Objective 1: (Moral Qualities andInternational Perspective) To cultivate students who have a sense of socialresponsibility, possess good professional ethics and dedication, and havestrong abilities in information collection, communication, and expression.Students will develop good teamwork and communication awareness and be able tomaintain a clear awareness in a globalized environment, competently andresponsibly performing their duties.
(2) Training Objective 2: (Professional Knowledge) Toequip students with solid knowledge of economic theory, basic principles,dynamic optimization methods, and general equilibrium analysis tools. Theprogram strengthens students' mathematical training in economics, coversfundamental knowledge in finance, securities, accounting, and taxation, andprovides advanced methods in social surveys and econometrics, enabling studentsto propose effective solutions.
(3) Training Objective 3: (Problem-Solving Ability) Toenable students to systematically master economic and financial analysismethods, as well as digital economy, information technology, and data science.Students will gain skills in computer programming and mathematical modeling,enabling them to creatively use modern economic analysis tools to understandand solve economic problems.
(4) Training Objective 4: (Lifelong Learning Ability) Economicsgraduates will be capable of handling economic management work in government,financial departments, and enterprises. They will also be well-prepared forgraduate studies in various branches of economics and possess the ability forlifelong learning.
Program Profile：
The discipline boasts a long history of development. Itbegan recruiting and training master's students in Industrial Economics in1984, and started admitting undergraduate students in 2009, establishing acomplete talent cultivation system encompassing undergraduate, master's, anddoctoral levels. In 2021, the Economics program was recognized as a nationalfirst-class undergraduate program.
The facultyis robust, with 19 full-time professors, including 4 professors, 10 associateprofessors, 5 doctoral advisors, and 13 master's advisors. The Economicsprogram adheres to the tradition of Huazhong University of Science andTechnology, where theoretical teaching and applied research complementeach other in talent development. The program offers two main directions:Economics and Digital Economy. Its curriculum coversthree learning modules: Economics, Digital Economy, andFinancial Economics, with a strong emphasis on foundationaltheories and mathematical methods. The program also highlights applied researchon Chinese economic issues, striving to cultivate well-rounded, innovativetalents with a solid theoretical foundation, comprehensive professionalknowledge, and practical skills.
Program Features:
(1) Regional characteristics. Rooted in Guangdong, makingfull use of the economic experimental sites in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-MacaoGreater Bay Area, integrating economic theory with reform practice and servingthe construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
(2) Features of cross-fertilization with the university'sscience and technology disciplines. Taking advantage of the school'sfirst-class science and engineering disciplines, we will promote thecross-fertilization of economics and the scientific and technologicalrevolution to create a new liberal art.
(3) Research-oriented features. Relying on thefirst-level doctoral program in applied economics, the curriculum maintains thetradition of leaning towards theory and cultivates research-oriented talentswho are equipped to pursue master's and doctoral degrees in various majors ofeconomics.
