We have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), deepening our partnership with one of China’s leading finance and economics universities.
The MoU was signed during a visit to Durham by a delegation of senior SUFE staff, led by Vice President Professor Yao Lingzhen. The delegation toured our Business School’s new waterside building and visited University College at Durham Castle.
Our Vice-Chancellor and Warden, Professor Karen O’Brien, led discussions on further opportunities to work with SUFE. The discussions explored ways to expand collaboration into additional academic areas.
The partnership between Durham, particularly our Business School’s Department of Finance, and SUFE’s School of Finance has developed over more than a decade into a high-performing strategic collaboration in research, education, and talent development. It is supported by a strong institutional MoU and a growing portfolio of articulation agreements.
SUFE is ranked number one nationally among China’s specialist universities in finance and economics by Shanghai Ranking.
Sustained activity, including staff and student exchanges, high-level leadership development programmes, workshops and research collaboration, provides strong evidence of deepening research ties and mutual commitment between our Business School and SUFE’s School of Finance.
Both institutions share notable research collaborations in corporate finance, FinTech, blockchain, AI, financial contagion, networks, systemic risk, market microstructure, labour economics and international macroeconomics. This work is supported by a growing track record of co-authored publications in leading journals.
The MoU with SUFE builds on our wider engagement with China, where we collaborate in world-leading research, programmes and projects with a range of partners. These include galaxy and black hole studies with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, archaeological studies with the Palace Museum in Beijing, joint doctoral programmes in business with Fudan University, and education and research programmes with a range of other institutions.
In 2020, we launched our in-country presence in China, with staff based in Beijing and Shanghai. Our China presence provides a vital connection to our broader community of students, alumni, partners, corporations, governments and funding bodies. It also plays an important role in strengthening our engagement in China.
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