Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Key Highlights

• Public university directly administered by China’s Ministry of Education
• Institutional history officially traced to Guanghua University, founded in 1925
• Current name adopted in 1985
• Operates Liulin and Guanghua campuses in Chengdu

Student Life & Environment

Student life is distributed between Liulin and Guanghua rather than concentrated on one site. Current university service notices document student residences, dining facilities, teaching buildings, study spaces, campus-card services, supermarkets, parcel collection, printing, laundry, and campus medical care. The university’s 2025 facilities report also records upgrades to classrooms, laboratories, residence areas, dining and study space, campus landscaping, and the university history museum. Campus assignment matters when evaluating daily life. The Guanghua campus hosts the College of International Education and several graduate, professional, and research units, while the Liulin campus includes major teaching facilities and the main student-activity-center location listed by the career service. International students should verify where their program teaches before choosing accommodation or estimating travel needs. For 2026 international undergraduates, the admissions guide lists on-campus rooms at two monthly price points, but it does not promise a particular room type or allocation. Students should obtain current availability, occupancy, facilities, and move-in rules directly from the international office. Campus residences are managed environments with access and conduct rules. Medical support is available through campus hospital services, and official notices describe emergency coverage on both campuses. The available sources support practical infrastructure but do not provide a current, comprehensive English directory of student clubs or recreation programs.

Location & Surroundings

SWUFE is based in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province in western China, and operates two campuses with different addresses and academic functions. Liulin Campus is at 555 Liutai Avenue in Chengdu’s Wenjiang District. The university’s Student Career Planning and Employment Guidance Center is located there in the student activity center. Guanghua Campus is at 55 Guanghuacun Street; the 2026 international undergraduate guide identifies it as the location of the College of International Education admissions office. The two-campus structure is more consequential than a single city label suggests. Applicants may interact with admissions at Guanghua while studying or using services at Liulin, depending on their program. They should confirm their primary teaching campus, residence assignment, and any cross-campus obligations before making housing or commuting plans. Both campuses provide everyday infrastructure, including dining, teaching spaces, residences, medical services, and commercial facilities, according to university notices. The official sources reviewed do not provide a single current English guide covering journey times, airport transfers, public-transport routes, or off-campus living costs. International students should use current local mapping and the university’s arrival instructions when planning travel.

Costs & Career Outcomes

The official 2026 international undergraduate guide lists charges in Chinese yuan. The non-refundable application fee was CNY 600. Annual tuition was CNY 16,000 for Chinese-taught bachelor’s study and CNY 20,000 for English-taught bachelor’s study. Listed on-campus accommodation cost CNY 800 or CNY 1,200 per month, with a CNY 1,000 cash deposit. International students were also required to purchase insurance listed at CNY 1,000 per year. These figures apply specifically to the 2026 international undergraduate intake; they should not be applied to domestic students, graduate programs, later intakes, or off-campus housing. A realistic budget must also account for meals, local transport, books or materials, visa and residence processes, travel, personal expenses, and transaction charges. The reviewed guide does not publish a complete cost-of-attendance estimate or guarantee room availability. Students should request current housing details and calculate the full program duration in the relevant teaching language. SWUFE maintains a Student Career Planning and Employment Guidance Center serving both campuses. Its current site provides campus recruitment information, job notices, internship support, employment procedures, and career-development services. A published service guide describes free appointment-based one-to-one counseling covering self-assessment, career exploration, résumés, interviews, offers, and job-search stress. The university also advertises recruitment events and employer engagement, including finance-sector activity. No verified salary, placement-rate, or employer-outcome statistic was found in the selected current sources, so students should assess career prospects by program, language ability, work-authorization rules, and intended employment market.