As of April 2023, the school has two campuses, Longquan Campus and Anning Campus, with a total area of 2 133 mu, more than 2 million books and various e-books10.9 million. There are 17 colleges, 1 teaching departments, 14 research institutions and 65 undergraduate majors. There are 4 first-class doctoral programs, 4 postdoctoral mobile stations, 12 first-class master programs, 57 master programs in two disciplines, and 17 professional master programs. There are 2 152 teaching staff and more than 400 full-time teachers. There are more than 33,000 full-time students.

Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, formerly known as Yunnan Finance Cadre School, was founded in 195 1. 1979, set up specialized courses in finance and trade to recruit junior college students; 198 1 Yunnan institute of finance and trade was established with the approval of the Ministry of education to start full-time undergraduate education; 1995 was identified as a provincial key university by the Yunnan provincial government; 1998 merged with Yunnan Economic Management Cadre College; In 2006, it was renamed Yunnan University of Finance and Economics with the approval of the Ministry of Education; 20 13 became a doctoral authorized unit, and 20 14 won the first postdoctoral mobile station.