The school was founded on June 6th, 1949, 165438. At the beginning of its establishment, it was headed by the Ministry of Finance, and its names were Central Taxation School and Central Finance College successively. 1952 In August, the Central College of Finance and Economics merged with the economics departments of Peking University, Tsinghua University, yenching university and Fu Jen Catholic University, and was headed by the Higher Education Department. 1May, 1996, the Central College of Finance and Economics was renamed as the Central University of Finance and Economics; 1998 10, the Central Financial Management Cadre College established on the basis of the Central Financial and Financial Cadre School was merged into the Central University of Finance and Economics; In February 2000, the school was transferred from the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Education for direct management.
The school covers an area of 6.5438+0.03 million square meters, with a building area of 530,000 square meters. 20 colleges and 53 undergraduate majors; There are 5 postdoctoral research stations, 5 first-class disciplines authorized by doctor's degree and 6 first-class disciplines authorized by master's degree/kloc-0.