University of international business and economics was founded by the Ministry of Commerce (formerly the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation) on 1960. It is a key foreign-related business university with distinctive characteristics and taking economy, management, literature and law as its main disciplines.

The school is an important base for international talent training and foreign economic and trade, foreign language and culture, and international strategic research in East China. He has been selected into "20 1 1 Plan", "Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Plan" and "Excellent Journalism and Communication Talents Education and Training Plan" successively. It is also the training base for economic and trade talents in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and the "China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone"

Our school has a certain international influence in the field of multilateral trading system research. It is one of the first batch of 12 teaching institutions of the World Trade Organization, an arbitrator unit of the World Intellectual Property Organization, a China partner of the International Trade and Sustainable Development Center, an important branch of the trade research and training network of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and a core member of the Virtual Institute of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

The school has Songjiang and Gubei two teaching campuses. Songjiang Campus is located in Songjiang University Town, Shanghai, covering an area of about 1000 mu, and its address isNo. Wen Xiang Road 1900, Songjiang District, Shanghai. Gubei Campus is adjacent to Shanghai Hongqiao Economic and Technological Development Zone, covering an area of 73 mu. Address: No.620 Gubei Road, Changning District, Shanghai; Qibao Branch is located in Qibao Ancient Town, covering an area of 27 mu, and its address is No.3349, Cao Bao Road, Minhang District, Shanghai.