It doesn't matter whether there is an economic foundation or not. What is important is that from the moment you decide to take the financial major, you should learn from scratch step by step:
The general learning order is: microeconomics-macroeconomics-monetary banking-international finance-investment. ...
As for the textbooks used in each of the above courses, they are generally different because of the different reference books required by the school, but the books recognized by micro-classics and macro-classics are all published by Gao Hongye People's Congress.
Regarding the recommended schools, according to the historical background of development, schools offering financial majors can be roughly divided into the following categories, from which their academic advantages and characteristics should also be reflected:
First, the financial major of a comprehensive university
The advantage of a comprehensive university lies in its comprehensive discipline characteristics, and the communication between disciplines has become an important factor to lead the development potential of disciplines. Look at the winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics. Most of them are the results of interdisciplinary research. The obvious weakness of comprehensive university finance is exaggeration, which does not pay attention to the detailed analysis of reality, but focuses on theory and macro. Therefore, it is often too arrogant not to continue to hold a doctorate after graduate school. These schools mainly include: Peking University, Fudan University, Nankai University, Zhejiang University, Wuhan University, Nanjing University, Tianjin University and Sun Yat-sen University. Among them, treating a group of people is the top in finance, which is very difficult to test.
Second, the liberal arts comprehensive university finance major
The integration of liberal arts is also very advantageous, and the communication between disciplines is more natural, which makes students' basic skills more solid. After the competition and exchange between liberal arts, the development of disciplines may be faster. This kind of school is mainly China Renmin University.
Third, the former People's Bank of China was affiliated to the University of Finance and Economics.
The former financial industry in China can basically be replaced by the banking industry, so the schools originally belonging to the People's Bank of China naturally have inherent advantages. They have the advantage of being close to the water, and they have a natural and continuous connection with banks, whether it is the employment of students or the exchange of financial disciplines. It is said that most of the principals of banks now graduated from these schools. In China, the benefits of being one of them are self-evident. However, the same weakness of these schools is that they were originally under the leadership of the People's Bank of China. The organizational form of teaching, both in theory and practice, limits its integration with modern finance, which is based on financial markets, and financial institutions are only a subject of financial markets. Although many schools have undergone transformation, the original inertia is not easy to change. These schools are: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, university of international business and economics (referring to the merged China Institute of Finance), Hunan University (referring to the merged Hunan Institute of Finance and Economics), Xi Jiaotong University (referring to the merged Shaanxi Institute of Finance and Economics), and a large number of original financial colleges, a considerable number of which have been merged into other schools.
4. The former Ministry of Finance belongs to the University of Finance and Economics.
In the original division of labor, the schools of the Ministry of Finance mainly trained financial management cadres, so the financial specialty of these schools was not strong. However, with China's economic reform, the integration of economic management majors has become inevitable, so the development of financial majors in these schools is still good. However, the majors of economic management in these schools should still be strong in finance and accounting, but this does not mean that the financial graduate students in these schools are easy to take the exam. In fact, due to the financial boom in recent years, the finance of all these schools is also very, very difficult to test. These schools are: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics merged with Zhongnan University of Politics and Law), Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, and Shandong University of Finance and Economics.
Five, the original other economic departments under the School of Finance and Economics.
The finance of these schools is basically done in the later stage. Because there is no innate advantage and the school has no other mathematical foundation support, the development speed is not fast. However, some of these schools have proved to be very famous. For example, Anhui University of Finance (formerly Anhui University of Finance and Trade) is also very famous in the economic field, but it has only fallen behind in recent years. After university of international business and economics was merged into China University of Economics, its financial sphere of influence was strengthened. Generally speaking, the financial specialty of such schools is relatively weak. These schools mainly include: university of international business and economics (directly under the former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation), chongqing technology and business university (formerly Chongqing Commercial College, merged with Yuzhou University), Lanzhou Commercial College, Tianjin Commercial College, Beijing Technology and Business University (formerly Beijing Commercial College, merged with Beijing Institute of Light Industry and Machinery Industry Management Cadre College), Zhejiang Gongshang University (formerly Hangzhou Commercial College) (directly under the former Ministry of Internal Trade), Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, and Anhui Finance and Trade College (formerly Anhui Finance and Trade College).
Six, the people's Bank of China specialized graduate school of finance.
This is a special financial school. It has no undergraduate level, only master's and doctoral levels, so its level is very high. Coupled with the background of the People's Bank of China, some big-name teachers (mainly part-time teachers in this school) teach as tutors, which has incomparable advantages over other schools. Known as the "Whampoa Military Academy" in China's financial circles, it is graduate department (commonly known as Wudaokou) of the People's Bank of China.
Seven, the former provincial university of finance and economics finance major.
These schools are still very influential in the world because of their original local characteristics, but as far as the whole country is concerned, they are not well-known and generally easy to take exams. Such schools include: xinjiang university of finance, Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics, Henan University of Finance and Economics, Guangdong Business School, etc.
VIII. Finance Major in Engineering University
The history of running economic and financial majors in engineering schools should be relatively short, but the advantage of engineering is a solid mathematical foundation, and an important feature of modern finance is quantitative analysis. These schools have advantages in all aspects, so the advantages of financial engineering as a financial major are more obvious. Coupled with the unique reputation of engineering schools, the profession has risen rapidly and become an important potential stock for the future development of finance. These schools mainly include Tsinghua University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Beihang University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Central South University and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Nine, the original other departments belong to the university finance major.
Running schools in colleges and departments is a characteristic of our country. In fact, most of the above-mentioned engineering schools are also run by departments, and their independence is mainly their engineering foundation. Although the reform after 1999 cancelled the running of colleges and departments, their past relationship still exists, but the financial majors of these schools have no advantage. They either take the engineering route or the faculty route, but they are gradually marginalized. Even some schools with strong finance (such as East China Normal University) are lagging behind because of the changes in environment and talents. There are many such schools, including East China Normal University, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China Geo University and Kunming University of Science and Technology.
It is very important to choose a good school according to your actual ability and the ideal you can achieve.