Shanghai University of Finance and Economics is a research-oriented key university directly under the Ministry of Education, which focuses on the discipline of economic management and develops harmoniously with economics, management, law, literature, science and philosophy. It is the first batch of world-class discipline construction universities in China, the national "2 1 1 project". Four national key disciplines: finance, accounting, history of economic thought and finance.
Guangdong University of Finance and Economics is a key construction university in Guangdong Province focusing on economy, management and law. There are no national key disciplines.
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics is far superior to Guangdong University of Finance and Economics in many aspects, such as capital investment, faculty, admission scores, teaching quality and social popularity.