University of international business and economics is one of the earliest universities in China to offer business administration. As early as 1982, the school established the major of business administration. At the beginning of the school, the American business administration education model and the teaching material system of western business administration, marketing, financial management, accounting and other disciplines were fully introduced. On this basis, combined with China's enterprise management practice, a characteristic education system is established, which permeates the management theory and practice at home and abroad, and has achieved excellent educational results.

University of international business and economics is a multidisciplinary foreign language university for finance and economics, with six disciplines: economics, management, literature, law, science and engineering. It has been selected as the core unit of the National Experimental Zone of Talent Training Mode Innovation, the National Entrepreneurship Education Base for College Students, the China Center of Excellence for WTO Affairs, and the Collaborative Innovation Center of China Free Trade Zone.

China government scholarship receiving institution for overseas students in China, a national university with typical experience in innovation and entrepreneurship, has set up the Global Trade Monitoring and Analysis Center of the General Administration of Customs (Shanghai), an education and training base for outstanding legal talents in Shanghai, an education and training base for outstanding journalism and communication talents in Shanghai. The Shanghai government scholarship receiving institution is a "platinum-level" educational institution certified by the British Institute of Chartered Certified Accountants, a founding member of the China-Central and Eastern European Countries University Federation, and a founding member and governing unit of the Global Alliance of Foreign Studies Universities.