Over the last 20 years, China has quickly risen from a state of relative isolation, to an open and vibrant economy, quickly becoming one the world's powerhouses. China's economy has been transformed dramatically through the increasing interconnectivity and globalization of international trade, finance and capital flows. UIBE's role has always been to exist as the academic interface between the realities of China's economic development, and the need to educate capable graduates with the necessary economic, political and business skills to become specialists in their respective fields of interest.

As UIBE is one of China's leading schools for the study of international trade and economics, its reputation for academic rigor and excellence is second to none within its fields of interest. With over 50 years of experience in the field of academia, UIBE offers an extremely competitive environment, highly qualified and experienced faculty, rigorous entry requirements and a challenging curricula, and uncompromising examination standards. UIBE also has implemented a credit-based system with several international universities, providing necessary flexibility to students who select subjects across disciplines in an increasingly complex and specialized global marketplace.

Wuhan University is a key university directly under the administration of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It was selected by both Project 985 and Project 211 as a major receiver of state funding. It is located in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, and known as "the thoroughfare leading to nine provinces". The university features spectacular natural surroundings with the scenic Luojia Hill in it and the beautiful East Lake by its side. Its 373 hectares campus is wooded and green, and has fragrant flowers everywhere all the year round. The buildings are in special architectural styles, magnificent and mansion looking. Therefore, Wuhan University is acknowledged as one of the most beautiful universities in the world.

Jiangsu University, situated in a beautiful and well-known historic and cultural city on the southern bank of the Yangtze River----Zhenjiang, is a comprehensive teaching & research-type university featuring engineering. Jiangsu University is one of the key universities in China and is among the first batch of colleges and universities that are authorized to confer doctor degrees, master degrees and engineering master degrees. Jiangsu University ranks among the top hundred universities in China in terms of comprehensive school-running ability. The origin of Jiangsu University traces back to Sanjiang Normal School founded by such patriots as Zhang Zhidong in 1902.

Ningbo University is a dynamic, young, comprehensive university which is in the top 10 universities of China. It is one of the key institutions of higher learning of Zhejiang Province. It is in the beautiful city Ningbo which is renowned as a world-recognized port with cargo handling capacity ranking a stable second place in China. NBU has established friendly cooperation-relationship with many famous foreign universities in order to cultivate talents who have the international perspective. The University is now endeavoring to become a well-known university with both educational and academic excellence, not only closely linked with the local economic and social development and satisfying the demands of the age, but also contributing more to the economic prosperity and social development of Zhejiang and the country as a whole.

Northwestern Polytechnical University is a National Key University, directed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, located in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The university emphasizes on the education and research in aeronautical, astronautical and marine engineering. In February 2012, NPU has 13,736 graduate students (3,063 full-time doctorate candidates, 7,087 master candidates, 3,586 professional degree candidates) and 14,395 undergraduate students.

CCNU is a key normal university directly administered by PRC Ministry of Education. Located in Wuhan, a major hub of transportation, it has a campus of over 2,000 mu with a construction area of more than 600,000 square meters on Guizishan, a hill bordering the East Lake and the South Lake. It has brilliant flowers and green wood all year round. With a serene environment, especially the fragrance of osmanthus flowers all over, the campus is an ideal place for study.

Shanghai Finance University (SHFU) was founded in 1952 and situated in Pudong New District. It is a full-time state-owned academic institution with very sound and comprehensive subject structures covering Art, Law, Science and Engineering with emphasis on Economics, Management, and Finance taken as its core. SHFU has been committed to developing students' various skills required by China's economic and finance industries during the past few decades, and as a result, SHFU is praised as a "cradle of future financial experts".

SHFU is adjacent to many multinational corporations and several universities. Its modern facilities include library, multimedia computer rooms, educational training centers and campus-wide internet.

Xidian University is among an elite class of institutes for higher education selected nationally as part of China's State educational development project labeled "211".Xidian is a key national university dedicated primarily to electronic technology and information which is integrated with a wide range of academic subjects including engineering, physical science, social science, foreign languages and business management. In many years since Xidian University was founded 68 years ago, it has grown rapidly in both size and prestige.Now it has become a base of education and high-tech research in the field of electronic information.