The Finance program was rated as a *Provincial Key Program* by Guangdong Province in 2002, approved as a *National Characteristic Program* by the Ministry of Education in 2010, and designated as a *National First-Class Program Construction Site* by the Ministry of Education in 2021. It obtained the qualification for enrolling postgraduate students in 1998.   Currently, the Department of Finance has 21 full-time faculty members, including 4 professors, 8 associate professors, and 9 lecturers. Among them, 16 hold doctoral degrees, and a total of 15 are qualified as doctoral or master’s supervisors. The vast majority of faculty members have experience studying, pursuing further education, exchanging, or visiting abroad. Some serve as vice presidents, standing directors, or directors of national first-tier academic societies, enjoying considerable academic status and influence in the national financial sector and related fields. A number of faculty members have been awarded titles such as "Guangdong Provincial Talent," "Shenzhen Municipal Talent," "Shenzhen Excellent Teacher," and have won the University President’s Teaching Award, first and second prizes in the University Teaching Competition, among others. The faculty has published dozens of academic monographs and edited textbooks, hundreds of academic papers in domestic and international authoritative journals, and undertaken dozens of national, provincial, and ministerial-level research and teaching reform projects. Their research achievements have earned over ten awards at or above the municipal level, as well as awards from national academic societies.

The Department of Finance boasts a dedicated teaching team with an international perspective, rich teaching experience, and strong research capabilities.   The Department of Finance adheres to a talent cultivation model that combines "mass education" and "elite education," emphasizing a "composite" training plan for professional skills that integrates basic financial skills with other professional competencies. It highlights a "modular" curriculum design that organically combines professional theory and practical training. The current program offerings include: the single-degree Finance class, the Quantitative Finance Experimental Class (dual-degree), and the CFA特色班 (CFA Specialized Class). The curriculum is designed on the principle of balancing professional theory courses and practical courses, with a certain proportion of internship courses and bilingual courses. Additionally, internship bases for banking, securities, futures, and foreign exchange trading have been established in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and other cities, along with online training platforms for banking operations, securities investment, foreign exchange trading, and futures trading.

Through its robust cultivation system, the Department of Finance has trained a large number of outstanding talents for society. Since 1987, over 5,000 Finance graduates have been employed in enterprises, government agencies, and public institutions in Shenzhen, Guangdong, across China, and even abroad, engaging in financial-related work and making positive contributions to the development of financial markets.