The School of Economics and Management, Tongji University (hereinafter referred to as “SEM”) has been developing with the country for 40 years since its establishment. Over the past 40 years since its establishment, SEM has been advancing together with the country and walking with the times. Taking the service of scientific and technological development and national strategic needs as the traction, the School has gradually developed into an internationalized and research-oriented institution covering the first-level disciplines of business administration, management sciences and engineering, applied economics and public management. The College has been recognized by the Association of International Business Schools (AIBS). The college has successively obtained authoritative domestic and international certifications such as Association of International Business Schools (AACSB), European Quality Development Accreditation System (EQUIS), China Accreditation for High Quality MBA Education (CAMEA), Project Management Institute Global Accreditation Center (PMI-GAC), etc., and the Economics and Business Studies have entered the top 1% of the global rankings of the U.S. Essential Science Indicators Database (ESI), and the Management Science and Engineering discipline has been ranked the top 1% in the disciplinary assessment of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. The discipline of Management Science and Engineering is ranked A+ in the discipline assessment of the Ministry of Education, the discipline of Business Administration is rated A+ in the Times Higher Education China Discipline Ratings, and Management and Business Administration are ranked in the top 100 of the world’s first-class disciplines in the soft sciences and ranked in the top 5 of the Chinese mainland universities.

Based on the high starting point of the past 40 years’ development, as a model college of Tongji University for curriculum ideology and politics, a model college for quality culture, and a model college for “three-pronged education”, the college actively implements Tongji University’s “Action Plan for the Innovative Development of Disciplines Empowered by Artificial Intelligence (2024-2027)”, and adopts the principles of “triple intelligence”, “triple greening”, and “triple integration” as the basis of its development. The college actively implements Tongji University’s “Artificial Intelligence Enabled Discipline Innovation Development Action Plan (2024-2027)”, empowers the development of traditional disciplines with new kinetic energy through digitalization, greening and integration, comprehensively promotes “Artificial Intelligence +” in talent cultivation, discipline construction, scientific research and platform building, and cultivates top-notch innovative talents.

1. Strengthening the “root” and “soul”, party building to navigate the new development

SHI Qian, Secretary of the Party Committee of the College, said that the College closely focuses on the fundamental task of establishing moral education, firmly grasps the mission and responsibility of colleges and universities in the construction of a strong educational country, and comprehensively carries out the overall requirements of the Party’s construction in the new era and the organizational line of the Party in the new era.

Innovative implementation of the fundamental task of establishing moral education. Adhering to the work requirements of “building the foundation of governance through party building, and promoting the development of the cause through soul casting”, the college vigorously promotes the creation of party building demonstration and quality excellence, and continuously enhances the political function and organizational function of party organizations, and the workshop of the party secretary of the Department of Management Science and Engineering has been selected as one of the third batch of national colleges and universities with “dual leadership” teacher party. The Party Branch Secretary Studio of the Department of Management Science and Engineering was selected as one of the third batch of “Double Leaders” Party Branch Secretary Studios in colleges and universities; the College adheres to the student-centered approach, and takes the construction of the party and group organizations, the construction of a large ideological and political course system, the construction of the academic style, and the practice of innovation as the main tools for the construction of the “Specialized, Specialized, and New, Improvement of Quality and Intelligence” full-cycle and precise education system.

Knowledge and action in unity and solidify the foundation, to show practical work as a new. College CHENG Mingwang, Professor HAN Chuanfeng presided over the project was approved to study the interpretation of the spirit of the twentieth CPC National Social Science Foundation major projects. Professors SHI Jianxun, LIU Hushen, CHEN Qiang, ZHONG Ninghua and ZHU Dajian were selected as special researchers of Shanghai XI Jinping Research Center for Socialist Thought with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era. The experts and scholars actively promote the theory propaganda and interpretation work in a deep and practical way, provide advice and suggestions for the development of Shanghai city, and promote the high-quality development of the “people’s city”.

2.Anchoring the new goal of “threefold” and reshaping the new paradigm of educating people

Education is a major plan of the country and the party. Mr. XIE En, President of Tongji Economics and Management, said that the college has taken the initiative to embrace the changes in artificial intelligence technology, constantly update the concept and means of talent cultivation, and make every effort to enhance the ability of independent cultivation of top-notch innovative talents.

Cross-border integration, expanding the space for nurturing people. Aiming at the national strategic demand, the college accurately connects with the market supply and demand, dynamically adjusts the professional settings, strengthens interdisciplinary integration and collaboration, and the College of Electronics and Information Engineering jointly launched the Master of Finance program in the direction of intelligent finance, and the College of Environmental Science and Engineering “A+” discipline to set up a dual-degree program of “Environmental Science-Accounting”. A+” discipline with the School of Environmental Science and Engineering to set up ‘environmental science’ dual degree ‘double carbon’ composite talent training mode innovation pilot area, to build a composite team of top-notch talents to meet the needs of the national ‘double carbon’ goal, and with the School of Mathematical Sciences to launch a dual-degree program of finance – mathematics and applied mathematics is a 20-year project. The dual-degree program in finance and applied mathematics launched in cooperation with the School of Mathematical Sciences is one of the most popular undergraduate dual-degree programs in Tongji University in 2024.

Large models in the classroom, restoring the real situation. Aiming at the pain points of traditional financial education such as lagging knowledge updating and lack of practical application scenarios, the college introduces big model financial data resources, restores real financial transaction situations, and realizes the leapfrog development of closely combining teaching and practice.

Precise irrigation centered on student growth. The artificial intelligence digital classroom realizes the synchronization of class materials before class, the automatic recording of mixed teaching in class, and the intelligent generation of summary analysis after class, and the intelligent platform provides powerful support for students’ personalized teaching.

Join hands with global partners to educate digital talents. The College signed a series of cooperation agreements with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and other relevant colleges, taking an important step forward in the mode of through-training of mathematical and intellectual talents. We signed a letter of intent with the Technical University of Munich to develop more fields and higher levels of cooperation in the development of artificial intelligence-enabled disciplines.

Promote the integration of industry and education, and deepen the fusion of science and education. The college has joined hands with SAP, a leading enterprise in the field of global commercial AI, to build cutting-edge courses for intelligent transformation; cooperated deeply with the technical team of Oriental Fortune to customize and develop a number of cutting-edge proprietary knowledge bases covering AI-driven investment analysis, intelligent financial management, machine learning algorithms, etc; signed a contract with Nail to cultivate digital intelligence talents; constructed a mechanism of established internships with head brokerage firms, such as Guotai Junan Securities; and developed a new system for the development of the discipline of “Tongji Case Study Day” through the “Tongji Case Study Day”. Through the “Tongji Case Day”, students are immersed in the industry application of cutting-edge technologies by going into the head enterprises of artificial intelligence.

3. Surging New Kinetic Energy of Digital Intelligence and Growing New Advantages of Development

The college adheres to the “four directions”, continues to promote basic research and organized scientific research, lays out emerging interdisciplinary disciplines, and promotes the migration and transformation of advantageous characteristic fields into new fields and new tracks.

Focusing on the “Three Faces”, the College has laid out emerging cross-cutting fields. The institute has gathered a group of high-level and specialized talents in the fields of service operation management, AI strategy and innovation choice of enterprises in the era of intelligence, digital economy and urban governance, etc. The institute focuses on the construction of organizational learning and innovation ecology with the integration of big models, market-oriented green technology innovation, collaborative transformation of enterprise digitization and greening, as well as the internationalization strategy of Chinese enterprises, providing overall solutions for the transformation and upgrading of Chinese enterprises and the improvement of their international competitiveness. Provide overall solutions for Chinese enterprises to transform and upgrade and improve their international competitiveness.

Undertake “big tasks” to serve the national and regional economic innovation and development. Teachers and students of the College have provided project progress control services for a large number of major national construction projects, such as the Beijing Daxing International Airport, and technical research and consulting services for more than 30 major national or regional projects, such as the Xiongan New Area, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in Qianhai, Shenzhen. The Shanghai Index, a global urban monitoring framework developed by Prof. ZHU Dajian and CHEN Haiyun as the leading experts of the institute, has released its latest results on the World Cities Day for four consecutive years, and has been deeply involved in the setting of global urban issues, contributing “China’s wisdom” to sustainable development and digital governance. Contribute “China’s wisdom” and “Shanghai’s solutions” to sustainable development and digital governance.

Gathering “big teams” to break through “neck” technical barriers. Professor ZHANG Xiaoning, in charge of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) innovative research group, focuses its advantageous resources on key core technologies of artificial intelligence-enabled fine management of mega-cities, and promotes the agile governance of mega-cities with “digital intelligence” to help “first-class cities” realize “first-class governance”. Realize “first-class governance”. The new-generation intelligent flight recovery system jointly developed by Prof. LIANG Zhe and his team and the industry uses the theory of operations research optimization and artificial intelligence to solve the problem of large-area flight adjustment, contributing wisdom to the development of this technology in China.

Innovating a large platform to carry out integrated research and joint cultivation of talents. The college participates in the construction of the platform of National Experimental Comprehensive Base of Intelligent Social Governance (Yangpu, Shanghai), focuses on the risk identification and assessment of new-generation artificial intelligence technology, and helps to build a “Shanghai model” and a “national template” for the intelligent upgrading of urban construction and social governance, and supports the high-quality implementation of the digital transformation strategy of the country and Shanghai. We will help create a “Shanghai model” and a “national template” for the intelligent upgrading of urban construction and social governance, and support the high-quality implementation of the digital transformation strategy of China and Shanghai.

4. Creating a “Golden Card” for Talent Gathering and Stimulating Innovative Energies

The College has set up a high-level and specialized team of academic discipline construction talents with academicians, Changjiang River, Jieqing and Youqing national high-level talents as the core, which has promoted the comprehensive strength of academic disciplines to continue to steadily improve. The College has risen to the 9th place in the UTD Business School Research Ranking of Mainland Universities, which demonstrates the leading level of scientific research in the world.

Hard-core faculty with both “Chinese depth” and global breadth. Prof. GUO Chongqing, the advisory dean of the college and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, was awarded the 7th Management Science Award for Special Contribution; Prof. DING Shizhao, the founder of the engineering project management discipline, is the world’s third project management education expert to receive the honor of PMI Linn Stuckenbruck “Award for Educational Excellence”; Prof. XIE En, LIANG Jian, Kenneth A. Kim, Prof. LIU Hu Shen, Prof. XIE Xuemei, and Associate Prof. XIONG Wei were selected as “China’s Highly Cited Scholars”; Prof. LIU Hu Shen, Prof. XIE Xuemei, Prof. MA Weimin, and Associate Profs. WANG Shijin, and WU Bing were selected as “Top 2% of the World’s Top Scientists”. “Prof. CHENG Mingwang, Prof. ZHOU Nan, Prof. ZHONG Ninghuah and Prof. ZHANG Chao were awarded the Ninth Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research in Colleges and Universities (Humanities and Social Sciences) by the Ministry of Education, and Prof. ZHONG Ninghuah was selected as one of the Young Elites of the Decision-making Consulting and Research Base of Shanghai Municipal People’s Government.

Translated with DeepL.com (free version) The college has been planting fertile soil for talent storage, and high-level achievements continue to emerge. In recent years, the young and middle-aged teachers of the college have published two research papers in the world famous journal PNAS, which is a breakthrough for Tongji University in the field of humanities and social sciences in the world’s four major journals; and in 2023, one research paper will be published in one of the five top journals in the world of economics, the Journal of Political Economy.

Promoting Learning through Competition, Honing Future Talents. The college actively encourages students to participate in various science and technology innovation, digital finance, business simulation and case competitions to cultivate students’ interdisciplinary vision and innovative application ability, and the students of Economics and Management have won the first place in various national competitions, which highlights the college’s excellent results in the cultivation of outstanding and innovative talents.

5. Expanding International “Circle of Friends” and Gathering Global Innovation Resources

Rooted in Shanghai, with an outlook on the world, focusing on North America and the “Belt and Road”, and giving full play to its advantages in Germany, the college has signed cooperation agreements with more than 100 renowned institutions in more than 30 countries and regions, such as Germany, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, etc., and established more than 30 dual-degree programs and more than 80 non-degree exchange programs, with significant advantages in internationalization. The internationalization advantage is remarkable.

International cooperation, innovation and success. The College has set up Tongji Center for Sino-German Cooperation in Berlin, Germany, to build a platform for exchange and cooperation between academia and industry, to gather innovative resources and explore cooperation potential, and to promote in-depth dialogues between renowned colleges and universities and enterprises in China and Germany in the fields of intelligent science and technology, green economy, and humanistic exchanges.

Cross-cultural talents are widely recognized internationally. The college offers more than 200 all-English course programs covering the undergraduate and graduate levels, providing an international learning environment for students from all over the world. The Master of Science in Management (MGM) program is ranked 13th in the world with outstanding performance in the relevant ranking of the Financial Times.

High-level international conferences to spread China’s voice. The School hosts high-level international conferences such as the Third Global Conference on Sustainable Urban Development and the Sino-French Forum on Cooperation and Prospects for Sustainable Development in the New Era, focusing on artificial intelligence and sustainable development, promoting exchanges and mutual understanding among civilizations, and spreading Chinese theories, Chinese ideas and Chinese voices.