Master of Business Administration(Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Basic Information
Degree: Master
Starting Date:
Please be subject to the starting date on admission letter you got, since the starting date may change.
Sep 3 , 2024
Duration: 2 Years
Teaching Language: English
Tuition Fees: RMB 368,000 per Year
Application Deadline:
The deadline means the date of Beijing time. You are suggested to submit your application 3 or 5 days before the actual deadline so that you can have time for necessary changes on documents.
May 31 , 2024
Application Fee:
The application fee charged by the university, CUCAS only collect on their behalf.
USD 164 (Check Policy)
Service Fee:
For the service CUCAS provide to you. If you get a scholarship while applying as a self-financed applicant, you need to pay another scholarship service fee of 200 USD.
USD 54 (Check Policy)
Program Description

1. Program Introduction

Editor Notes: The SAIF Finance MBA program is devoted to cultivating leading talent ready to thrive in the new financial environment.

Compared with traditional courses of MBA, the financial MBA programs of SAIF integrate financial specialty with MBA courses, making its financial fearures and specialty essence more manifest. And compared with others courses of financial specialty, SAIF integrates management thinking and software skills with teaching so as to cultivate management talents of expert level with sustainable innovation ability in financial and related fields. For the learners who have prior knowledge of financial industry, SAIF is the top gun platform for learning financial knowledge in our country and even the whole Asia. Here, they can be taught by international top professors and study with elite within business circles. And for those who have no prior financial knowledge, the courses of SAIF can help them be high-end interdisciplinary talents. During two years' systematic study, MBA students of SAIF will succeed in cultivating proactive thinking and global and international vision benefiting from the discovery of potential, the accumulation of professional thinking, and the contact with cutting-edge methodologies and ideas in financial and management fields, which all increase their core leadership to a large extent and lay a solid foundation for the breakthrough achievement they will make in their personal undertaking.

The financial MBA of SAIF puts great effort on professional perspective. Among all the courses, financial related courses account for 70% and the content of these courses covers all fields in financial. And the curriculum setting of SAIF is geared to the international standards of world's first-level business schools.SAIF purses internationalized school running model. We choose the all-English imported testbooks, cases, and references used by famous business schools overseas and also we sign a long-term agreeement on case ordering with Harvard Case Center to provide students with learning materials synchronized with international education. At the same time, local characteristics and reality are taken into consideration and many Chinese elements are added into the courses, manifesting the important role that China will play in the future of international financial development. Benefiting from the advanced teaching idears and improved cultivating model, graduates of financial MBA have been the hard core of various of financial industry. Participating in the MBA program of SAIF means to join the most important talent network of the financial industry in modern China and share opportunities and resources.

2. Program Curriculum

Editor Notes: There are compulsory courses, restrictive electives and optional courses in this program, and the courses may change according to adjustment.

3. Students Profile

Editor Notes: According to survey, students are mostly engaged in investment and research positions.

4. Career Development

Editor Notes: SAIF provides one-on-one professional Career Coaching for each student.

5. Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance Introduction

Editor Notes: SAIF is among the youngest AACSB-accredited business schools in the world.

SAIF has developed international collaboration with world-class business schools, including the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the MIT Sloan School of Management, University of California, Berkeley, Imperial College London, and Arizona State University. SAIF offers a variety of educational study tours and international exchange opportunities to provide students with cutting-edge knowledge in finance and management, expand their global perspectives, and facilitate multicultural collaborations.

SAIF earned the international accreditation from The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) on February 28, 2016. SAIF is among the youngest AACSB-accredited business schools in the world. AACSB accreditation represents the highest standards in business education and has only been earned by less than 5 percent of the world's business schools. In 2021, AACSB extended SAIF’s accreditation for an additional five years.

In 2020, SAIF's MF program was ranked No. 1 in Asia for the third consecutive time by Financial Times, distinguishing itself in "Faculty with Doctorates" (No.1 in the world), “Salary Today” (No.4 globally), "Salary Percentage Increase" (No.5 worldwide and No.1 in Asia) and "International course experience” (No.25 globally and No.1 in Asia).

6. School Introduction

Editor Notes: SJTU is known as the "east MIT", which is a key university in China.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), directly subordinate to the Ministry of Education, is a key university in China, jointly run by the Ministry and Shanghai Municipality. Since its adoption of the reform and opening up policy in China, SJTU has taken the lead in the management system reform in the institutions of higher learning, thus regaining its vigor and vitality as well as momentum for rapid growth as never seen before, Learn More>>

7. Campus Life

Editor Notes: International students enjoy the wonderful life in the campus.

Sweet Moment at Chinese Sugar Painting Class

Company Visit to Fosun International Limited

Entry Requirements

1. Non-Chinese citizen.
2. Good health both physically and mentally.
3. Outstanding academic performance and potential.
4. Bachelor's degree for master program applicants.
5. For programs taught in English
All international applicants for admission to any SJTU program must
provide evidence that their English language proficiency meets the minimum requirements for admission. Being born in a native English-speaking country is not a proof of your English proficiency. You will be deemed to have satisfied the English language requirements if you can provide evidence that you meet one or more of the following criteria:
i) English Language Tests
ii) Prior study in the medium of English
a) English Language Tests
SJTU recognizes a number of English Language tests and English
Preparation Courses which can be undertaken to meet the University's English language requirements. These are set out in the following table, together with the minimum results required. The test/score must be valid till the year of application. For example, the
TOEFL must have been undertaken no more than two years prior to the commencement of the program at SJTU, i.e., the test must be dated on or after 1 January (two years prior) for Fall Semester intake.

b) Prior study in the medium of English
If you have successfully completed an assessable Senior Secondary qualification or a post-secondary/tertiary study at an accredited university from an English-speaking country you do not have to prove proficiency in English provided the qualification was:
i) Taught and examined in English
ii) Completed no more than two years prior to the commencement of the program at SJTU. iii) The statement or certificate must be on official headed paper, and must be the original document.

* English-speaking countries recognized by SJTU international graduate programs include: American Samoa, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Canada, Fiji, Gibraltar, Ghana, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, The Gambia, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom (including
Northern Ireland), United States of America, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

c) Applicants for IMBA program taught in English offered by Antai College of Economics and Management are required to provide a certificate of IELTS 5.5 / TOEFL 90pts or above. Applicants for IMBA program taught in Chinese offered by Antai College of Economics and Management are required to provide a certificate of HSK Band 5 220pts / HSK Band 6 180pts or above.
d) Applicants for EMBA program taught in Chinese offered by Antai College of Economics and Management are required to provide a certificate of HSK Band 5 180pts, unless applicants who are native Chinese speakers or graduated from Chinese universities taught in Chinese.
e) Applicants for Full-time MBA program taught in English offered by Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance shall take GMAT or GRE and submit the score (GMAT code: 6QS-S6-21, GRE code: 4100), or IELTS ≥ 5.5, or TOEFL ≥ 90, unless applicants meet the requirements for "Prior study in the medium of English" in Clause 1b. Applicants for Part-time MBA program taught in Chinese offered by Shanghai
Advanced Institute of Finance are required to provide a certificate of Chinese proficiency, with HSK 5 score of no less than 180, unless applicants meet the requirements for "Prior study in the medium of Chinese" in Clause 2b; or applicants could obtain pre-admission result from SAIF MBA interview.
f)Applicants for EMBA program taught in Chinese offered by Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance shall participate in the interview and examination of SAIF EMBA and meet the admittable qualification.

Fee Structure

Tuition Fee
Master RMB 368,000 pre year
RMB 736,000 in total (About $ 150,205)
Accommodation Fee
Fanyu Building
Double Room RMB 8,500 to RMB 9,400  (More Details)
Single Room RMB 14,900  (More Details)
International Student Dormitory
Quad room RMB 800  (More Details)
Triple Room RMB 700  (More Details)
Other Fees
Application Fee:
The application fee charged by the university, CUCAS only collect on their behalf.
RMB 400 to RMB 800
Service Fee:
For the service CUCAS provide to you. If you get a scholarship while applying as a self-financed applicant, you need to pay another scholarship service fee of 200 USD.
USD 54 (Check Policy)
Living Expense RMB 1,500 to RMB 2,000

Application Materials

"*" means necessary documents that you must provide in your application.

*1. Application Form

Please upload your finished application form here.

*2. Bachelor's degree diploma

Applicants who have not graduated by the time of application are required to provide an official letter from their current university stating the expected graduation date.
If your documents are not in English or Chinese,please have them translated into either English or Chinese by anauthorized translation agency.Then upload both the translated and original documents onto the applications ystem.

*3. Undergraduate transcript

Master’s program applicants are required to submit undergraduate transcripts.
If your documents are not in English or Chinese,please have them translated into either English or Chinese by anauthorized translation agency.Then upload both the translated and original documents onto the applications ystem.

4. Language certificate and score report (For example, TOFEL or IELTS)

Native English speaker or the applicants with bachelor degrees in native English nations can be waived from this requirement

*5. Two letters of recommendation

Two letters of academic recommendation from scholars who are associate professors or above, or senior professionals in a related academic field. Please follow the instructions on the online system for submission of online recommendation letters or upload the recommendation letters with original signatures.

*6. Scanned copy of passport

With name, passport number & expiration date, and photo included

*7. Passport-size photo

8. Other materials

If you are applying for programs of the School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, you are required to contact the supervisor beforehand and provide an acceptance letter by the supervisor.

*9. Personal Statement and study plan

Written in Chinese or in English.

10. Supporting Documents: Certificate of Good Conduct

Provided by your current/previous school/company in Chinese/English to improve your success rate.

You can download a template or sample from here.

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