On the evening of December 14, 2021, an information session for Dual-Degree Graduate Programme in Finance jointly established by USTB-SEM and Zicklin School of Business was held online. Participating in this session from the Zicklin School of Business included Vice Dean of the School, Dean of the Department of Economics and Finance, Director of graduate programmes, Director of External Relations, International Programme Specialist. Participants from the USTB included Professor Huang Xiaoxia, Vice Dean of SEM, and Ms. Zhao Xia, Director of the International Office, office staff, master’s students and MBA students.

Vice Dean of Zicklin School of Business presented the development and features of Global Dual-Degree Graduate Programmes. Professor Wang, Head of the Department of Economics and Finance, introduced the curriculum and teachers of the programme. Then, the Director of the master’s degree programmes of Zicklin School of Business introduced Zicklin’s Graduate Career Management Centre, and emphasized that Zicklin is close to Wall Street and thus can provide students with good internship and employment opportunities. After the presentation, teachers patiently answered the students’ questions about the programme.

This Dual-Degree Graduate Programme aims at training students to possess a solid theoretical foundation in management and finance, so as to become compound senior management talents who not only know the current situation of domestic enterprise management, but also are familiar with foreign capital market environment. Since its inception in 2018, eight students have obtained their master’s degrees through the programme, and some of them chose to stay in the United States as interns after graduation.

SEM has always paid attention to keeping in line with the international advanced business education resources, and has been committed to broaden students’ international visions. The cooperation with Zicklin School of Business further promoted the internationalization of talent training of SEM.