Globally-Renowned Faculty
By the end of July, 2014, we have 24 full-time professors and 34 special term professors. These numbers continue to grow. 100% of our faculty members hold a Ph.D. degree from top global universities. 79.6% of our professors are or have been tenured faculty at top global institutions.

Career Development
SAIF Career Development Center (CDC) is dedicated to providing students with professional career development mentoring, training students how to most effectively promote their professional skills and experience, helping graduates achieve their career goals and facilitating the building of close connections between graduates and employers.
Employers (Partial) of MF graduates in recent three years: Bain & Company, Bosera Asset Management, BP, Cargill, China Construction Bank, China Financial Futures Exchange, CICC, CITIC Securities, Deloitte Consulting, Deutsche Bank (China), Ernst &Young, Fidelity, Fortune CLSA Securities Limited, GF Securities, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Holdings, J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific), Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Sequoia Capital, Temasek Holdings, Thomson Reuters

Strategic Industry Connections
SAIF MF’s diverse portfolio of industry connections and partnerships is an essential part of building SAIF MF’s core competency and serves as a unique resource that benefits our students in learning, development of soft skills and career guidance. Our strategic industry partners participate and assist in the professional development of our students through several initiatives.

Action Learning (SAIF LIVE and MIT China Lab)
Action learning is a compulsory course at SAIF MF, its objective is to apply the cutting-edge financial knowledge learned at classroom into the actual business case operation and solution to actual problems faced by enterprises. Each project is directly supervised by the senior management personnel of the enterprise and completed by students with the guidance of professors of SAIF. In such process, the students not only have a chance to know the operation of large enterprise deeply, but also can build the contact with the industrial elite before working formally.

Extended Learning and Student Activities (ELSA)
ELSA is committed to creating an exceptional living and learning environment for students and the greater SAIF community. We are dedicated to enhancing the growth of students to reach their full potential by providing rich learning opportunities through our programs, services, and facilities.

Exclusive Facilities
SAIF provides every student exclusive access to world class facilities and cutting-edge hardware. Our financial trading lab, which was established in 2010, rivals those of other top business schools in the world. It is equipped with 40 trading terminals displaying real-time data from New York, London, Chicago, Shanghai and other major financial markets around the world with universally used trading systems, including Wind/Bloomberg/Factset/FTS, and can provide access for 80 people.

Shanghai Charm
Making the move to Shanghai will be your first bold step in shaping your global career. Already one of the most rapidly growing “global cities” and home to operations of many of the world’s multinational companies and leading financial institutions, it is Shanghai’s goal to become the undisputed commercial, logistical, and financial hub for China and Asia. The almost endless choice of cultural and entertainment activities, combined with Shanghai’s unique sights and sounds will stimulate your senses and cultural curiosity.

SAIF’s mission is to become a world-class institution of research and advanced learning in finance and management.

Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) was established at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in April 2009. SAIF combines the best of Western and Chinese education systems along with exceptional resources and faculty to offer a world class education on the campus of one of China’s top universities. While the program has a strong global focus, it is unique in that it is also accepted domestically by the Ministry of Education as an officially acknowledged degree.

As a member of the world’s financial community, SAIF strives to contribute to the development of Shanghai as a global financial center. In working towards this goal, SAIF plays many different roles such as being a global talent and research center, a hub for interaction amongst academic, industry and government leaders, and a symbol of innovation and impact widely recognized by the media and leading financial professionals.

The Master of Finance (MF) program has been the flagship program at SAIF since it first matriculated students in the fall of 2009. As a two-year full-time program, MF program provides students with a consistent and sustainable competitive advantage in the increasingly global economy.

Global Impact Scholarship

The SAIF Master of Finance (MF) Program is happy to announce the establishment of ten (10) Global Impact Scholarships for international candidates from top universities world-wide, applying for the 2-year, full-time MF program for matriculation in the fall of 2015. Either full or half international tuition (USD 31,000 total for 2 years) scholarships will be awarded.
The outstanding candidates have chance to be recommended by the MF program to apply for the Chinese Government Scholarship, which includes tuition waiver and a monthly stipend (RMB1,700 or USD280 /month) as well as free accommodation.

Moments at SAIF MF

Eligibility

• Candidates must NOT be a citizen of China (including the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao) at the time of application.
• Candidates must have a Bachelor degree, with a GPA ranking in the top 50% of the undergraduate institution.
• Applicants must submit a complete set of application materials.

Criteria
Decisions will be made based on the following merits:

• Undergraduate academic performance
• GMAT/GRE score
• Other academic/professional credentials or certifications
• emonstrated leadership and communication skills
• Future career potential

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