The Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL; Chinese: 中南财经政法大学; lit. ‘Central-Southern University of Finance, Economics, Political Science and Law’) is a public university in Wuhan, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education.
ZUEL was established in 2000 with the merge of Central South University of Finance and Economics (Chinese: 中南财经大学) and Central South Institute of Law (Chinese: 中南政法学院). Its root could be traced to 1948 when Zhongyuan University (Chinese: 中原大学; lit. ‘University of Central China’) was founded in the Province of Henan and later moved to Wuhan.
Renowned as a leading institution of China in economics, finance, statistics, management, and law, ZUEL is designated as one of the national key universities funded by the Double First Class University Plan and former Project 211. In 2018, it was selected in the Plan 111. According to the 2021 Best Chinese Universities Ranking, ZUEL ranked No. 4 among Chinese Financial and Economic Universities.
Constituent Schools
- School of Marxism
- School of Philosophy
- Economics School
- School of Public Finance and Taxation
- School of Finance
- Law School
- Criminal Justice School
- School of Foreign Languages
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- School of Business Administration
- School of Accounting
- School of Public Administration
- School of Statistics and Mathematics
- School of Information and Safety Engineering
- Wenlan School of Business
- School of Intellectual Property Rights
- MBA School
- School of Continuing Education(School of Network Education)
- China and South Korea School of New Media
- School of International Education