The major of Business Administration is one of the earliest majors established in our school, which was originally called business management. Its origins can be traced back to the Department of Business Management of Shanghai University in the 1820s. In 1988, with the alumni of Hujiang University in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan as the main body, a new “City Central District Business School” was established in cooperation with Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering. Business management, as an important discipline under the academy, has developed rapidly. In 1994, the first batch of undergraduates was officially recruited under the name of International Business Management. Since 1999, according to the adjustment of the new national professional catalogue, the international business management major has been renamed as the business administration major. Since 2000, it has started to recruit postgraduates in business management; in the spring of the same year, it was approved to cooperate with the University of North Dakota in the United States. In 2006, the School of Business, the School of Management, and the MBA Education Management Center were reorganized to establish the new School of Management, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology; the business administration major is affiliated to the Department of Business and Public Administration; in the same year, it began to recruit postgraduates in technical economics and management and postgraduates in labor economics (human resource management). In 2011, it obtained the authority to confer a master degree in the first-level discipline of business administration. In 2019, it also began to recruit postgraduate students in tourism management. In 2012, the major of Business Administration was separated from the Department of Business and Public Administration and established as a separate department, and it has continued to develop until now.

Educational Objectives

The Department of Business Administration pays attention to the reform and optimization of the comprehensive talent training model with the characteristics of science and technology under the new social and economic situation. To this end, it not only emphasizes following the laws of education, that is, taking the training objectives and training specifications of the majors as the reference benchmark, adjusts the training programs and training methods of the established majors, so as to make the elements of the talent training model more coordinated and matched, and maximize the degree of fit between the quality of talent training and the goals of talent training; it also emphasizes the combination of the school’s science and engineering background, relying on the advantages of science and engineering, and on the basis of following the laws of education, with social and market demand as the reference benchmark, Taking all-round development, entrepreneurial innovation ability, and international vision as the criterion, optimize the professional setting structure and adjust the professional training objectives, so as to make talent training better meet the needs of social and economic development, and deliver outstanding talents to the society.

Key Research Areas and Achievements

Research Areas:

Business Administration, Human Resource Management, Technical Economics and Management, Tourism Management

Research Achievements: 

In the past 5 years, our department has presided over 7 national-level scientific research projects, 23 provincial and ministerial-level scientific research projects, and more than 10 various technical consulting projects; approved one national high-quality online open course and one national offline first-class undergraduate course; 1 second prize of the Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences), 1 second prize of the Discipline Academic Award for Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences in Shanghai, and 1 second and third prizes of the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award; Published more than 300 research papers.

Industry Research Areas:

Manufacturing Industry, Financial Industry, Consulting Industry, Internet Industry, Education Industry, etc.

Core Courses

Undergraduate Courses: Principles of Management (English), Microeconomics (English), Macroeconomics, Technical Economic Analysis, Basic Accounting (English), Financial Management, Marketing, Operations Research, Human Resource Management, International Marketing (English) ), Management Information System, Production and Operation Management (English), Economic Law, International Business Law, International Finance, International Trade, Strategic Management (English), International Investment, Foreign Trade English Correspondence (English), Introduction to Electronic Commerce (English), International taxation, introduction to insurance, import and export business, innovation management, marketing and negotiation, etc.

Postgraduate Courses: Advanced Microeconomics, Advanced Macroeconomics, Research Methods in Economic Management, Labor Economics, Tourism Theory and Methods, Innovation Management, Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development and Management, Performance Management, Tourism Planning Theory and Method, Compensation Management, Human Resource Management in the Public Sector, Management, Enterprise Cooperation Mode, Marketing, Management Principles, Technological Innovation and Management, Culture and Tourism Development, Strategic Management, Employee Quality and Evaluation, Corporate Governance, Financial Management, Regional Economy Research with international cooperation, knowledge management, technical economics, human resource management reform and development, intermediate microeconomics, game theory and information economics, enterprise innovation management, etc.

Admissions 

Undergraduate Program: Business Administration (Sino-US Cooperation)

Postgraduate Programs: Business Management, Technical Economics and Management, Labor Economics (Human Resource Management), Tourism Management

Alumni:

The business administration major has the characteristics of compound and application. Graduates not only have strong theoretical knowledge, methods and practical skills such as business management, marketing, foreign trade, finance, and system analysis, but also can use computers and English proficiently; graduates adapt to It is strong in nature, has a wide range of needs in all fields of society, and has a broad space for development. After graduation, you can go to various industrial and commercial enterprises (mainly involving large and medium-sized intelligent manufacturing enterprises, high-tech enterprises, etc.), financial institutions, consulting companies, institutions and government departments to engage in business management, financial management, human resources management, marketing, and management consulting, international business, etc. This major has a high employment rate and good employment status over the years; the international enrollment rate and the quality of enrollment are at the forefront of business administration majors in Shanghai universities. Every year, 20% of graduates go abroad for further education, and most of them enter the QS world top 100 universities. Graduates are well received by all sectors of society at home and abroad.

Faculty

The Department of Business Administration has a good research foundation and innovative culture, attracting high-quality researchers from well-known universities at home and abroad to join. There are 28 full-time teachers, including 2 professors, 16 associate professors, 3 doctoral supervisors, and 15 master supervisors, including 26 with doctoral degrees. It has formed a high-level teaching team with high educational level, scientific age structure, reasonable academic relationship structure, diversified knowledge structure, and distinctive research direction. It has an important influence in the fields of behavior management system, executive team and innovation and entrepreneurship management research. , has undertaken a large number of national and provincial key projects. At the same time, in exploring and innovating the training model of the comprehensive quality characteristics of students in science and engineering colleges, many beneficial innovation attempts have been made, and they have made significant contributions to community development and local economic construction services.