Tsinghua University

University website: http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/newthuen/index.html

Country: China

To educate qualified professionals for China’s fast-growing insurance industry, Tsinghua University’s SEM set up its insurance program under the department of finance in 1999, and began admitting students in the same year. The insurance program’s mission is to provide insurance professionals with extensive knowledge of risk management and international norms, to contribute to the development of China’s insurance industry, and to establish a contemporary insurance-education system complying with both international standards and the specific needs of China’s market.

Insurance and Big Data Finance curriculum of Master of Finance was established in 2014, which aims to educate leaders in the domestic insurance industry and big data financial analysis. The program endeavors to train with rigorous knowledge in insurance and to provide global vision to better adapt to rapidly changing insurance markets. Professionalism, strong work ethic, and innovative approach prepare the students for work in insurance and financial companies, advisory firms, private sector enterprises and regulatory entities.

Degrees offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Course listings:
Undergraduate:
Principles of Risk Management and Insurance
Property and Liability Insurance
Life-Health Insurance
Social Insurance
Actuarial Science 1

Master:
Principle of Insurance
Methods of Actuarial Science
Insurance Practice in China(1) Actuaries and Service
Practice of Insurance and Big Data

Admissions:
Ms. GU Yingjie,
Senior Executive,
career@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn

Ms. REN Hui
Assistant Director
mof@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn

Ms. MIAO Wei
Executive Director
pgadmit@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn

Contact:
Ms. ZHOU Guang
Deputy Director
ugadmit@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn