Shandong University of Finance and Economics (SDUFE), jointly established by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Education, and the Shandong Provincial Government, is a university with a long history and unique administrative characteristics.

The university's two main disciplines are economics and management, but it also offers majors in literature, law, science, engineering, education, and art. It has a strong reputation and is popular both at home and abroad.

It has a post-doctoral research station for applied economics, four first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization centers in applied economics, business administration, management science and engineering, and statistics, and 10 first-level discipline master's degree authorization centers.

It has one national experimental teaching demonstration center, three provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, 26 provincial key discipline teaching experimental centers, 11 provincial key laboratories, more than 150 other laboratories, and more than 170 practical teaching centers.

The university has established strong cooperative relations with more than 100 universities and educational institutions in more than 20 countries, including the United States.