Tianjin University of Commerce (TUC), founded in 1980, was formerly affiliated with the Ministry of Commerce, and is now under the administration of Tianjin Municipality. As an institution of higher education, it focuses on business studies, incorporating other disciplines like management, economics, engineering, law, liberal arts, science and arts. With the rapid economic and social development of Tianjin City in recent years as well as the fast development of its neighboring districts, its internal and external environments have been further improved, providing better conditions for the t
Tianjin University of Commerce (TUC), founded in 1980, was formerly affiliated with the Ministry of Commerce, and is now under the administration of Tianjin Municipality. As an institution of higher education, it focuses on business studies, incorporating other disciplines like management, economics, engineering, law, liberal arts, science and arts. With the rapid economic and social development of Tianjin City in recent years as well as the fast development of its neighboring districts, its internal and external environments have been further improved, providing better conditions for the teachers and students in their teaching, research, study and life.
TUC consists of 15 schools (namely School of Business Studies, School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Biological Technology & Food Science, School of Economics, School of Information Engineering, School of Law, School of Public Management, School of Foreign Languages, TUC-FIU Cooperative School, School of International Education, School of Science, School of Arts, School of Designing, School of Continuing Education & Senior Vocational Education, and School of Marxism) and 3 teaching departments. Besides, it also has many research institutes (centers), including an institute of economics, an institute of marine drugs and foods, an institute of refrigeration, a comprehensive business designing institute, a research institute of modern Japan, an institute of economic information, and a research center of enterprise social responsibility.
Now, the University offers 52 undergraduate specialties and 66 master’s degree programs, with more than 20,000 students. And, the University has a strong team of faculty and staff engaged in teaching, scientific research and management. Of its 961 full-time teachers, 500 have senior academic titles, with over 130 professors. In the past 5 years, it has undertaken over 300 national and provincial (municipal) research projects and 200 horizontal research topics, with more than 400 textbooks or monographs, and over 3,000 academic papers published, and more than 30 national and provincial awards obtained in teaching and scientific research.
TUC persists in catering to the needs of the society and cultivating versatile and enterprising talents who are capable of combining business sense with professional ability, knowledge learning with practice, and integrity with innovation.
The University has been actively engaged in international communication and cooperation, and in constantly learning from advanced school-running experience from abroad. It has established cooperative partnership with over 30 universities in America, Japan, Korea, France and Australia, and carried out various forms of communication with them to improve its level of education and management.
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