In order to better integrate the teaching and discipline construction resources of the school and set up the organizational structure of the school scientifically, the school merged the original Department of Financial Statistics (established in September 2011) and the Department of Management Statistics (established in September 2013) to form the Department of Financial Statistics and Risk Management.

The Department now has 22 teachers, including 6 professors, 7 associate professors and 9 lecturers. Among them, 21 teachers have doctoral degrees, including 1 overseas returnee with doctor’s degree. The main courses undertaken by the teachers include financial statistics, financial risk management, actuarial science, statistics, mathematical analysis, advanced algebra, probability theory and mathematical statistics, ordinary differential equations (bilingual teaching), microeconomics, macroeconomics, economic statistical econometric model, multivariate statistical analysis, time series analysis, high-frequency data analysis, SAS software, R software, interest theory (bilingual teaching), actuarial probability (bilingual teaching), regression analysis (bilingual teaching), sampling technology, data mining, and so on.

In recent years, the teachers of this Department have undertaken more than 20 national programs such as National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Social Science Fund of China, university humanities and social science fund program of the Ministry of Education, national education planning program, and published more than 50 theses in authoritative journals at home and abroad. The merged Department of Financial Statistics and Risk Management has formed a good academic research atmosphere and research team in financial statistics, financial risk management and other research directions, macro financial situation and government analysis, actuarial science and risk management and other fields, and has formed a certain influence in the country.

Centering on the direction of major, the Department focuses on cultivating comprehensive innovative talents who have all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique and beauty, have a solid foundation in mathematics, statistics, finance and actuarial science theories, are proficient in the operation of mainstream statistical software in the world, are good at applying statistical methods and data mining technology to engage in financial management, securities investment analysis, insurance management and actuarial work in finance, securities, insurance and relevant decision-making institutions of government departments, and have the quality of “Trust, Sensitivity, Honesty and Perseverance”.