The Intelligent Finance Experimental Training Base of Tianfu College, Southwest University of Finance and Economics, is a core comprehensive facility for practical training in the finance and economics disciplines at the school. The base serves a professional group encompassing undergraduate majors such as Finance, Financial Engineering, International Economics and Trade, and Asset Evaluation, all of which are among the initial batch of Double First-Class disciplines at Tianfu College. The Intelligent Finance Experimental Training Base aims to cultivate and train students with integrated thinking and practical capabilities in Finance + Technology, enhancing their professional skills in fields such as finance and service trade.
(1) Basic Overview of Base Construction
1. Training Conditions for Finance Programs:
The base includes multiple comprehensive financial laboratories equipped with resources such as the CSMAR database, Digital Economy Modeling and Analysis Platform (including programming data packages and economic and financial course packages), Data Visualization Systems, Virtual Stock Exchanges, Hongyin Financial Terminals, DEEP Financial Big Data Experimental Platform, Commercial Bank Simulation and Teaching Management Systems, Investment and Financial Management Systems, and TradeMax M4 Forex Trading Systems. These laboratories integrate teaching tools with research resources, laboratory management with information sharing, and academic exchange with outcome transformation. In addition to meeting regular training and simulation requirements, the teaching platform software in the comprehensive training rooms covers over 80% of the courses offered by the Intelligent Finance College. It fully covers professional courses in Finance and Financial Engineering, and most courses in International Trade and Asset Evaluation, achieving intelligent and integrated teaching for college courses.
2. Training Conditions for Trade Programs:
The base includes the Simtrade International Trade Comprehensive Laboratory, utilizing Simtrade training software to conduct comprehensive training in import-export business processes, international trade documentation practices, cross-border e-commerce practices, and international settlement training among more than ten courses. It serves as a key laboratory for practical teaching in International Economics and Trade.
3. Big Data Training Conditions:
The base features the Senat Business Intelligence Multidimensional Analysis Software, Business Intelligence Data Automation Software, and Business Intelligence Mobile Terminal Analysis Software for information analysis in the era of big data. These platforms support post-class training activities such as teaching and training for big data applications, and the Senat software series significantly supports student course learning. It facilitates students in obtaining relevant certificates in big data. Moreover, the application of this laboratory supports teaching within the department by providing case studies for teaching and analysis research.
4. Enterprise Training Conditions:
The Intelligent Finance College collaborates with regional institutions to establish stable enterprise-based student training bases, offering on-job training opportunities for senior students. Both parties jointly formulate talent selection plans to select interested students for internships in enterprises, achieving pre-training within enterprises and assisting with dual employment for enterprises and students.
(2) Features and Innovations of Base Construction
1. Concurrent Operation of Dual-Center Experimental Training in School-Enterprise Collaboration:
The Intelligent Finance Experimental Training Base integrates school-based experimental training rooms with enterprise-based training bases into a comprehensive experimental training facility with dual centers. Through deep collaboration between the school and enterprises and mutual exchange of faculty, the professional group's teaching team possesses rich industry experience, with 72% of teachers being dual-qualified teachers. The concurrent operation of dual-center training allows embedding enterprise training courses into professional training courses, facilitating pre-employment training within enterprises. This approach ensures practical experience for students and reflects the professional construction ideology of school-enterprise cooperation, guaranteeing the smooth implementation of enterprise talent selection plans.
2. Emphasis on "Finance + Technology" Integration in Experimental Training:
Leveraging the comprehensive training platform, the professional group offers courses such as Investment Value Analysis and Evaluation, Cutting-edge Topics in Finance, Financial Engineering Practice, Comprehensive Training in Import-Export Business Processes, and Big Data Information Analysis in collaboration with enterprises. It also conducts specialized skills training such as data analyst and financial data information analysis, highlighting the professional development feature of integrating finance with technology in the professional group.
3. Enhancing Professional Skills through Simulation Training:
The base provides simulation training in areas such as big data analysis, artificial intelligence, financial markets, cross-border trade, and value evaluation. Using diverse experimental training platforms, students engage in simulations of financial transactions and cross-border trade processes to learn and experience market operational rules through practical operations and simulated trading. The various platforms also offer abundant training resources and real case libraries, enabling students to complete training tasks in simulated scenarios, thereby enhancing their practical operational and problem-solving abilities.
4. Innovative Cultivation of Wealth Management Comprehensive Literacy:
The professional group innovatively introduces the International Private Banking specialization, adopting the talent training system from European private banking industry. It focuses on cutting-edge fields such as global asset allocation, family trust funds, family offices, and wealth management. The specialization incorporates comprehensive literacy training courses such as art appreciation, Western and Eastern etiquette, high-end sports, and wine tasting, leveraging the training base for practical skill training in literacy courses.