Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance is a full-time general higher education institution offering distinctive accounting and finance programs. It was formed in June 2016 by amalgamating Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce and Shanghai Finance University. The name "Lixin" comes from a saying from the Analects of Confucius, "Without credibility, you won’t have a place in the world." The history of the University can be traced back to 1928, when Pan Xulun, a famous educator and accountant honored as the “Father of Modern Accounting in China” founded Lixin Accounting School. In 2011, it was qualified for conferring the professional master's degree in auditing. Running for over 90 years, it has been hailed as one of the birthplaces of modern accounting education in China and the cradle of future financiers. In December 2018, SLU was named a pilot university for the development of high-quality application-oriented universities in Shanghai.
The University has three campuses in Pudong, Songjiang and Xuhui respectively, covering an area of more than 1,200 mu (about 800,000 m2). In December 2019, SLU’s Pudong new campus came into construction. There are nearly 20,000 full-time students in the University, including more than 200MPAcc majors. The students have good prospects of employment, with the employment rate of graduate students being 100%, and that of undergraduates over 98%, and thus were selected as a “National Model University for Graduate Employability” by the Ministry of Education. In September 2019, we witnessed the inauguration of Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance Affiliated School