中南财经政法大学金融学院的前身是中原大学1950年成立的金融系和1956年创办的基本建设财务与信用专业，是新中国最早的金融、投资人才培养基地之一。学院于1978年开始招收货币银行学专业硕士研究生，1986年获得货币银行学博士学位授予权，1995年投资经济博士点成为当时全国高校中唯一的该专业博士点。2000年8月，金融系与投资系合并组建金融学院。2000年9月至2010年9月，中南财经政法大学与新华人寿保险股份有限公司合作办学，期间学院曾名为“新华金融保险学院”。2014年，金融学院荣获“全国教育系统先进集体”称号。

学院金融学科是国家重点学科。金融学专业是国家级特色专业建设点并获批国家级专业综合改革试点项目。《投资学》和《货币金融学》课程被评为国家级精品课程和国家级精品资源共享课程，《金融工程》和《国际金融》课程被评为国家级双语示范课程，金融学核心课程教学团队被评为国家级教学团队。金融学、投资学和保险学都是湖北省品牌专业。

学院下设金融学系、投资系、保险系和金融工程系；拥有金融学、投资学、保险学、工程管理、金融工程、房地产经营管理和工程造价等7个本科专业以及金融学（注册金融分析师）、金融学（中美班）和保险学（精算方向）3个实验班或专业方向；有金融学、投资学、保险学、国民经济学（投资经济）、房地产经济学、金融工程、产业经济学（建设经济）、管理科学与工程（项目管理）等8个学术型学位硕士点和金融、保险2个专业学位硕士点；有金融学、国民经济学、保险学、金融工程、投资学等5个博士点及应用经济学博士后流动站。学院还设有“产业升级与区域金融湖北省协同创新中心”、湖北省高校人文社科重点研究基地——湖北金融研究中心、武汉市软科学研究基地——科技金融创新软科学研究基地、中国投资研究中心以及金融、保险、投资、房地产和资本市场5个研究所等，我院金融与投资实验教学区（隶属于我校国家级经济管理实验教学示范中心、国家级虚拟仿真实验教学中心），下设银行与证券、投资与工程、保险与精算、金融工程4个实验室。

学院现有专任教师105人，其中，正教授27人，副教授40人，享受国务院政府津贴3人，享受湖北省政府津贴2人，入选教育部新世纪优秀人才支持计划4人，获得海外博士学位16人。周骏教授是中共湖北省委命名表彰的首批“荆楚社科名家”之一，荣获2012年度中国金融学科终身成就奖；张中华教授担任教育部高等学校金融学类专业教学指导委员会副主任委员；朱新蓉教授荣获“湖北名师”称号和鸿儒金融教育基金会“2015-2016年度金融学杰出教师奖”。专任教师中70%以上具有博士学位，40余人具有出国访问学习经历。学院还先后从密歇根大学、波士顿大学、迈阿密大学、香港大学、曼彻斯特大学等著名学府聘请了多位教授担任“长江学者”、“楚天学者”和“文澜学者”讲座教授，聘请了罗伯特·蒙代尔（Robert Mundell）、迈克尔·科诺利（Michael Connolly）等国际著名经济学家以及刘鸿儒、李扬等国内知名专家学者担任名誉教授或兼职教授。

学院现有在校本科生2499人，硕士研究生785人，博士研究生47人，博士后研究人员数人，已形成“学士—硕士—博士—博士后研究”的完整人才培养体系。多年来，各层次的毕业生一直保持高就业率和高就业质量，多次被学校授予“学生就业先进单位”称号。2015届本科毕业生中，184人出国深造，136人进入清华大学、中国人民大学等国内知名学府深造。

目前，学院有来自10多个国家和地区的20余名不同层次和类型的留学生，与美国迈阿密大学（University of Miami）、法国雷恩商学院（ESC RENNES）等国外高校建立了本科生和研究生交流项目，与美国罗德岛大学（University of Rhode Island）和西乔治亚大学（University of West Georgia）合作建立了“2.5+1.5”金融学双学士联合培养项目，与新西兰坎特伯雷大学（University of Canterbury）合作建立了双硕士学位研究生联合培养项目。

The School of Finance of  Zhongnan University of Economics and Law was founded in August 2000 with a  combination of the department of finance and investment. During September 2000  and September 2010, the name of the School was officially changed to Xinhua  School of Finance and Insurance according to the education cooperation agreement  between the University and Xinhua Life Insurance Company.

Now, the School has four  departments: Finance, Financial Engineering, Investment and Insurance. The  School offers six undergraduate programs in finance, financial engineering,  investment, insurance, project management and real estate management；eight master programs in finance,  financial engineering, insurance, investment, national economies, real estate  economies, industrial economies, and management science and engineering; five  Ph.D. programs in finance, investment, insurance, financial engineering, and  national economies; and one post-doctoral program in applied economics.  Moreover, the School has seven research centers, including Hubei Financial  Research Center, China Investment Research Center, Finance Research Institute,  Insurance Research Institute, Capital Market Research Institute, Investment  Research Institute and Real Estate Research Institute.

There are 94 faculty  members, including 26 professors and 37 associate professors. Among the 97  full-time faculty members, 3 professors received the Government Allowance  granted by the State Council, and 10 professors got Ph.D. degrees abroad. The  School has two Yangtze River Scholars, Prof. Chen LIN from Hongkong University  and Prof. Haitao LI from University of Michigan Ann Arbor, two Chutian Scholars,  Prof. Zhigang OUYANG and Prof. Jianjun MIAO from Boston University；and one Wenlan Scholar Prof. Tie SU  from University of Miami.

The School has a long  history. Back in the early 1950s, Zhongyuan University (the former of ZUEL)  founded the department of finance and the department of financial management of  infrastructure and credit (the former of the department of investment). The  program of monetary banking and the program of financial management of  infrastructure and credit became the earliest master degree conferring  disciplines of China in 1978 and 1981 respectively, and then became the  ministerial key discipline in 1997. In 2003 the programs of finance and national  economics were affirmed as the key disciplines of Hubei Province. In 2007, the  program of finance was approved as a national key discipline. Among all the high  quality courses offered by the School, such as “Investment” and “Economics of Money and  Banking” are included in the list of National  Top Quality Curriculum, and the courses of “Financial Engineering” and “International Finance” are included in the list of the  National Exemplary Course of Bilingual Teaching. Furthermore, the undergraduate  programs of finance and investment are the brand programs of Hubei Province.  

The School has a high  quality team of teachers and researchers with national reputation. Prof. Jun  ZHOU, a famous financial scholar in China, is widely known for his best teaching  and research in monetary policy. Under the leadership of Prof. Zhonghua ZHANG  and Prof. Xinrong ZHU, many young scholars have been establishing a solid record  of accomplishment. The outstanding faculty has excellent national reputation for  research in monetary policy and financial regulation, investment theory, bank  management and international finance, capital market and financial engineering,  insurance and risk management, real estate management and project management.  

The School emphasizes  academic rigor and learning that bridges theory and practice, empowering the  students with creativity and innovation. A complete training system ranging from  bachelor’sdegree to post doctoral research  program has been set up. The School currently enrolls 2680 undergraduates and  950 graduate students.

In recent years, the School  is active in setting up international academic exchanges and cooperation. The  school offers undergraduate, master and doctorial degree or diploma programs for  overseas students. Currently more than 40 overseas students from over 20 foreign  countries and regions are now studying in the School. The School has established  closely cooperative relationships with several overseas universities. For  example, the School has established student exchange programs at undergraduate  and master levels with University of Miami, ESC RENNES, University of Rhode  Island and University of West Georgia.

（Updated on April. 21st,2014,）