Aiming at providing high quality education in economics and business, the program cultivates internationalized and compound talents with the knowledge and skills of international economics and international business administration, with the comprehensive mastery of international business rules and customs, with strong ability on international business operation, with strong ability of conducting international business operation, management, communication and research in various kinds of corporations concerning foreign affairs, governmental departments, investing corporations, etc.

This program holds up the international spirit of teaching and studying, close to international standard at the setting of courses and educational objectives. It pays special attention to students’ basic knowledge and skills , while emphasizing the practical abilities of language，mathematics, information technology，science， humanities and society. The program keeps on teaching in English during the whole 4 years, and adopt English version textbook for teaching in all courses except for Chinese，and cultivates internationalized, compound, and practical talents.

School of Economics in HUST focuses on the cultivation of talents in academy, innovation and application. Covering 15,000 m², the school has a modern office building, experiential teaching center and information center. There are 57 teachers, most of which have a doctoral degree and have visited and studied abroad; among them are 19 professors, 22 associate professors and a batch of adjunct professors who are globally well-known experts in Economics-five of them have won Nobel Prize. The school has been actively establishing academic cooperation and exchange with counterpart institutions in the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, Russia, Australia, and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions. There are now 565 graduates, 1061 undergraduates, 265 double-degree students, and 61 international students.