National Dong Hwa University Department of Finance

Shou-Feng , Hualien, Taiwan 974, R.O.C

TEL：886-3-8635000 ext 3132

FAX：886-3-8633130

Founding Purpose

  In order to be in accordance with the government policies in stimulating business internationalization, financial internationalization and liberalization, this department has been educating and training advanced financiers. In recent years, having business and finance globalized has become a worldwide tendency; to coincide with this condition, our government has promoted numerous significant financial programs such as APEC, APROC, the industry eastward policy, the southward policy, the international business strategic alliance, etc.

  However, to complete our capital market, foreign exchange market and financial system, the administrations have adopted other relative programs and introduced a number of financial instruments which enable corporations to operate more flexibly; therefore, fiscal institutions are supposed to create a lot more factors with even more forward-looking, internationalized professionals to verify the policies mentioned above. Previously, there had not been any Department of Finance established in Eastern Taiwan to develop senior financial managers; as a consequently, the result of the founding of the Department of Finance at National Dong Hwa University will be the cultivation of students’ abilities in this field.

History

  Since National Dong Hwa University was founded on July 1st 1994, the Graduate Institute of Business Administration and Graduate Institute of International Economics have started courses in Financial Management, Investment, Financial Planning and Budgeting and Corporate Finance, which were taught by Professor Hung Ken who had been teaching in America for years; meanwhile, Professor Zheng Zhi-Ming was planning the formation of the Financial Economic Institute for a Master’s degree with himself instructing Financial Economics and  Econometrics.  

  Later in 1996, with a great honor, we had Professor Wen Ying-Gan, who had worked at The World Bank for years, return and join us with his CFA charter to enhance the quality of the faculty. After Professor Wen, Professor Chiao Chao-Shin determined to be one of our members soon after graduating in the United States; his research in capital market was outstanding. Moreover, Professor Lin Yue-Neng, who came back from Great Britain in 1999, started to teach Future Options, Financial Innovations and Financial Engineering at our university.

Education Characteristics

  The programs for bachelors are providing strengthen their mathematical ability while building a foundation in Economics, Accounting and consideration of developing their capabilities in Financing. In addation, we hope to motivate students for further study.All our faculties are Ph.D.s from well-known universities in US, UK and Taiwan. We have eleven excellent researcher and they all devoted to teach. The undergraduate and graduate curriculums are well-designed with emphasis on the quantitative skill training. We focused on three areas:【Behavioral finance】、【Financial engineering】 and 【Financial Practices】 Sequences of courses are offered for each area which greatly deepens the depth of the courses.  Research and teaching on credit risk is gradually becoming a distinctive feature of this department.

Future Prospect

  A degree in Finance will provide students with the necessary background to embark on wide variety of careers in finance such as:
Corporate Finance : Graduates employed in financial management work in any of several capacities. They may handle cash and working capital, do project analysis for a firm's investment decisions, or involved in raising funds in the capital markets or managing risks.
Investments : Graduates who are employed in investments work as stock brokers, bond brokers, traders, or in company research and investment analysis.
Banking : Graduates employed in the banking sector serve as loan officers, or credit analysts. They also help manage customers' money through the trust department or the bank's funds through its investment arm.
Government : Finance graduates are often employed by government agencies to conduct project analysis and manage public finances.

  Through the learning experience, students will possess better knowledge about their future career opportunities. In order to train more talents in financial management, to excel in research and prepares students who want to pursue graduate study in finance. For example, the Finance major will be academically prepared to take the prestigious professional certifications such as the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), the Certified Management Accountant (CMA),Certified Financial Management (CFM)  and Certified Financial Planner (CFP).