College of Economics and Management
College of Economics and Management is one of the first three secondary colleges established by Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC). Featured by multi-disciplinary integration, it has formed a multi-level structure for graduate students, undergraduates and on-the-job training. It has the only one doctoral program for the first-level discipline (Safety Science and Engineering) in civil aviation, 2 first-level disciplines (Business Administration and Safety Science and Engineering), as well as 1 professional master's program for Master of Business Administration (MBA). College of Economics and Management offers six undergraduate programs, which are Business Administration (air transport management), Accounting, Financial Management, Logistics Management, Economy and Finance (aviation finance), and Safety Engineering. There are 117 faculty members, including 89 full-time teachers, 42 professors, 2 government subsidy experts of the State Council, 1 first-level and 2 third-level personnel training projects of 131 innovative talents in Tianjin, 1 civil aviation specialist, 3 young and middle-aged technical leaders of civil aviation, 2 Blue-sky scholars. In addition to that, more than 60 civil aviation enterprise executives are employed as visiting professors or postgraduates’ tutors. The team of "Advanced Fire-extinguishing Material Manufacturing Technology for Aircraft" was selected as the Tianjin university innovative team.
The college consists of 1 Tianjin university experimental teaching demonstration center (Municipal Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Air Transportation Economy and Management), 1 provincial level scientific research base under Civil Aviation Administration of China (Air Transportation Economy and Management Science Research Base), 1 first batch of University think tanks of Tianjin (Institute of Airport Economics) and 1 Civil Aviation Administration think tank (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Civil Aviation Cooperative Development Research Center). There are also several research centers, including WTO and International Trade, Civil Aviation Law and Policy, Air Transport Commerce, Air Logistics, Aircraft Fire Prevention and Emergency, Safety and Quality Management, etc. In addition, the college is in cooperation with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) of Australia to cultivate Master of Aeronautical Business Administration (AMBA) for six periods. It creates the “3+1+1” mode of joint education with Embry-Riddle, a famous American aeronautical university. Being sophisticated and advanced in the fields of air transport planning, airport economy, aviation industry and park planning (including general aviation), air transport service trade, aviation commerce, civil aviation energy conservation and emission reduction, civil aviation safety, aviation emergency rescue and so on, the college has made remarkable achievements in scientific research. In recent 10 years, the annual research funds have maintained at the level of more than 10 million yuan.
Over the past 60 years, devoting to improving the overall management and international competitiveness of China's civil aviation industry, stressing the characteristics of civil aviation, focusing on teaching, carrying out instructions as "diligence, precision, discipline and innovation", the College of Economics and Management has been cultivating a large number of outstanding talents for civil aviation and other related industries. It has become an important base for the cultivation of civil aviation economic and managerial talents in China. After graduation, students mainly engage in airlines, airport groups, aviation manufacturing enterprises, banks, consulting companies, civil aviation colleges, civil aviation research institutions, government, etc. The employment rate is obviously better than similar institutions.
Undergraduate Programs
Business Administration ( Air Transport Management)
For the needs of the economic development and socialist modernization in the 21st, based on civil aviation, serving the society, the purpose of this program is to train all-round professionals with solid foundation, strong practical ability and innovative spirit, who can grasp the professional knowledge and skills in management, economy, operation and law; who can apply into relative works in management, teaching, scientific research and other work in enterprises and institutions, government and civil aviation units. Outstanding graduates can pursue master's degree in this major or related interdisciplinary disciplines.
Course Modules:
1. Major Courses:
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Economic Law, Finance, Management Principles (I), Accounting Principles (I), Statistical Principles and Civil Aviation Statistics, Operations Research (IV), Civil Aviation Passenger Transportation (I), Civil Aviation Cargo Transportation (I), Business English, Market Investigation and Forecasting, Management Information System, Air Transportation Geography, Civil Aviation Business Decision and Planning, Marketing (II), Enterprise Strategic Management, Human Resource Management, Production and Operation Management, Market Investigation and Forecasting, Financial Management (I), Civil Aviation Operational Decision and Planning, Civil Aviation Transportation Quality Management, Aviation Law.
2. Required Optional Courses:
(1) Civil aviation transportation enterprise production and operation management courses: Airline Operation Management, Airport Operation Management, Civil Aviation Transportation Safety Management, Civil Aviation Transportation Loading Theory and Practice, Aviation Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
(2) Civil aviation transportation marketing management courses: Civil Aviation Consumption Psychology, Civil Aviation Sales Channel Management, Airline Revenue Management, Civil Aviation Service Marketing, Business Negotiation and Etiquette, Civil Aviation Customer Relationship Management.
3. Optional Major Courses (minimum requirement =8 credits):
International Multimodal Transport, Aviation Dangerous Goods Transport, International Finance, International Trade Practice, Civil Aviation Outsourcing Service Management, Aviation Strategic Alliance Management, Management Psychology, Aircraft Leasing, Management Communication, Project Management.
Employment Orientation:
The program targets at production and operation management of air transport enterprises and air transport marketing. Graduates mainly engage in passenger and freight transport business, marketing, enterprise planning, human resources management, production and operation control management in airlines, airports and other civil aviation enterprises. In addition, students can go in for management, scientific research and teaching work in other enterprises, government, scientific research institutions and related institutions, or pursue a master's degree in this or related field.
Accounting
The program aims to train high-level practical and all-round professionals, who can grasp the knowledge and skills in accounting, management and economics, who can acquire the systematic theories of accounting and practical skills, who can comprehend and apply into practice the accounting standards both at home and abroad, China's accounting systems and modern accounting management methods, and who can analyze and solve practice problems in this field.
The program targets at fostering students with skills that needed in the development of socialist market economy and the modernization of civil aviation. The foundation courses and major courses are featured with the current of civil aviation transportation production and the operation law of socialist market economy. It pays more attention on the teaching of accounting theory and methods, and the cultivation of practical skills.
Featuring an integrated cultivate mode of platform and professional courses, besides foundation courses, the education program pays further emphasis on accounting, auditing, financial management and other related major courses in order to achieve the training objectives.
Course Modules:
1.Major Courses:
Economic Law, Accounting Principles, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Management (I), Statistical Principles, International Finance (I), Civil Aviation Passenger Transport (I), Civil Aviation Cargo Transport (I), Civil Aviation International Settlement (I), Civil Aviation Operations Decision-making and Planning, Aircraft Rental, Civil Aviation Transport Accounting (II), Operations Research (IV Information System, International Accounting, Accounting Computer Application, Accounting Regulations, Accounting English.
2. Required Optional Courses:
Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Tax Accounting, Management Accounting (II), Financial Management (II), Auditing, Advanced Accounting.
3. Optional Major Courses (minimum requirement =8 credits):
Civil Aviation Statistics, Tax Planning, International Trade, Financial Institution Management, Monetary Banking, Marketing (I), Market Investigation and Prediction, Budget Accounting, Management Psychology (II), Air Transport Economy (II), Airport Operation and Management, Asset Evaluation, Aviation Law, Human Resources Development and Management.
Employment Orientation:
Graduates mainly engage in a variety of works including accounting practice in civil aviation enterprises and institutions, business administration, financial institutions, institutions and government, accounting teaching and scientific research. They also can pursue a master's degree in this or related field.
Financial Management
For the needs of the economic development and socialist modernization in the 21st century (especially the needs of civil aviation modernization), the program is committed to cultivating practical and all-round talents that have high ideological and political quality; grasp basic theories and knowledge of financial management; acquire the current advanced financial theories and methods; comprehend financial management methods and skills; understand national financial and financial laws and regulations; possess good ability in computer and foreign languages; analyze and solve practical financial problems.
The program targets at fostering students with skills that needed in the development of socialist market economy and the modernization of civil aviation. The foundation courses and major courses are closely related to the reality of civil aviation transportation production and the operation law of socialist market economy. It pays attention to the teaching of financial management theory and methods, and the cultivation of practical skills.
The teaching mode is featured by the integration of platform and major courses. Based on foundation courses, it further focuses on the primary related courses of accounting and finance to achieve the corresponding training objectives.
Course Modules:
1. Major Courses:
Economic Law, Accounting Principles (II), Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Management (I), Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Statistical Principles, Tax Accounting, Civil Aviation Passenger Transportation (I), Civil Aviation Cargo Transportation (I), International Finance (I), Management Accounting (II), Aircraft Rental, Operations Research (IV), Management Information Department General, Civil Aviation Business Decision-making and Planning, Financial English.
2. Required Optional Courses:
Investment, Tax Planning, Civil Aviation Transport Accounting (II), Project Evaluation, Financial Management (III), Senior Accounting, Senior Financial Management, Transnational Corporation Finance.
3. Optional Major Courses (minimum requirement =8 credits):
International Trade, Monetary Banking, Civil Aviation International Settlement (I), Civil Aviation Statistics, Management of Financial Institutions, Aviation Equipment Management, Market Investigation and Prediction, Budget Accounting, Air Transport Economy (II), Auditing, Asset Evaluation, Accounting Computer Application, Accounting-related Regulations, Airports Operations and Management, Human Resources Development and Management, Aviation Law.
Employment Orientation:
After graduation this program, students would be prepared with essential capacity for jobs as financial management in civil aviation enterprises (airlines, airports, etc.), business administration, financial institutions, institutions and government, as well as in finance, financial management, teaching and scientific research. They also can pursue a master's degree in this or related field.
Logistics Management
The program aims to advanced talents that have high ideological, moral and cultural accomplishment, master solid economic and management basic theories, acquire strong logistics practical operation ability, have innovative spirit, possess good ability in planning and design of air logistics and supply chain system, and are able to engage in operation, planning, design and management of logistics and supply chain systems in airlines, airports, logistics enterprises, research institutions and other enterprises and institutions related to logistics.
Course Modules:
Principles of Management, Operations Research, Finance, Business Statistics and Forecasting, Air Transport Geography, Cross-cultural Management, Air Transport Economics, Aviation Law, Introduction to Air Logistics Management, Integrated Transport, Logistics Information Management, Electronic Commerce and Express, Logistics English, Business Process Reengineering, Supply Chain Management, Logistics Systems Engineering, Enterprise Logistics Management, Logistics Allocation Delivery, Civil Aviation Cargo Transportation, Logistics Cost Management, Procurement and Warehousing Management, Aviation Equipment Planning and Management, Aviation Dangerous Goods Transportation, Cold Chain Logistics Management，Logistics Equipment, International Logistics, Facilities Planning and Logistics Analysis, Civil Aviation Transport Quality Management, etc.
Employment Orientation:
Graduates would be prepared with essential capacity for jobs as logistics and supply chain system operation, planning, design and management in logistics enterprises, airlines, airports, research institutions and other enterprises and institutions related to logistics. Students can also pursue a master's degree in this major or related interdisciplinary field.
Economics and Finance
This program targets at cultivating practical and all-round professionals to be patriotic, uphold the socialist system, obey discipline and law, and have healthy personality and psychological quality. The program focuses on fostering innovative and cooperative financial talents who master systematic economic and financial knowledge and related skills, acquire systematic knowledge of air transport industry, can solve practical problems of aviation finance, and can be quick in the awareness of the current affairs both at home and abroad.
Relying on the development of air transport industry, the program is featured by the integration of general finance and characteristics of air transport industry. It is committed to developing advanced talents that have a solid grasp of general finance theory, practical knowledge, aircraft and air transport professional knowledge, as well as aviation finance knowledge which are essential for jobs as marketing and aircraft assets management before and after lease in aircraft leasing. On the basis of a “three-level” practical training, the ability to analyze and solve practical problems in finance, especially in aviation finance, will be improved in an all-round way.
Course Modules:
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Principles of Management (II), Economic Statistics, Econometrics, Economic Law, Finance (I), International Economics, Insurance, Financial Intermediaries and Financial Markets, Financial Leasing, Accounting Principles, Financial Accounting and Financial Reporting Analysis, Aircraft, Engine and Maintenance Introduction, Aircraft Leasing and Leasing Company, Aircraft Value Assessment, Aviation Insurance Practice, Aviation Leasing Business Simulation, Aviation Transportation Economics (I), etc.
Employment Orientation:
After graduation, students can engage in financial technology and risk management related to aviation activities in financial departments such as financial leasing, aviation enterprises, banks, insurance, securities and so on. They can also continue to pursue postgraduate degrees in related field.
Safety Engineering
The program targets at fostering all-round safety management students with skills that needed in civil aviation industry and the whole society, with healthy personality, high ideological and political quality, and scientific and realistic spirit. Students would acquire the basic knowledge and skills of safety management, master the professional knowledge and technology of civil aviation or general industrial enterprises, possess good ability in practice and writing, and apply knowledge into works as supervision, safety management, safety science and research, safety education and training in civil aviation and other related fields.
Course Modules:
Safety Psychology and Testing Experiment, Safety Management Science and Experiment, Safety Man-machine Engineering and Human Factors, Systematic Analysis and Safety System Engineering, Quality and Safety Management IS09000 Standard, Safety Risk Management Principle, Civil Aviation Law System, Emergency Rescue and Response, Accident Investigation and Analysis, Civil Aviation Accident Case Analysis, Safety Information Communication, Airline Safety Transport Regulations and Management, Airline System Safety Management and Application (SMS), Airline Safety Audit and Assessment, Flight Quality Monitoring and Analysis, Aviation Security, Airport Safety Rules and Management, Airport System Safety Management and Application (SMS), Airport Safety Audit and Assessment, Airport Safety Operating Facilities and Equipment, Airport Security, Maintenance Unit Safety Regulations and Standards, Maintenance Unit Safety Operation Management, Maintenance Unit System Safety Management and Application (SMS), Maintenance Unit Quality Management System and Audit, Safety and Reliability Management, Dangerous Goods Safety Transportation Management, Occupational Health and Environmental Management System, etc.
Employment Orientation:
Students would be prepared essential capacity to work in the safety supervision and quality management departments of Civil Aviation Administration of China and regional civil aviation administrative, airlines, airports, civil aviation maintenance units, quality management departments as well as enterprises and institutions in other industries.
Postgraduate Programs
Business Administration
The program serves Tianjin's economic construction and national economic and social development, takes responsibility for the construction of " strong aviation country ", focuses on major management issues of civil aviation, leads by promoting the international competitiveness of civil aviation transport enterprises and aims to improve the operational efficiency and economic efficiency of civil aviation transport enterprises, as well as trains advanced, practical and all-round civil aviation managers. It has four research directions: enterprise management, accounting, technology economy and management, logistics and supply chain management.
Course Modules:
Intermediate Microeconomics, Management Statistics, Advanced Management, Management Operations Research I, Strategic Management Theory and Method, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management, Intermediate Econometrics, Financial Management Research, Management Research Methodology, Intermediate Aviation Transport Economics, Game Theory, Aviation Finance and Leasing, Aviation Transport Strategic Planning, Civil Aviation Service Operation Management Civil Aviation Enterprise Marketing, Civil Aviation Transportation Business Management, General Aviation, General Aviation Industry Policies and Regulations, Spatial Geographic Analysis and Navigation Planning, Accounting Theory and Method, Auditing Research, Cost and Management Accounting Research, Internal Control and Risk Management, Technological Economic Theory and Method, Technological Innovation Management, Project Management, Technological Economics Research Frontier, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Airport Logistics Planning and Management, International Logistics Operation.
Employment Orientation:
After graduation, students can engage in business management, accounting and financial management, technical economy and management, logistics and supply chain management and other related management work in civil aviation industry, as well as administrative management, teaching and scientific research in government, colleges and research institutes.
Safety Science and Engineering
The program is a comprehensive and people-oriented major involving life, nature, technology, society and system, whose core is safety. It focuses on civil aviation safety management, quality safety management and supervision, aviation human factors, safety information system, emergency rescue, dangerous goods air transport safety, aircraft fire prevention, etc. With more than ten years of development and construction, it has a strong and competent academic team, which has three distinct research directions: civil aviation safety and emergency management, aviation safety and human factors engineering, airport fire control and aircraft fire prevention technology.
Course Modules:
Application of Mathematical Statistics, Stochastic Process, Systems Engineering, Civil Aviation Safety Management Organization and Regulation System, Civil Aviation Quality and Safety Management, Human Factors in Aviation, Emergency Rescue and Response, System Analysis and System Dynamics, System Modeling and Simulation, Management Decision-making Theory and Method, Civil Aviation Accident Case Analysis, Airline Operation Management, New Safety Science and Technology Progress, Aviation Dangerous Goods Transportation, Aviation Safety Information Statistics and Analysis, Airport Operation Management, System Safety Design and Evaluation, Aircraft Fire Prevention Technology and Application, Risk Assessment Methods and Applications, Safety Science and Technology Writing, Management Research Methods.
Employment Orientation:
After graduation, students would be competent for civil aviation operation, and civil aviation safety work, management as well as research in aviation manufacturing enterprises or related institutions.
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
The program aims to improve the overall management level and international competitiveness of China's civil aviation industry. It is committed to cultivating advanced talents with good professional ethics and social responsibility, strong organizational management and innovation ability, who master civil aviation business management, and who are capable of being engaged in relative work, including business management and development of the international market. It strives to build a world-renowned brand of aviation MBA, in order to support the construction of "strong aviation country", serve national and regional economic development. The training direction is civil aviation transportation management.
Course Modules:
Management Economics, Organizational Behavior, Strategic Management, Management Information System, Financial Management, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Data\Model and Decision-making, Financial Statement Analysis, English, Politics, Airline Operations Management, Airport Operations Management, Airline Network and Fleet Planning, Civil Aviation Transport Service Management, Airline Financing and Leasing, Air Transport Policies and Regulations, Air Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Civil Aviation Price System and Simulation, International Leadership, Airline Revenue Management, Public Relations and Crisis Management, Enterprise Restructuring and Strategic Alliance, International Air Transport Service Trade, etc.
Characteristics and Advantages:
1. Industrialized
—— The program closely focuses on the need of civil aviation industry, and it scientifically designs unique courses covering all core business of civil aviation enterprises.
—— Students would study with many outstanding executives of civil aviation enterprises, and build a broad platform for self-development;
—— The current leaders of airlines and airports are business tutors, providing a rare opportunity for MBA students to communicate with business leaders directly.
2. Internationalized
—— Select first-class MBA teachers who are proficient in civil aviation transportation management from all over the world
—— Study the latest international knowledge
—— Provide the opportunity to visit advanced airlines and airports in developed countries
3. Practical
—— Cases and open teaching: teach and improve students’ practical ability by citing original classic MBA cases about civil aviation
—— Experiential learning: Integrate the teaching with the experience of learning and practicing in famous airports and airlines both at home and abroad, as well as famous enterprises in other fields
