Taking the advantages of external educational resources, the institute has provided local managers and senior executives with professional knowledge and latest information by well-designed courses and famous economists, management and finance authorities from United Nation organizations, the World Bank etc. Courses of the institute include Commercial Bank Reform and Policy, Transnational Management, Property and Finance, Structure and Policy Orientation of Chinese Assets Market, Modern Investment Banking, Strategies and Tactical of Corporate Financing, Corporate Restructuring and Listing, Merger and Acquisitions, Countermeasures for Asian Financial Crises, Knowledge Economy etc. The Institute has also provided training for the senior employees of governmental agencies and foreign banks in Shanghai, who finally came out to be quite capable.The amount of high-level personnel trained in the Institute reached 6000.The fruitful results of education and research of the Institute were confirmed and appreciated by Chinese government, UNDP, the World Bank and worldwide financial organizations.

In the volatile international financial situation, the resource of China's financial professionals is facing severe challenges.
Financial globalization leads to the increasing demand on the already deficient financial professionals.
The heated competition in domestic and overseas financial markets pushes up the related employees to master new information and technology timely.
Compared with international financial centers, we are lagging behind in the training system and lack in capital.

Due to the serious consequence and deep influence leading by the lack of financial professional training, the economic loss and financial crisis, which caused by the personnel's dearth of self-discipline and unlawful practice, become the issues catching more and more attention nowadays.
Shanghai Institute of International Finance was founded to meet the demands of the time. It aims at the construction of Shanghai into international financial center and at cultivating new generations of qualified financial talents and experts.