The College of Economics and Trade of Shanxi Agricultural University was expanded from the former Department of Agricultural Economics. It started its first enrollment in 1980, with an annual enrollment of about 500 students, and currently has 1,853 students. The college consists of four teaching departments, five laboratories and four research institutes. There are currently a master's degree program in agricultural and forestry economics and management, four undergraduate majors in agricultural and forestry economics and management, rural regional development, marketing, and international economics and trade, two double majors in economic management and marketing and corresponding minor majors, a correspondence undergraduate program in agricultural and forestry economics and management, and Self-study undergraduate program, accounting and auditing, and economic and trade computer management, two correspondence majors. At the same time, the college, together with the Shanxi Provincial Township Enterprise Administration and the Provincial Rural Financial System Reform Leading Group, jointly run a school to recruit marketing and international trade practice students.
There are currently 48 faculty members, including 4 professors, 13 associate professors, 3 doctors, 10 master's tutors, and 11 lecturers. Most of the teachers have master's and doctorate degrees. In recent years, the college has strengthened cooperation and exchanges with foreign universities and scientific research institutes, and many teachers have visited foreign countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom for further study. The college has also invited famous foreign scholars to give lectures in our college many times, forming a good academic atmosphere.
The college currently has a library and reference room with a practical area of ??108 square meters, a total collection of 5,286 books, 244 long-term subscription journals, and 17 newspapers. Basically all journals on agricultural economic management, agricultural product marketing and trade officially published and publicly distributed by the country, provinces, cities, universities, and scientific research units are subscribed, and there are also some internally issued professional exchange journals. There are five laboratories: accounting simulation laboratory, e-commerce laboratory, economic information analysis room, accounting laboratory, and comprehensive simulation laboratory. Students can complete accounting simulation, statistical analysis, regional planning and design, project evaluation, e-commerce, etc. Regarding the experimental teaching tasks of the courses, a large number of professional skills simulation training was carried out based on the existing conditions in the school.
The college has built Guandishan Forest Farm, Fenyang Winery, Fenyang Jiajiazhuang Agricultural Ecological Park, Jiexiu, Qixian, Qingxu Industrial Development Zone, Taigu Yiyuan Winery, Yuci Lao City, Yuci District Industrial Park of Jinzhong City, Taiyuan Qiaoxi Agricultural and Sideline Products Co., Ltd., Shanxi Provincial Forestry Department Nursery, Taiyuan Sunshine Flower Market, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences Preservation Institute and other off-campus internship bases, according to the setting of the teaching plan , can promptly organize students to conduct internships at off-campus internship bases, which can meet students' needs for internships in practical teaching.
In order to better adapt to the development of social economy, the college has increased its scientific research strength and implemented a series of effective teaching reforms, focusing on improving teaching quality and academic research levels. Combined with the characteristics of the discipline, it highlights the practicality and operability of the major, and increases the cultivation of students' knowledge in foreign languages, computers, writing, etc., based on "wide caliber and solid foundation", to cultivate comprehensive talents that adapt to the requirements of modernization .