with the research fund totaling more than 30,000,000 yuan. In addition, the teachers have published more than 200 monographs and 3000 academic papers, 200 of which are included in the leading Chinese and overseas journals, and secured more than 30 awards at the province- and the ministry- level. The University's Renowned Scholars Liang Zongdai, Wen Qichang, Wang Zongyan, Ren Liren, Wang Duo’en, Ruan Jingqing, Li Weici, Wu Xu, Lu Zhenxuan, Gui Cankun, Weng Xianliang, Gu Shouchang, Zeng Zhaoke, Cai Wenxian, Dai Liuling, Gui Shichun, Li Xiaoju, Qian Guanlian, and the like. The University's Foreign Teachers In 2014, the school employed more than 220 long-term and short-term foreign teachers. The Development of Disciplines An Outline of the Disciplines and Foreign Languages By August 2014, the school had offered 61 bachelor-degree specialties (In 2014 Polish and Digital Media were added in.), which fell into eight disciplines: literature, economics, management, law, engineering, science, education, and art. The 61 specialties include: English, economics, statistics, public finance, tax revenue, international economics and trade, finance, insurance, mathematics and applied mathematics (financial mathematics and actuarial science), business English, international commerce, industrial and commercial management, marketing studies, human resources management, logistics, accounting studies, auditing studies, financial management, French science, German science, Russian science, Spanish science, Italian science, Portuguese science, Polish science, Japanese science, Indonesian science, Thai science, Vietnamese science, Korean science, Arabian science, Hindi science, Burmese science, Laos science, Chinese Science, teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages, Chinese language and literature, legal studies, diplomatic science, international political science, pedagogy, computer science and technology, software engineering, network engineering, management of information system, electronic commerce, public service administration, administration management, applied psychology, social work, translation and interpreting studies, journalism, advertising studies, broadcasting and hosting studies, music performance, visual communication design, digital media art, music studies, and dance performance. The school teaches 18 foreign languages—English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Burmese, Laos, Cambodian, and the like. PhD and Master Programs The school has 1 first-category discipline PhD program (foreign languages and literature), 11 second-category PhD program (foreign linguistics and applied linguistics, French language and literature, English language and culture, Japanese language and culture, interpreting and translation studies, contrastive cultural studies, Russian language and literature, German language and culture, European studies, foreign languages teaching technology and assessment, and Business English studies), 10 first-category master programs (foreign languages and cultures, theoretical economics, applied