April 2002 International Business School founded
　　May 2002 Departments of Economics, Finance, International Economics, Business Administration and Public Administration established
　　Sept 2002 Admitting first undergraduate students in Economics, Management and Law and first graduate students in Economics
　　March 2003 China Western Center for Finance Studies established
　　April 2003 Department of e-Business and Center for Data and Modern Economic Analysis established
　　October 2003 Authorized the right to grant Master's degrees in majors of Population, Resources and Environmental Economics, Regional Economics, Enterprise Management and Social Security
　　August 2004 Department of Law and Commerce established, to replace Department of International Economics
　　February 2005 Charter of International Business School adopted
　　December 2005 Department of Finance established
　　January 2006 Authorized the right to grant Doctoral degrees in majors of Population, Resources and Environmental Economics and National Economics, and first-category Master's degrees in majors of Theoretical Economics, Applied Economics and Public Administration
　　March 2008 Western Business Review founded
　　May 2009 Authorized the right to grant professional MBA degree and SNNU MBA Education Center established
　　September 2010 The first MBA candidates admitted
　　March 2011 Authorized the right to grant first-category Doctoral degree in the major of Theoretical Economics and National Economics, and first-category Master's degree of Master of Business Administration
　　December 2011 "IBS 12th Five-year Plan released
　　April 2012 IBS 10th Anniversary held
　　March 2013 Post-doctoral mobile research stations in Theoretical Economics and Business Administration unveiled