Founded in September 2002 after the amalgamation of the former Shaanxi Economics and Trade Institute (SETI) and Xi’an Institute of Statistics (XIS), the School of Liberal Arts and Law at the amalgamated Xi’an University of Finance and Economics was built on the basis of the Department of Law, the Department of English and the Department of Public Administration from the former SETI and the Teaching Sections of Chinese and English from the former XIS. 

At present, the School comprises four departments, the Department of Law, the Department of Foreign Languages, the Department of Chinese Language and Art, and the Department of Journalism, covering five undergraduate programs of Law, Chinese Language and Literature, English Language and Literature, Artistic Designing, and Tele-cast Journalism, and one graduate program of Law.

The School characterizes with its tradition of emphasis on the students’ basic skills, the initiative abilities and field experiences as well as systematic professional knowledge and cultural attainment.