In the early phase of the
reform and opening up, The PBC leadership decided to establish an in-house graduate education capability in 1981, with the first recruitments beginning in 1982. The first doctoral students joined in 1987. In 2012, the PBC Graduate School was integrated into
Tsinghua University, based on an agreement between the two institutions signed in July 2011. The founding ceremony on featured Chinese Education Minister
Yuan Guiren, PBC Governor
Zhou Xiaochuan, Tsinghua University President
Chen Jining, and Tsinghua University Communist Party Secretary
Hu Heping.
Wu Xiaoling, a former PBC Vice Governor, was appointed as the school's Dean and chairwoman of its Board. As of April 2023, the college has 25 full-time teachers, 1 part-time professor, 81 part-time master's tutors, 17 distinguished professors, and 4 visiting scholars. It offers a joint part-time, bilingual (Chinese-English) program with
Cornell University for working professionals in China, the Cornell-Tsinghua Dual Degree Finance MBA. In May 2024, Jiao Jie was the school's dean. ==Research centers==