Courses studied in the Digital Economics major include microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, network economics, big data finance, e-commerce, data mining, data-enabled organization, blockchain technology and other courses.

Digital Economics is designed to cultivate talents who master the basic theories of economics, big data science, artificial intelligence, blockchain, have strong ability to use data analysis tools, solid knowledge of economics and systematic management theory, and can apply modern information technology to analyze and solve real economic problems.

Digital economy refers to a series of economic activities that use digitized knowledge and information as the key production factors, modern information network as the important carrier, and effective use of information and communication technology as the important driving force for efficiency improvement and economic structure optimization.

Construction of digital economics system is inseparable from the development and application of big data, in the process of the development of digital economy, network infrastructure, the Internet, cloud computing, blockchain and other technologies are very important, human beings through the identification of big data, selection, filtering, storage, use, guidance and rapid optimization of the allocation and regeneration of resources, and to achieve the high-quality development of the economy.

A lot of universities at home and abroad have opened digital economics majors, such as Renmin University of China, Central University of Finance and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Xiamen University, Nankai University, Shandong University, Fudan University, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Beijing Jiaotong University and so on.