The creation and transmission of knowledge is central to the core mission of the SFL. Achieving both scholarly eminence in research and the highest levels of pedagogical impact in the classroom are what we have been in pursuit of.

The SFL boasts a team of staff with vigor and vitality. Its full-time teaching staff amounts to 135, including 7 professors and 36 associate professors. Among the teaching staff, there are 7 PhD holders or candidates and 86 MA holders. Throughout the year, the school invites 5 guest professors and 7 foreign teachers to give lectures or offer courses.

The school attaches great importance to development of teachers in their academic competence. Housing three academic institutes, the school has achieved a lot in academic research. Teachers in SFL have undertaken approximately 40 projects at various levels (including 1 project commissioned by China's National Social Sciences Plan, 1 project commissioned by Ministry of Education), published nearly 40 monographs, 8 series of textbooks, and over 300 academic papers. A series of textbooks on Business English have been appointed as the “11th Five-Year Plan” teaching materials by the Ministry of Education. The school has been expanding academic cooperation and exchange with other colleges and universities both at home and abroad. An increasing number of teachers have attended influential conferences held inside and outside China and aired their major academic voices. Each year, some teachers are sent abroad to conduct academic exchanges or further their studies on the short-term and/or long-term basis.