The Institute of Economics and Management

Address: 85 Pobeda St., Building 14, room 214 Phone: +7 4722 301255 Director – Victor M. Zakharov, Doctor of Sociology, professor E-mail: Zakharov@bsu.edu.ru

• About the Institute
• Training Programs
• International activity

About the Institute

Institute of Economics and Management of the National Research University “Belgorod State University” was established in 1997. Institute of Economics and Management is one of the leading structural educational department of the NRU “BSU”. It`s a unique, modern and dynamic Institute offering quality education at a high level.

The Institute of Economics and Management is part of the structure of the BelSU, within which there are six departments:

• Social Management and Government Services Department;
• International Tourism and Hospitality Management Department;
• Marketing and Management Department;
• Innovative Economics and Finance Department;
• Global Economics Department;
• Department of Applied Economics and Economic Security;
• and The Higher School of Management.

The Institute carries out educational activities in the field of economics (international business, business analytics in economics, finance, etc.), management (state and municipal administration, management, etc.), tourism, service.

Training Programs

The Institute offers the following Bachelor's, Master's and Specialist's courses.

Bachelor's

• State and Public Administration
• Tourism (International Tourism and Hotel Management)
• Service (Business and Service Technologies; Urban Services Management)
• Management (Business Management; Marketing and Market Analytics)
• Economics (Accounting, Analysis and Audit; Finance and Credit; Accounting and Financial Management; International Economics and Trade; Organization and Management of Foreign Trade Activities of the Enterprise; International Investment Activity; Global Economics and International Economic Relations)

Specialist's

• Customs and Excise
• Economic Security

Master’s

• Economics (program: International Business, taught in English)
• State and Municipal Administration (program: State and Municipal Service; Project Management; Project Management in the Eurasian Economic Union (Russian-Belarusian Double Degree Program))
• Management (program: Marketing Analytics; Scenario Management and Strategic Decisions)
• Tourism (program: International Tourism and Hotel Management, taught in English)
• Personnel Management (program: Human Resource Management)
• Finance and Credit (program: Financial Technologies in Banking; Financial Engineering; Digital Accounting System of Business Management)
• Service (program: Hotel and restaurant business management; Business Management in the Service Economy)
• Economics (program: International Economics; Business Analytics in the Digital Economy; Foreign Economic Activity of the Organization; Economy of Lean Production; Digital Accounting System of Business Management)
• Tourism (program: Sustainable Tourism: Management and Business Processes)

Our Institute is operating Joint Master's Degree programs in International Business, Tourism, State and Municipal Administration, with partner Universities based in foreign countries. A joint curriculum may involve internships at partner Universities, in order to conduct research or gain practical experience. Success in these programs will be rewarded with a Joint Degree from both Universities.

Postgraduate education

• Mathematical, Statistical and Instrumental Methods in Economics
• Regional and Sectoral Economics (including Regional Economics)
• Regional and Sectoral Economics (including Marketing)
• Regional and Sectoral Economics (including the Economics of the Service Sector)
• Finance
• Management
• Social Structure, Social Institutions and Processes
• Sociology of Management

At the Institute of Economics and Management we focus on

• Practical training
• Internship at Federal, Regional and Local Government Authorities
• Work-shops with leading managers from all levels of government
• Business simulations, work-shops and special projects
• Language training
• Careers advice

The Institute has an extensive network of contacts in academia, the business community, and public authorities.

International activity

Students from more than 30 countries near and far abroad study at the Institute (Armenia, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Haiti, Ghana, Egypt, Zambia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Congo, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Palestine, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Peru, Iraq, Nigeria, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, China etc.).

The Institute is focused on adapting the best international practices into its educational programs and research activities, in order to contribute to the international academic community.

International cooperation at the Institute features:

• agreements with top ranked international Scientific and Educational Institutes and Universities
• the fulfilment of Scientific and Educational projects according to those agreements
• the provision of academic mobility for teachers and students at all levels
• holding and participating in international scientific conferences, congresses, forums, and competitions
• inviting foreign teachers and scientists, specialists, private businessmen and government figures to take part in educational and research programs.

Information was given by L. Shmigirilova 16.06.2023

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