In 2015, BA International Economics and Business obtained prestigious EFMD Programme accreditation (former EPAS) making GSEM a part of the community of 1% of business schools in the world with this accreditation. In 2018, it was re-accredited for another 3 years, and in 2021 our development efforts led us to the position of the only one school in Russia with 5 year EFMD Programme Accreditation. 

European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) is an international not-for-profit organisation joining more than 900 members of business schools and corporations to enhance excellence in management education and development globally. GSEM has been a member of EFMD since 2011.

EFMD Accredited is the most recognized international programme accreditation system. It aims to evaluate the quality of business and/or management degree programmes that have an international perspective and, where of an appropriately high quality, to accredit them. The accreditation takes into account a wide range of programme development aspects with the emphasis on internationalization, collaboration with the world of practice and integration of sustainable development issues in the programme management and delivery.

GSEM has been a member of AACSB International — Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business since 2017. AACSB is an international non-profit membership organization that gathers business schools, corporates and educators that implement management education. More than 1500 organisations are members of the association, founded in 1916. Membership provides GSEM UrFU with opportunities for the development of international cooperation between the world's leading business schools and dissemination of the best practices of economics and management education.

ACCA accreditation is provided by Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which brings together over 188 000 members and more than 480 000 students from 181 countries. In 2016, GSEM Master's programme International Financial Management (now a track of the programme International Management) obtained ACCA accreditation, confirming the high standards of study in accounting, audit, finance and management. Accreditation allows graduates of the master’s programme to receive exemption from ACCA examinations recognized by leading corporations in the field of finance and audit, and highlights their high qualification.

QS World University Rankings by Subject

• 51-100 in the world - Social Policy & Administration
• 334 in the world - Social Science & Management
• 351-400 in the world - Economics & Econometrics
• 401-450 in the world - Business & Management Studies

RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)

• GSEM ranked among the Top-10 biggest economic research centres in Russia according to RePEc metrics
• 5th among the economic research centres in Russia for the last 10 years
• GSEM researchers in the ranking: Kazi Sohag (42nd place), Ivan Savin (74th place), Alberto Ferraris (157th place), Dmitry Vorobiev (303rd place)
• GSEM researchers in the ranking (for the last 10 years): Kazi Sohag (6th place), Ivan Savin (46th place), Alberto Ferraris (65th place), Dmitry Vorobiev (223rd place)

Times Higher Education

• 251-300 in Business & Economics

QS World University Rankings by Subject

• 351st in the world and 7th in Russia – Social Sciences & Management
• 401-450 in the world and 6th in Russia – Business & Management
• 451-500 in the world and 10th in Russia – Economics & Econometrics.

Times Higher Education

• 401-500 in Business & Economics

RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)

• GSEM ranked among the Top-10 biggest economic research centres in Russia according to RePEc metrics

QS World University Rankings by Subject

• 451-500 in the world – Social Science & Management 

QS: Masters in Management Rankings

• 101+ – GSEM Master’s degree in International Management

Subject ranking of universities by research productivity

• 4-6 in Russia in Management
• 6-7 in Russia in Economics

Ranking of entrepreneurial universities and business schools (AC Expert)

• 14th in Russia in business education

Map of Russian and the CIS business schools by internationalization – 2019 (AC Expert)

• 7th by publication activity in Management
• 7th among business schools with double degree programmes
• 8th by partnerships with first-level accredited universities

Monitoring of admission quality

• 5th in Russia in Business Informatics
• 10th in Russia in Economics

QS World University Rankings by Subject

• 451-500 in the world – Social Science & Management

Monitoring of admission quality

• 4th in Russia in Economics
• 5th in Russia in Business Informatics
• 8th in Russia in PR and Advertising

Subject ranking of universities by research productivity

• 5-6 in Economics
• 8-9 in Social Sciences

Ranking of entrepreneurial universities and business schools (AC Expert)

• 9-10th place

Map of Russian and the CIS business schools by internationalization – 2018 (AC Expert)

• 9th by by publication activity in Management
• 8th among business schools with double degree programmes
• 8th by partnerships with first-level accredited universities