GSEM UrFU educational programmes are the best in UrFU!

12:20, January 21, 2022

The Directorate of Educational Activities has published an annual rating of the university's educational programmes

Ural Federal University in 2021 became the leader of admission in terms of the number of applicants, while the main criterion for the demand of UrFU among those entering universities is the quality of student education. The Directorate of Educational Activities of the university annually analyzes educational programmes and publish a rating based on a set of indicators.* By the end of 2021, the list of the best bachelor's degree programьуs included 10 educational programs of the UrFU Graduate School of Economics and Management, while 4 of them topped the rating:

• 1st place: International Economics and Business
• 2nd place: Public Relations and Advertising
• 3rd place: International and Corporate Management
• 4th place: Public Administration

“Our motto: “Model your world globally” is not just words, but the result of the close-knit work of a team of professors, corporate and academic partners, expressed in the burning eyes and ambitious goals of the students of the programme! We do not stop, but continue to develop together further! Digitalization, internationalization, fundamentality with the inclusion of practical projects is our contribution to the development of the Russian economy at the global level,” said Zhanna Belyaeva, Head of the programme “International Economics and Business”.

"Our high rating is the result of great teamwork. First of all, we keep up with the times, and this is not easy in such a dynamically developing field as advertising and PR, where even the conceptual apparatus changes throughout the year. The balance between experienced teachers and young practitioners, close friendships with leading advertising agencies and companies in the Urals, immersion in a real profession from the 1st year as part of working on projects with real customers - these are the main components of our success. And, of course, the atmosphere of freedom, creativity, bright ideas and solutions!” said Ekaterina Golubkova, Head of the educational programme Advertising and Public Relations.

Also among the TOP-30 best in UrFU were named such GSEM bachelor’s degree programmes as:

• Business Informatics
• Applied Economics and Finance
• Industrial Management and Investment and Construction Business
• Public Policy and Administration
• Energy and Hi-Tech Management
• Marketing and Logistics in Commerce

In total, Ural Federal University implements more than 120 bachelor's degree programmes.

The list of the best specialist programmes includes all the programs of GSEM UrFU:

• Legal Support of National Security
• Economic Security
• Economic Expert Analysis
• Customs

The list of the best master's degree programs includes all GSEM UrFU master's degree programmes. The International Management program closes the top three.

“For us, the result of 2021 was a double achievement: the Bachelor’s programme “International and Corporate Management” and the Master’s program “International Management” both took third place in the ranking of programs at their levels! This is a joy and honor not only for me, as head of the programme, but for the teams of each of the educational areas! This is the result of hard, often very routine work, overcoming and searching, but what joy the achievements of our students and graduates bring, and the small ones are no less pleasing than the big ones! It is more difficult to keep the level of quality than to achieve something for the first time, so we have big plans for the development of programmes and many new challenges born from new demands of students and the labor market. New partners are joining the development of our programmes, and it's great! It is important to be in an atmosphere of support and be open!” noted Lyudmila Ruzhanskaya, Head of the programmes

*Indicators on the basis of which the rating is compiled:

• the complexity of courses;
• share of project-based learning;
• the share of expelled full-time students of the educational programme from the 2nd year to the 5th year of study;
• the content of the programme website;
• the number of talented students (winners and prize-winners of the All-Russian Olympiads, members of the national teams of the Russian Federation);
• share of master’s degree students  with diplomas from other universities;
• share of international students;
• the average mark of the educational rating of full-time students in all courses.