International Economics and Business

Where future global Elite Business Analysts are trained

Contacts:

Director of the programme —
Zhanna S. Belyaeva, PhD, Associate Professor

Phone(offices): +7 (343) 375-41-48, +7 (343) 350-75-68

E-mail: zh.s.belyaeva@urfu.ru

Degree: Bachelor in Economics

Duration: 4 years

Language of instruction: Russian /English (3 and 4 year)

Credits: 240 ECTS

Bachelor Degree Programme «International Economics and Business» is EPAS (European Program Accreditation System) accredited by EFMD in 2015 to become the only one outside Moscow and StPetersburg in Russia. This accreditation confirms that the programme meets international standards of business education and confers greater credibility on its graduate’s degree. For European universities, as well as for many foreign employers international accreditation is a sign confirming the graduate’s professional qualification.

Entry level requirements

Ambitious high school graduates with high communicative and analytical skills as well as English proficiency (B2 and higher) and eagerness to continuous self-development

You will know how to:

Successfully close international deals
Project and facilitate economic forecasts
Model optimal decision-making
Measure and manage socio-economic big data
Develop innovation strategies for corporate, private and governmental sectors.
Run international business operations and corporate cost management

Exclusive features of IEB

Additional classes of Business English
30+ English taught courses (3^d and 4^th year of the curriculum)
Balanced curriculum of economic, mathematic and managerial courses
International academic and business faculty
International students in class
Corporate partners’ master-classes
Grants for the exchange-semester for best students
Professional and social traineeships
Extra certificates from Corporate partners

Core Courses in English

World Economy and International Economic Relations
International Business
International Marketing
Models and Methods of International Macroeconomics
International Trade Theory
Industrial Economics
Strategic Management
International Logistics
Cross-cultural Management and International Protocol
International Financial Management
International Operations
Experimental Methods in Economics
International Business Planning
International Currency and Credit Relations
Corporate Social Responsibility

Our Graduates Career Path

The students of the programme are offered ample opportunities to participate in exchange programmes with foreign partner universities, as well as internships in international corporations — partners of GSEM and public authorities of the Sverdlovsk region.

The graduates of the programme are becoming more and more attractive for both Russian employers engaged in international activities and foreign companies. Having the competences in the field of legal regulations of international trade, organisation and modelling of international commodity and financial flows, our graduates get significant competitive advantages in the labour market.

News

Leadership for Innovation in International Business

17:58, March 15, 2021

Students of the International Economics and Business programme learned how to become innovation leaders by professors from the Netherlands

Visiting professor Ed Overes from the Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands) gave a series of interactive online sessions on the topic of innovation and leadership in the global economy as part of the International Business discipline for the International Economics and business students. Innovation is the driving force behind the development of a business, increasing its value, while one of the factors for effective implementation of innovations is the leader of a company, which has a strong influence on the employees of the organisation and the corporate culture.

Professor spoke about the process of innovation in companies, the necessary resources, management tools, and also outlined the different types of leaders, how they act and organise teamwork to implement innovative solutions. Students identified their current management styles and received practical recommendations for the development of leadership competencies.

«The topic on leadership and innovation is supposed to be at the same level as analytical skills for the world economist. Understanding these processes allows you to increase the effectiveness of teamwork, as well as understand what skills need to be improved and developed in order to become a worthy leader. During the lectures, we learned why innovation is important and how to achieve it. Quite interesting were the insertion of video, explaining the material. Most of all I remember the concept of the "golden circle", which makes me rethink not only business processes, but also ordinary routine activities. The lectures made a positive impression and were as informative as possible» - shared Nikita Larchenko, 3rd year student.

Also, in a few weeks, students of the IEB programme will meet with the professor again in order to take part in an international business simulator developed and implemented under the leadership of Zuyd University in cooperation with the Ural Federal University and other academic partners.

International Economics and Business

Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.