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

GSEM UrFU Students Learnt from Best Practices in Event Management for Successful International Marketing

12:05, March 25, 2019

Professor Rodolfo Musco taught interactive lectures and case studies for students of the programme International Economics and Business

International meetings and events are one of the most efficient tools of international marketing nowadays. Digitalisation and the Internet do not reduce the importance of personal communication. On the contrary, they increase a person’s need to meet other people face-to-face to discuss all kinds of issues.

“For a professional in marketing, it is very important to have competencies in international events organisation, to know the aspects of teaching, motivation and human interaction in general. We are glad to have one of the best professionals in the field of international meetings invited to teach at GSEM”, — said Ekaterina Demchenko, Associate Professor of International Marketing, the module of which is taught by Prof. Musco.

Professional practice of Rodolfo Musco encompasses many activities besides teaching. He published books and papers on event and meeting management, he is a founder and director of an event management company, a founder of the Italian representative offices of MPI (Meeting Professional International) and SITE (Society for Incentive Travel Excellence) associations, an author of the three-level system of certification for meeting organisation professionals (also available in Russian). He consulted for Ekaterinburg Convention Bureau during its early development stages. Prof. Rodolfo Musco is an ambassador of Ekaterinburg in the international meeting market.

Professor shared his extensive experience with the students and showed the broad spectrum of knowledge required for a successful career in meeting and events management. Students worked in groups to study the aspects and opportunities of territories marketing to attract international events, as well as discuss different approaches to organising various kinds of events.

The most active students received books by Prof. Musco and a professional calculator designed for events organisation.

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.