Plekhanov Russian University of Economics was founded in 1907. For more than 100 years, the university has always been closely connected with the national economy: the commerce and food production technology development at the beginning of the 20th century, the commodity science formation, the cooperative movement growth, the state economic statistics and planning systems creation, economic reforms of 1965-1970, macroeconomic and sectoral research in the 1980s, promoting the market structures formation in the 1990s. The Scientific school of the University (academicians L. Abalkin, A. Aganbegyan, V. Mayevsky, L. Grinberg, V. Makarov, P. Bunich, V. Ivanter, V. Kuleshov, corresponding member R. Grinberg) has long been the core of the academic economic community of Russia. The high practical orientation of education and its connection with the economic situation realities in the country have been a unique characteristic of the university for many years. In 2012-2015, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics was enlarged by joining the Saratov State University of Socio-Economics, the Russian State University of Commerce and Economics and the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics.
Currently, at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, education is carried out across the entire range of educational programs: from secondary general education to postgraduate and doctoral studies.
Education at PRUE is organized in Moscow. There are also 15 branches located in cities of the Russian Federation and abroad. Over 50,000 students and 780 postgraduates study at PRUE under higher education programs, 2,500 teachers work. There are more than 20,000 students, 580 graduate students and 1,200 teachers at the main university. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics has 8,400 students enrolled in secondary vocational education programs and employs over 400 teachers, including 3,500 students and 150 teachers at the main university.
The involvement of highly qualified teaching staff, the development and implementation of innovative educational programs, including double and triple degree programs with leading foreign universities, the use of modern educational technologies ensure the training of highly qualified specialists in demand by the professional community in Russia and the world.
The mission of PRUE is to promote sustainable socio-economic development of Russia through the formation of human and intellectual capital.
The strategic goal of PRUE for the period is to build an effective multi-level system of continuing education in the field of economics and related fields of knowledge that meets the needs of the state, society and the individual. It is about the formation of a university whose educational and research activities are widely recognized internationally and nationally, provision of a resource base for its further sustainable development.
The specificity of PRUE is that it preserves the traditions of domestic education in the field of economics, updating them based on the real economy requirements and modern international standards. One of the strengths of the Russian school of economics is the use of economic-mathematical and economic-statistical (econometric) methods to substantiate economic theories and solutions.
The advantage of the current educational model of PRUE is a combination of economic and managerial education focused on practice, strong mathematical (statistical) and legal training, the use of information technology. The focus on practice is also ensured by the presence of natural science departments and expertise in the field of trade, commodity science, economics and enterprise management, as well as related specialties. Advanced mathematical training is provided due to a high proportion of disciplines that actively use the economic and statistical apparatus, information technology.
Since 2012, PRUE has been included in the QS World University Rankings. Over the past two years, PRUE has been improving its position in regional rankings (QS University Rankings: BRICS, QS University Rankings: Emerging Europe & Central Asia), in international Internet rankings Webometrics, Alexa, 4ICU. Since 2015, PRUE has been providing information for participation in THE WUR rating.
International accreditations of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics has received accreditation from the European Council for Business Education (ECBE).
Association of MBAs.
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
The European Organization for Quality (EOQ).
Possibilities of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
PRUE students have the opportunity to receive a double or triple diploma within the framework of joint international educational programs. 14 universities from different countries of the world, including France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Austria, are already participating in this project.
The university is interesting for those foreign students who want to know the Russian economy more deeply. The university provides an opportunity to study the most important economic processes in detail and establish the necessary business contacts in Russia.
Scientific life of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
A powerful scientific infrastructure has been developed on the basis of the University. It ensures the scientific work competencies regular improvement for the teaching staff and scientific schools. The University is working on solving fundamental and applied problems of socio-economic, scientific and technical development of Russia.
The University supports the publication of monographs and scientific articles in the RSCI and Scopus systems. The achievements of the University’s scientists are presented in numerous publications and at international scientific forums.
The Situational Center for Socio-Economic Development of Russia and the regions of the Russian Federation operates on the basis of the University on a modern information technology base. It provides breakthrough opportunities for the development of educational activities and the scientific work effectiveness improvement.
The distinctive feature of PRUE Situational Center is its visualization functionality, distributed among the levels of initial, computational and analytical information administrative and territorial management.
The Center actively cooperates with government authorities in the direction of the “Operational Monitoring” system practical use and improvement. The main purpose of monitoring is to fulfill the functional tasks of the ministry departments. It includes ensuring a proactive assessment of achieving the target parameters of the strategic development of the Russian Federation subjects, creating an operational database of the Russian Federation subject electronic passport, typologizing regions and justifying the allocation of advanced development zones, improving the territorial planning system and a number of other tasks.

Bachelor’s Programs (Full-time / 4 years):
- 01.03.02 – Applied Mathematics and Informatics
- Tuition fee: 360,000 RUB per year
- 01.03.05 – Statistics
- Tuition fee: 360,000 RUB per year
- 02.03.03 – Mathematical Software and Administration of Information Systems
- Tuition fee: 390,000 RUB per year
- Machine Learning Technologies and Data Engineering (under the same program code above)
- Tuition fee: 390,000 RUB per year
- 05.03.06 – Ecology and Environmental Management
- Tuition fee: 370,000 RUB per year
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