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The Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (russian: Российский экономический университет имени Г. В. Плеханова) is a
The Moscow Commercial Institute was founded in 1907 on private donations of merchants, bankers and manufacturers, gathered at the initiative of Moscow merchant Alexei Vishnyakov. It was essentially the first institute in Russia which prepared qualified businessmen for rapidly developing branches of industry. Prior to the
* Institute of Management and Socio-Economic Projecting
* Faculty "Business School of Marketing and Entrepreneurship"
* Faculty "International Business School and Global Economics"
* Faculty "Integral Plekhanov Business School"
* Faculty of Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism, and Sports Industry
* Faculty of Distance Learning
* Faculty of Additional Professional Education
* Faculty of Marketing
* Faculty of Digital Economics and Information Technologies
* Faculty of Management
* Faculty of Economics and Law
* Faculty of Trade Economics
* Faculty of Online Education
* Faculty of Finance
public
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research university
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in Moscow
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, Russia. It was founded in 1907 by entrepreneur Alexei Vishnyakov as the first finance-specialized college in the Russian Empire
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. During the Soviet
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rule it became a large university.
In addition to accreditation by the Ministry of Education
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, the university has accreditations of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
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, European Council for Business Education
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Accreditation validity
* ECBE delive ...
and the Association of MBAs
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Roles
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. PRUE is also a member of the European University Association
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(suspended in 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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), Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
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, and the European Foundation for Management Development The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) is an international not-for-profit association based in Brussels. Europe's largest network association in the field of management development, it has over 890 member organizations from academ ...
.
PRUE changed its name more than once: Moscow Commercial Institute (1907–1919); Karl Marx Moscow Institute of the National Economy (1919–1924); Plekhanov Moscow Institute of the National Economy (1924–1991); Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics (1992–2010); Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (2010 to present). Recently, Plekhanov University acquired the Russian State University of Trade and Economics and the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics
Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics (MESI) was a university.
History
Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics was founded in 1932 as the Moscow Institute of National Economic Accounting, wh ...
.
History
The Moscow Commercial Institute was founded in 1907 on private donations of merchants, bankers and manufacturers, gathered at the initiative of Moscow merchant Alexei Vishnyakov. It was essentially the first institute in Russia which prepared qualified businessmen for rapidly developing branches of industry. Prior to the revolution of 1917
The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government ...
, about 2,000 specialists were graduated from the institute. In 1924, it was renamed after Marxist
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thinker Georgi Plekhanov
Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (; rus, Гео́ргий Валенти́нович Плеха́нов, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj vəlʲɪnˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ plʲɪˈxanəf, a=Ru-Georgi Plekhanov-JermyRei.ogg; – 30 May 1918) was a Russian revoluti ...
. In the 1960s, the institute was merged with the Moscow Governmental Economic Institute. After 1991, the institute obtained its current name. Recent years were marked with rising international cooperation, such as the foundation of the Africa Business House. Presently, the university deals with more than 80 partners in 52 countries. Among its graduates, there are many prominent politicians and businessmen, such as Soviet statesman Mikhail Suslov
Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov (russian: Михаи́л Андре́евич Су́слов; 25 January 1982) was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1965, and as uno ...
, liberal democrat
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Grigory Yavlinsky
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, and faculty member Ruslan Khasbulatov
Ruslan Imranovich Khasbulatov (russian: link=no, Русла́н Имранович Хасбула́тов, ce, Хасбола́ти Имра́ни кIант Руслан) (born November 22, 1942) is a Russian economist and politician and the ...
, former Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
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and later Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
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of the Russian Federation (1991–1993).
Faculties (schools)
The university offers 4-year undergraduate (bachelor), 2-year graduate (master) and postgraduate (Ph.D.) courses in different academic fields as well as many non-degree courses. Some courses are available in English, but the majority of them are taught in Russian. A course may be completed at one of the university's schools:
* Institute of Management and Socio-Economic Projecting
* Faculty "Business School of Marketing and Entrepreneurship"
* Faculty "International Business School and Global Economics"
* Faculty "Integral Plekhanov Business School"
* Faculty of Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism, and Sports Industry
* Faculty of Distance Learning
* Faculty of Additional Professional Education
* Faculty of Marketing
* Faculty of Digital Economics and Information Technologies
* Faculty of Management
* Faculty of Economics and Law
* Faculty of Trade Economics
* Faculty of Online Education
* Faculty of Finance
Academics and research
According to a ranking of Russian universities, based on the average score of theUnified State Exam
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, Plekhanov University is among top 30 overall and among top 10 institutions specializing in social sciences.
In 1994, federal and regional research projects were started in "Peoples of Russia: Revival and Development", "Universities of Russia", "Preserving and Developing the Intellectual Potential of Russian Higher Education".
Of special interest is the establishment and accreditation of two laboratories dedicated to commodity expertise—in foodstuffs and microbiology.
During the last five years, 33 books were published by Plekhanov faculty members, as well as 58 collections of articles, 279 textbooks, and 1224 articles.
Plekhanov University collaborates with many universities from all over the world. It has established double degree programs primarily through its International Business School, IBS. Currently, Plekhanov University is working on attaining EQUIS
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accreditation.
Media
PRUE has its own bilingual TV channel, Plekhanov TV, available at every TV set on the campus, as well as ''Plekhanovets'' newspaper and ''Plekhanov Studio'' magazine. Some faculties release their own newspapers, e.g. ''FinFAQ'' magazine by Faculty of Finance. All of them are distributed for free within the university.Campus
The university occupies eight buildings on one campus in the south of Moscow.Partners
PRUE has more than one hundred partner schools in Europe, Asia and North America.