Digital technologies in foreign economic activity

Faculty of International Economists

Full-time study with elements of distance learning
Field of study: 38.04.01 – Economics

Study schedule: 4 times a week: 3 times on weekdays from 19:00 to 21:50 and Saturday from 9:30 to 16:00.

Admission to the program
Interdisciplinary exam
Minimum score: 30 points

Scientific supervisor of the programme

Spartak A.N., Doctor of Economics, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of International and Foreign Trade of the Russian Federation, RFTA, Ministry of Economic Development of Russia

Programme coordinator

Arzhaev F.I., Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor of the Department of the World and National Economics, RFTA, Ministry of Economic Development of Russia

About the Program

The aim of the program is to prepare broadly-profiled professionals capable of leading digital transformation of enterprises and foreign economic activity - specialists of the new generation. The program is aimed not only at forming professional competencies, but also at developing creative, innovative thinking, the ability to find answers to new challenges, including digital ones.

The unique combination of hard skills and soft skills offered in the programme enables graduates to become specialists in a rapidly changing labour market.

5 Advantages of the Program

1. Opportunity for the student to develop in various professional directions;
2. Flexible educational profile (opportunity to choose disciplines studied and schedule of classes);
3. A teaching team from higher education institutions that are recognised leaders in training specialists in the field of foreign economic activity and technological digital solutions in Russia;
4. Acquisition of real skills in a digital environment (mastering Gretl, Python, DBeaver, Power BI);
5. Opportunity to engage in scientific research in the scientific units of RFTA while and after the training and to collaborate with the leading Russian scientists in the field of the world economy.

Professional fields of activity for graduates of the Program

 • Data Analyst in a commercial company or government agency - the program places considerable emphasis on Data Science;

 • International Economist - building on experience of training top specialists for the Ministry of Economic Development, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Russian Export Centre and a number of other federal government agencies, the student is offered to deeply immerse in the specifics of foreign trade contracting, logistics, to learn about modern trends in the world economy;

• Digital Transformation Specialist (CDTO) - the program includes an extensive block of disciplines related to design thinking, fintech and its use in the corporate sector, CRM systems;

• Specialist in Foreign Economic and Financial Consulting - the program is developed in accordance with the requests of business-partners, among which the leading Russian exporting companies. 

Unique Disciplines of the Program

• Data Analysis in Foreign Economic Activity - offers to master applied analysis skills in foreign trade, international movement of capital, including the use of specialised software;

• Smart Contracts and Blockchain in Foreign Economic Activity - the discipline introduces the student to new conditions and instruments of international settlements and the specifics of their application;

• Design Thinking in Foreign Economic Activity - offers students to solve practical tasks from exporters’ and importers’ activity, helps understand the key needs of Russian companies;

• Fundamentals of FinTech in Foreign Economic Activity - one of the flagship disciplines of the program, combining competences in digital economy, foreign economic activity and international finance. Its study enables the student to understand how the modern tools of international financial markets function;

Economy and Logistics of Foreign-Trade Cargo Delivery and Export of Transport Services - immerses the student into all the diversity of approaches to international cargo logistics, to learn about international transport corridors, to creatively rethink the possibilities of tracing Russian export and import and to understand how foreign economic activity is carried out in Russia under modern conditions.