Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics () is a public research university in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1907 by entrepreneur Alexei Vishnyakov as the first finance-specialized college in the Russian Empire. During the Soviet rule it became a large university, recognized worldwide as one of the most prestigious.

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics is consistently ranked as one of the top 10 universities in Moscow, and is every year included in QS World University Rankings, as well as in top 200 worldwide by employability of the students after graduation.

In addition to accreditation by Ministry of Education, the university has accreditations of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, European Council for Business Education and Association of MBAs. PRUE is also a member of the European University Association, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and the European Foundation for Management Development.

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); the 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.

History

The Moscow Commercial Institute was founded in 1907 on private donations of merchants, bankers and manufacturers, gathered by initiative of the 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 about 2000 specialists were graduated from the institute. In 1924 it was renamed for Marxist thinker Georgy Plekhanov. In the 1960s the Institute was merged with the Moscow Governmental Economic Institute and became one of the major centers of scientific education in the country. 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. Now 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, liberal democrat Grigory Yavlinsky, and faculty member Ruslan Khasbulatov, former Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR and later Chairman of the Supreme Soviet 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 majority of them is 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 the latest ranking of Russian universities, based on the average score of the Unified State Examination, Plekhanov University is among top 30 overall and among top 10 institutions specializing in social sciences.

The university unites 14 faculties (schools). Two hundred seventy-eight professionals completed their Ph.D. courses and 102 academics finalized their doctorate studies. 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. These laboratories were the basis for a Certification and Expertise Centre licensed in 1995.

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. Two hundred seventy-eight dissertations were presented in the same period.

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 accreditation.

Media
PRUE has its own bilingual TV channel called "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, half an hour's walk from the Kremlin. The campus includes educational buildings each with classrooms, offices and laboratories, as well as a theatre, a pool, and a students' dormitory, which is only 5 minutes' walk away from the other buildings of the University. The university library locates in building 6, International Office - in building 1. Students can also participate in practical placements in the restaurant, stock-exchange and risk analysis laboratory, all of which are specialized departments. Every building of the university has free Wi-Fi access. The campus is near the Moscow Metro stations Serpukhovskaya (grey line) and Paveletskaya (green and circle lines).

Partners
PRUE has more than one hundred partner schools in Europe, Asia and North America.

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Notable alumni

University alumni are employed in different spheres of Russian and world economy and politics. Its graduates and current students include:
 Tatyana Golikova, head of the Account Chamber of Russia, former Minister of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation
 Grigory Yavlinsky, Russian economist and politician, founder of the political party Yabloko
 Tatiana Paramonova, former head of the Russian Central Bank
 Mikhail Zadornov, president and chairman of VTB24 Bank, chairman of VTB Insurance, former Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation
 Alexander Livshitz, former vice president of Rusal, former Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
 Valery Zubov, Senior MP in the State Duma
 Oleg Deripaska, billionaire, president of United Company RUSAL, founder of the Volnoe Delo Foundation
 Andrey Melnichenko, billionaire, chairman of Siberian Coal Energy Company, non-executive director of EuroChem 
 Olga Dergunova, deputy chairman of VTB Bank, former head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management, former president of Microsoft in Russia and the CIS
 Tsolmon Onon, wife of former President, Prime Minister and Speaker of Parliament of Mongolia
 Ksenia Alexandrova, Miss Universe Russia 2017 
 Khabib Nurmagomedov, current student; retired from MMA in 2020 as UFC lightweight champion
 Abul Barkat (economist), economist, former Chairman of state-owned Janata Bank and former Chairperson of Department of Economics, Dhaka University
 Arkadiy Novikov, the first Russian known entrepreneur restaurateur

References

External links
 
 Faculty of Finance
 List of business schools in Europe

 
Business schools in Russia
Economics schools
Universities and colleges formed by merger