SAMARA STATE UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS

Samara State University of Economics was founded more than 80 years ago and at the moment it is a leading specialized university situated in Samara in Volga Region that is included in the list of the best educational institutions of Russia. SSUE provides education for more than 10 000 students annually offering programs of higher professional undergraduate and postgraduate education. SSUE offers modern multilevel educational programs in Russian and English, trains highly-qualified specialists in the fields of Economics, Management, Accounting, Finance, Law and Social Studies corresponding to the international standards. SSUE offers preparation course “Russian as a Foreign Language”(100, 200, 400 academic hours).Samara State University of Economics invites foreign citizens to learn Russian language in one of the biggest economic universities of Russia. International Office of SSUE is ready to teach any student no matter which level of knowledge of Russian he/she possesses at the moment of the lessons commencement – elementary or advanced.We suggest the following courses:1)Survival Russian (The aim of the course is to gain the minimum of the language competence, get a general idea of the Russian Grammar and learn to communicate in simple everyday life situations - 100 academic hours);2)General Russian Course 2 levels ( The aim of the course is to teach students how to communicate in various situations – meeting people, speaking on the phone, talking about health, family, hobby, holidays and so on. Elementary/pre-intermediate level – 200 academic hours, pre-intermediate/intermediate level – 400 academic hours);3)Intensive Russian Course (a number of classes in shorter time).Undergraduate (Bachelor) Programs:-Ecology and natural management- Legal studies- Advertising and public relations- Sociology- Pedagogical education- Economics- Management- Personnel management- Governmental and municipal management- Information security- Service- Tourism- Trade- Land-use planning and control and cadastral register- Applied informaticsPost-graduate (Master) Programs:-Economics- Management- Trade- Pedagogical education- Legal studies- Applied informatics- Finance and credit- Personnel management- Governmental and municipal managementWe are realizing practical-oriented approach in teaching; the University has basic departments at the big regional enterprises. This allows our students to be involved into the practical activity during the educational process: to have practice at the potential employer, to write course papers, diploma thesis and projects, to make scientific research applied to the exact tasks of the enterprises and organizations. Samara State University of Economics is constantly developing. We involve foreign teachers to the educational process, practice students exchange, international partnerships, and double-degree programs. The university has a serious scientific potential at its disposal: about 500 academics work in the university, more than 70% of them have scientific degree and academic titles, a scope of scientific and educational centers function effectively; scientific research papers are carried out annually upon request from regional government, municipal government, large Russian companies, banks etc.The high level of professional background of the students, broad opportunities for employment and career development after graduation from the university require fairly high competition of admission.