Department in brief
The Department trains Bachelors in Economics (World Economy), International Relations, and in Customs Law, regulations and procedures; and Masters in Economics (International Economy). The Department also offers Post Graduate program in World Economy.
Anatoly A. Ovodenko – Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Prof.,
SUAI President,
Head of the Department of International Business
High quality training at the Department is supported by regular internships in France, Italy, Spain, the USA, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, where students take part in various workshops and conferences.
A specialty of training here is an opportunity to study several foreign languages (English, French, German, Spanish) and also join advanced studies in specialty courses offered in English and Spanish languages.
Graduates find employment or continue studying in foreign countries: the USA, France, Canada, China, Italy, Poland.
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A Glimpse of History:
The Department of International Business was founded in 2001. Since its foundation, it has been headed by Anatoly A. Ovodenko. Its establishment was an outcome of widened contacts of SUAI with the UNESCO International Institute of Education and the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
In 2011 the Department’s foreign languages section appeared. It provides the study of both a foreign language, and of a number of extra subjects in English. Nowadays the Department is proud of its high-quality efficient staff: A. Ovodenko, E. Platova, I. Pavlova, V. Fetisov, V. Fokin (all PhDs, Professors), L. Trofimova, B. Lebedev, M. Berdina (Associate Professors), U. Haritonova, Assistant Professor. The Department’s research is published by major publishing houses of Moscow, Saint Petersburg and foreign countries.
Department members:
Abel G. Aganbegian, Prof.
Anatoly A. Ovodenko, Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Prof., Head of the Department
Irina P. Pavlova, PhD, Prof.
Galina U. Peshkova, Associate Prof.
Ekaterina E. Platonova, PhD, Prof.
Ludmila A. Trofimova, Associate Prof.
Lazar’ S. Heifets, Prof.
Employees of the department
Research societies
Research activities by the Department of International Business are closely connected with UNESCO international projects in education and with the research of the Latin America Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in economic, political and cultural problems of the region.
The basic areas of research activities are:
Latin America: economics and politics
Russian–American relationships
Major aspects of international business operations
Political problems in Latin America countries
Customs logistics
International banking
Conferences:
Ibero-America: economics, politics and culture Research and Practice Workshop
Networks in project management
Academic workshop by A. Aganbegan PhD, Prof., Member of RAS
Spanish-Russian Workshop
Italo-Russian Workshop
SUAI International Student Research Conference
International activities:
The Department collaborates with:
The Department of UNESCO
The Latin America Institute of the Russian Academy of Science
The Indiana University(USA)
The University of Catania (Italy)
ISFE – Instituto Superior Formacion y Empresa (Burgos, Spain)
CHE - Christelijke Hogeschool Ede (Ede, Netherlands)
The Obuda University (Budapest, Hungary)
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
The Rouen Business School (France)