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On February 15, 2023, the first festival of student continuing education – StudUp FEST was held at the FinU, as part of which a solemn ceremony was held to award the best students who have been trained under the programs of the continuing education.

The ceremony participants and the festival  guests were welcomed by the Rector of the FinU Stanislav Prokofiev.

“I am glad to welcome you to the first festival of student continuing education "StudUP Fest"! This is a significant event for the Financial University, because today we are laying a new important tradition. Student continuing education is the answer of a Financial University to the demand of modernity.  Specifically in order to bring the student closer to the labor market situation, we have created the StudUp project — continuing education for students. I am sure that this festival will become an annual event and will open the doors to the world of continuing education for students. Every year we will actively develop and scale this project so that students and future alumni of the FinU have more opportunities to start a successful career,” the Rector said.

Stanislav Prokofiev emphasized the interest of students in continuing education programs in digital skill development, project management and financial analysis.

Alexey Didenko, Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy and Local Self-Government of the State Duma, addressed the participants with a welcoming speech. In his speech, he noted the importance of comprehensive personal development.

Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Science and Higher Education of the State Duma Ksenia Goryacheva, addressing the students, stressed the importance of developing communication skills and teamwork to achieve career heights.

The best students were also congratulated by the honorary guests of the festival: Stanislav Korop, Deputy Director of the Financial Technology Department of the Bank of Russia, Herman Klimenko, Chairman of the Board of the Digital Economy Foundation, Alexey Klepikov, Vice President and Head of the MTS Bank Information Technology Cluster, Arina Sharapova, Russian TV presenter and public figure, Marat Ismagulov, HR Director of Alfa Bank, test cosmonaut Denis Matveev, world boxing champion Svetlana Kulakova and Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Yulia Peresild.

Alumni of the continuing education programs received certificates in the nominations “Management Leaders”, “Captains of Business”, “Master of Internet Technologies”, “Master of Creative Technologies”, “Master of Digital Technologies”, “Leaders of Management teams”, “Champion of Management”, “Financial Future of Russia”.

As part of the StudUp FEST festival, an exhibition of continuing education programs also worked for the guests, where students could study the retraining and advanced training programs available to them, as well as sign up for the next streams.

All information about the StudUp project, the program catalog and the recording is available at the link.