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  • ‘Applied Information Systems in Economics and Finance’

    • Full-time
    • 4 years
    • RU
    • 290 000 RUB
  • Entrance exams

    • Maths or Foreign language (English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese) or Computer Science or Physics
    • Russian Language

Program description

The program aims to train highly qualified IT specialists in the field of economics and finance who possess system thinking, professional competencies in the field of design, development, implementation, operation and adaptation of information systems for the digital economy.

Students will learn how to use advanced development tools, including the 1C: Enterprise platform, database management systems, languages and platforms for data mining, the Internet of Things, solving problems of creating modern information systems for business automation and digitalization. 

Training in this program gives you the opportunity to become a broad-profile specialist who has received fundamental knowledge in the field of computer science and economics. Our graduates create and implement professionally oriented information systems and information technologies.

Accreditation and Partners

Program managers

Olga Yurievna Gorodetskaya

  • PhD in Economics
  • Assistant Professor of the Department of Data Analysis and Machine Learning of the Faculty of Information Technology and Big Data Analysis
  • Research interests: development of digital models of business objects using artificial intelligence and machine learning methods, development of programming technologies based on the use of business-oriented programming languages and Low-Code systems. 
  • Assistant Prof. Gorodetskaya authored such courses as “Accounting Information Systems", “Automated Accounting, Analysis and Audit Systems in Commercial Organizations", “Information Systems in Economics and Business".

Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to

  • Create, modify and maintain information systems that provide automation of organizational management and digitalization of business processes;
  • Identify information needs of users, model business processes, develop and implement modern business applications using the latest technologies;
  • Participate in the organization of IT infrastructure and information security management;
  • Develop the enterprise architecture based on the best practices of corporate IT management;
  • Work on project management of information systems implementation;
  • Work on the design of information systems;
  • Work in the field of development and implementation of software and information systems for the economy and business both individually and as part of project groups.

Key disciplines of the concentration

Design of Information Systems

Students acquire theoretical foundations of the organization and functioning of information systems, knowledge about the methods of designing information systems, and obtain practical skills in designing information systems.

After completing this course, you will be able to develop conceptual IP projects and their applications and manage IP implementation projects based on the best existing world practices.

Modern Programming Technologies

It is a fundamental course in programming in the modern object-oriented Java language and a high-level Python programming language. Within the framework of this course, students get not only programming skills but also obtain knowledge about key data structures and algorithms.

This discipline will allow you to be aware of the latest modern programming trends.

Banking Information Systems

The discipline aims to form a theoretical knowledge base and practical skills necessary to work with specialized banking programs and technologies. Students learn about the development of banking information systems and the use of digital technologies in credit institutions, the formation of the architecture of banking information systems, digital transformation of banks and the financial sector as a whole. This discipline will allow you to study the work of banking IS and will provide an opportunity to assess the huge potential of the market of banking information technologies of the digital economy.

Accounting Information Systems

This discipline studies accounting from the perspective of IT specialists engaged in automation and digitalization of company management. Accounting is considered as an information model describing the functioning of a company as an economic entity. This discipline will make it easy to navigate in such an area of knowledge as business economics of the company. This will give you an undeniable advantage in the field of corporate software development.

Development of Business Applications on 1C:Enterprise

Students acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills in creating corporate systems and web services using 1C technologies and web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).

Enterprise Architecture and IT Infrastructure

The course deals with the development and use of enterprise information technology architecture. The concept of Enterprise Architecture, which includes aspects such as Business Architecture, Information Architecture, Application Systems Architecture and Technological Architecture, is a way to combine and synchronize the functional and business needs of organizations with the capabilities of information technology.

IT Project Management and Standards for Complex Implementations

Students obtain managerial worldview based on the methodology, standards, and analysis of international practice and modern tools in the field of IT project management. The course discusses the methodology of the implementation of information systems, the composition and content of the work performed, the methodological foundations of the implementation project management. The technology of product creation is described in a number of implementation standards developed by leading suppliers of information technologies and systems.

Career

Graduates of this program will be able to work in organizations, financial and banking structures as information systems specialists – a profession that is one of the most in demand in the labor market.

Our graduates work as:

  • specialist consultants for implementing 1C application solutions;
  • information systems developer specialista;
  • developers of web, mobile, and cloud applications;
  • system analysts;
  • consultant-experts on the digital transformation of enterprises and organizations;
  • information systems specialists;

Pre-graduation internships are available in information systems development companies and in organizations of various directions that operate information systems.

Organizations where you can find a job

Unique advantages of the program

Relevant and in-demand degree that will allow you to work in a wide range of professions;

Among our faculty there are professors and associate professors, specialists in the field of design, programming, implementation and use of applied information systems as well as invited practitioners from the industry;

The educational program has been developed in accordance with the requirements of the largest employers, so that upon completion, you will not be told, “Forget everything you were taught at the university”;

The opportunity to participate in scientific and research activities;

The courses focus on real projects that also serve as a start point for creating your own promising startup.