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  • ‘Economic Theory’

    • 3 years

About the program

The postgraduate educational program “Economic Theory” aims to train future professional scientists and teachers, people with a theoretical mindset. We are waiting for those for whom it matters not to slip on the surface of events, but to explore the deep processes taking place in the economy, find out their causes and learn how to predict the future. No applied discipline will give you such a broad and multifaceted approach to economics as the program “Economic Theory”.

Program managers

Yudanov Andrey Yurievich

  • Doctor of Economics.
  • Professor.
  • Laureate of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education in 2008
  • Honorary Worker of the Higher School of the Russian Federation (2014). Ordinary Professor of the Financial University. 
  • Supervised the research group of the Financial University for the study of fast-growing companies, the Russian part of the mega-project of the Central Directorate of Research of the European Commission (AEGIS project – the study of knowledge-based entrepreneurship). 
  • Member of the editorial board of the journals “Russian Journal of Management" and “Modern Competition", Deputy Editor-in-chief of the journal “World of the New Economy", member of the Editorial Board of “Working Notes on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" of the University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany.

Key disciplines of the concentration

Latest Trends in Economic Thought Development

The discipline gives a postgraduate student a powerful tool for finding the achievements of modern science one might need.

Modern Trends in Microeconomic Theory Development

Microeconomics – the theory of household, firm, and industry activity – has always been the basis of economic research. It is in this area of science that changes have been taking place in recent decades. The discipline will serve as a true compass for orienteering postgraduate students in a rapidly changing field of knowledge.

Modern Trends in Macroeconomic Theory Development

Those who want to form an idea of the possibilities of overcoming difficulties and of putting the Russian economy on a trajectory of sustainable dynamic growth need a reliable guiding thread. The discipline will help one in the study of the latest, often contradictory to the extent of complete mutual negation of macroeconomic theories.

Research Activities and Preparation of a Dissertation

A unique educational discipline in which, under the guidance of the best professors of the department, postgraduate students master the skills of research in the field of economic theory and discuss their work. Even famous scientists have the opportunity to present their views in detail to their colleagues a few times in their lives. Within the framework of seminars, postgraduate students regularly receive the right to a detailed description and discussion of their achievements, lasting up to 1-2 academic hours.

Advantages of the program

Deep theoretical training.

A combination of tradition and innovation.

Professionals as mentors.

Why it is better to do a PhD degree with us

  • One of the best universities in Russia with a 100-year history;
  • High professional level of the faculty;
  • The possibility of conducting scientific research at the University;
  • Availability of dissertation councils (not in all specialties);
  • The possibility of studying abroad;
  • The possibility of studying at the postgraduate school of candidates pool.