Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (FinU or Financial University) (Russian language, Russian: Финансовый университет при Правительстве Российской Федерации) is a public university located in Moscow, Russia. It is considered among top five universities in Russia according to Forbes and RBC Information Systems, RBC as well as one of the oldest Russian universities preparing economists, financiers, philosophers, bankers and financial lawyers. FinU had several bygone names: * Moscow Institute of Economics and Finance (1919–1946) * Moscow Finance Institute (1946–1990) * State Finance Academy (1991–1992) * Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation (1992–2010) Financial University consists of eight faculties, 40 departments, three institutes, two high schools, two research institutes, eight centers, two training – science laboratories, a network of regional offices – 11 branches and four offices open in seven regions of Russia. The university graduates include the third wealthiest person in Russia, Mikhail Prokhorov, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai Lev Kuznetsov (politician), Lev Kuznetsov, CEO of Gazprombank Andrey Akimov and some others who have taken up leading positions in politics, business and academia.

History

History of Financial University started in December 1918 when the People's Finance Commissar decided to create a specialized financial institution of higher education – the first in the history of Russia – ''Moscow Institute of Economics and Finance''. It was opened on 2 March 1919, and its first rector was – the Moscow State University graduate, the Deputy People's Finance Commissar of RSFSR. In September 1946, the institute was consolidated with ''Moscow Credit-Economic Institute'' training students since 1931. As a result of merger of these two institutions of higher education ''Moscow Finance Institute'' was formed, with Nikolai Rovinsky as its rector. It began with two thousand students and four faculties: Finance, Economic, Accounting, Credit, Monetary Economics, International Economic Relations. The Military Department opened later, in 1947. In 1991, Moscow Finance Institute was renamed to "''State Finance Academy''" and in 1992 Russian President Boris Yeltsin changed its name to the "''Finance Academy under the Government of Russian Federation''" giving a governmental status to the institution. In 2009, the Finance Academy celebrated 90 years of its history and received congratulations from numerous business and government officials, including Prime Minister of Russia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Ministry of Finance (Russia), Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin. On 14 July 2010, the Russian Government approved a new Charter for the institution changing its name from the "Finance Academy" into the "Finance University" and made it an official consultative body to the government. On 4 March 2011, KPMG opened its own department at the university to enhance cooperation based on lectures and practical activities covering audit, International Financial Reporting Standards, taxation and corporate finance. In 2011–2012 Financial University finished acquisition of three higher education institutions in Russia: State University of the Russian Ministry of Finance, Tax Academy of the Russian Federation, .

Departments and faculties

The system of higher education established at Finance University includes: *a pre-university specialised programme to prepare school pupils for entrance to the university *university programmes (bachelor's degree – certified specialist's degree – master's degree) *post-graduate and doctorate studies *second professional higher education in finance and economics *short-term professional retraining and skill development *Master of Business Administration, MBA, Master of Business Administration, EMBA, Doctor of Business Administration, DBA, and Master of Public Administration, MPA programmes

Faculties

* Higher School of Management * School of Economics and Business * School of Finance * School of Information Technologies and Big Data Analysis * School of International Economics Relations * School of Law * School of Social Science and Mass Communications * School of Taxes, Audit, and Business Analysis

Departments

*Accounting in Business Companies *Administrative and Data Protection Law *Applied Mathematics *Applied Political Science *Applied Social Science *Audit and Control *Accounting in Financial and Not-for-Profit Institutions *Banks and Bank Management *Business Informatics * Civil Law *Computer Science and Programming *Corporate Governance *Corporate Finance *Financial Management *General Political Science *Insurance Business *Investment and Innovations *Macroeconomics *Managerial Accounting *Mathematics *Macroeconomic Regulation *Economic Analysis *Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics *Property Valuation and Management *Public Administration and Municipal Management *Public Financial Control and Treasury *Risk Analysis and Economic Security *Tax Consulting *Tax Law *Taxes and Taxation *Theory of Finance *Human Resource Management *Information Security *Theory and History of State and Law *Civil and Arbitration Procedure *Constitutional and Municipal Law *Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure *Emergency Management *Entrepreneurial Law *Marketing and Logistics *Microeconomics *Systematic Economic Analysis *Statistics *Applied Psychology *Foreign Languages *Philosophy *Russian Language *Ernst & Young Department *KPMG Department

Academics

Admissions

Admission requirements are among the highest in Russia. In 2009 Finance University received 80 applications per one budget place. According to the research published by State University – Higher School of Economics, successful applicant of the year 2009 required to have on average 85 points of the Unified State Examination score in each subject in order to enter the course.

Research profile

Finance University actively carries out research activities. These include both fundamental and applied research in the areas of finance, money circulation and credit, insurance, accounting and audit, business evaluation, international monetary relations; research done for post doctoral and PhD dissertations; development of expert-and-analytical materials requested by the bodies of legislative and executive power; organisation of scientific events (conferences, seminars, "roundtables", etc.).

Reputation and rankings

Based on the average score of the Unified State Examination in 2010, the university is ranked number 5 overall out of 476 Russian institutions of higher education and number 3 among institutions specializing in social sciences. Integrated ranking of the Russian journal "Finance" put the Financial University as the best higher institution for economics and finance in 2010. The university became the competition winner “Golden Medal “European Quality” in the category of "100 Best Institutions of Higher Education in Russia". Furthermore, according to the ranking of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the Finance University is placed third among top 100 Russia's institutions of higher education. The Financial University was also ranked among 32 best business schools in the world (1st in Russia and 16th in Europe) in 2013 by the "Ranking Web of World Business Schools".

Notable alumni

Among the graduates are:

Academia

*Alla Gryaznova – economist, former rector and current president of the Finance University *Mikhail Eskindarov – President of the Finance University

Business

*Andrey Akimov – CEO and deputy chairman of board of directors of Gazprombank *Andrey Bokarev – billionaire, chairman of the board of directors of “Kuzbassrazrezugol" Holding Company *Andrey Borodin – billionaire, former CEO of the Bank of Moscow *Bella Zlatkis – deputy chairman of management board at Sberbank, former deputy finance minister of Russia *Gennady Soldatenkov – deputy president and chairman of the management board of VTB Bank *Kirill Pisarev – billionaire, co-owner of PIK Group *Mikhail Alekseev – chairman of the management board of UniCredit Bank *Konstantin Kagalovsky – billionaire, former vice-president of Yukos and Bank Menatep *Mikhail Gutseriyev – billionaire, former owner and CEO of Russneft *Mikail Shishkhanov – billionaire, president and CEO of B&N Bank *Mikhail Prokhorov – self-made billionaire and Russian oligarch, oligarch, the second richest man in Russia according to Forbes *Valeriy Novikov – chief operating officer and member of the executive board of Alfa-Bank *Vasily Titov – first deputy president and chairman of the management board of VTB Bank *Vladimir Dmitriev – chairman of Vnesheconombank *Vladimir Golubkov – chief executive officer of Rosbank

Law

*Alexey Navalny – blogger, political and social activist, World Fellow at Yale University's "World Fellows Program

Politics

*Alexander Khloponin – deputy prime minister and presidential plenipotentiary envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District *Anton Drozdov – chairman of the pension fund of the Russian Federation *Anton Siluanov – finance minister of the Russian Federation *Arseny Zverev – finance minister of the Soviet Government in 1938–1948, and 1948–1960 *Boris Fedorov – economist and reformer, former Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia *Elena Panina – MP, State Duma of the Russian Federation *Nadezhda Maksimova – MP, State Duma of the Russian Federation *N.K. Sokolov – chairman of the board of the USSR State Bank in 1940 *N.V. Garetovsky – chairman of the board of the USSR State Bank in 1987–1989 *Sergey Shakhray – deputy prime minister of Russia in 1991–1996, Russian constitution author and chief of staff of the accounts chamber of the Russian Federation *Sergei Stepashin – chairman of the accounts chamber of the Russian Federation and former Prime Minister of Russia *Valentin Pavlov – prime minister of the Cabinet of Ministers (Soviet Union), Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR in 1991, Ministry of Finance (Soviet Union), minister of finance in 1989–1990 and chairman of the State Committee on Prices in 1986–1989 *Viktor Gerashchenko – banker and former chairman of the Central Bank of Russia and USSR *Vladimir Panskov – finance minister of the Russian Federation in 1994–1996, auditor of the accounts chamber of the Russian Federation in 1997–2006

Sport

*Svetlana Feofanova – pole vaulter, world champion and holder of silver and bronze medals in 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics *Nathalie Péchalat – French ice dancer, the 2009 French national champion and the 2009 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist *Khabib Nurmagomedov –mixed martial artist, former UFC Lightweight champion and a two-time Combat Sambo World Champion.

International cooperation

The Financial University has entered into 17 new agreements with partner institutes of Australia, UK, Germany, Spain, China, United States, Czech Republic and other countries, including: * Durham University Business School, Durham University, UK – collaboration on exchange of students, academic staff and research projects * University of Northumbria, UK – double degrees * University of London, UK – cooperation in the Bachelor of Science programmes offered through the International Programmes * Santander, Cantabria, Santander, Spain – sponsorship of educational and scientific cooperation programs of the Finance Academy and Spanish universities and establishment of the Research Center for the world financial system * Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany – joint MBA-Finance degree * Chinese Academy of Finance and Development, Central University of Finance and Economics, China – cooperation on implementation of bachelor's and master's programmes * Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, United States * École de management de Lyon, EMLYON Business School, France – double degree programme

Facts

Financial University is a member of the Russian Law Journal consortium.

References

External links

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QS Rankings Guide on the Financial University

Official Website of the Financial University

Comprehensive Guide on Rankings of Russian Universities Based on Different Criteria (in Russian)
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