38.04.01 Economics

The program will help you understand how the economy really works, teach you how to accurately analyze numbers and data and make strong decisions that affect businesses and entire companies.

Economic analysts are in highest demand in industrial companies, consulting, and information structures. They work in areas such as logistics, marketing, sales, finance, and information technology. A specialist can build a career in a single industry, such as oil, or alternatively, freely move between different sectors. A specialist with deep fundamental training combined with mastery of modern business analysis tools and economic-mathematical modeling can hold not only the position of business analyst in an organization, but also systems analyst, business process analyst, enterprise analyst, project manager, management consultant, including positions in areas such as project management, software development, quality management, and organizational communication design.
Who will you become?

• Analytics and consulting

Financial Analyst
Business Analyst
Strategic Consultant

• Financies and IT

Data Analyst in Economics
Quantitative Analyst
Product Analytic

• Government Management and Science

Economics Analyst
Research Associate
Higher school teacher

The program implements an interdisciplinary approach to teaching economic and applied disciplines. Instruction is provided by professors from different departments. Special emphasis is placed on studying analytical tools, which will form competitive competencies in demand in the labor market. To develop and enhance students' research and professional skills, the master's program widely employs both classical and interactive teaching formats combined with independent work. The educational technologies used are based on the following learning principles - individuality, accessibility, continuity, effectiveness; and the following forms and methods of instruction - group work method, CASE technologies, problem situation analysis, group discussions, and business games. Methods of monitoring and managing the educational process used in the program include testing, written assignments, essays, and oral examinations.
What you will learn in the program^
1) Economical Analytics
you will learn to master the classical theoretical framework for a deep understanding of market mechanisms and economic processes
2) Data-Driven decision-making
using modern big data tools and mathematical methods for sound modeling of situations
3) Forecasting and risk calculation
is the ability to mathematically model the consequences of management decisions and minimize likely economic losses
4) Search for breakthrough ideas
development of the ability to find non-standard solutions at the intersection of economics, technology and effective management
5) Scientific research competence
professional preparation for an academic career, scientific activity and work with expert analysis.