Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

The Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (Российский экономический университет имени Г. В. Плеханова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1907 by entrepreneur Alexei Vishnyakov as the first finance-specialized college in the Russian Empire.

In addition to accreditation by the Ministry of Education, the university had accreditation from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, European Council for Business Education and the Association of MBAs. PRUE is also a member of the European University Association (suspended in 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ), and the European Foundation for Management Development.

PRUE changed its name more than once: Moscow Commercial Institute (1907–1919); Karl Marx Moscow Institute of the National Economy (1919–1924); Plekhanov Moscow Institute of the National Economy (1924–1991); Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics (1992–2010); Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (2010 to present). Plekhanov University acquired the Russian State University of Trade and Economics and the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics.

History
The Moscow Commercial Institute was founded in 1907 on private donations of merchants, bankers and manufacturers, gathered at the initiative of Moscow merchant Alexei Vishnyakov. It was essentially the first institute in Russia which prepared qualified businessmen for rapidly developing branches of industry. Prior to the revolution of 1917, about 2,000 specialists were graduated from the institute. In 1924, it was renamed after Marxist thinker Georgi Plekhanov. In the 1960s, the institute was merged with the Moscow Governmental Economic Institute. After 1991, the institute obtained its current name. Recent years were marked with rising international cooperation, such as the foundation of the Africa Business House. Presently, the university deals with more than 80 partners in 52 countries. Among its graduates, there are many prominent politicians and businessmen, such as Soviet statesman Mikhail Suslov, liberal democrat Grigory Yavlinsky, and faculty member Ruslan Khasbulatov, former Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR and later Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation (1991–1993).

Faculties
The university offers 4-year undergraduate (bachelor), 2-year graduate (master) and postgraduate (PhD.) courses in some academic fields as well as many non-degree courses. Some courses are available in English, but the majority of them are taught in Russian. A course may be completed at one of the university's schools:


 * Institute of Management and Socio-Economic Projecting
 * Faculty "Business School of Marketing and Entrepreneurship"
 * Faculty "International Business School and Global Economics"
 * Faculty "Integral Plekhanov Business School"
 * Faculty of Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism, and Sports Industry
 * Faculty of Distance Learning
 * Faculty of Additional Professional Education
 * Faculty of Marketing
 * Faculty of Digital Economics and Information Technologies
 * Faculty of Management
 * Faculty of Economics and Law
 * Faculty of Trade Economics
 * Faculty of Online Education
 * Faculty of Finance

Academics and research
According to a ranking of Russian universities, based on the average score of the Unified State Exam, Plekhanov University is among the top 30 institutions overall, and among the top 10 specializing in social sciences.

Plekhanov University collaborated with universities from all over the world. Currently, Plekhanov University is working on attaining EQUIS accreditation.

Media
PRUE has its own bilingual TV channel, Plekhanov TV, as well as Plekhanovets newspaper and Plekhanov Studio magazine. Some faculties release their own newspapers, e.g. FinFAQ magazine by Faculty of Finance.

Campus
The university occupies eight buildings on one campus in the south of Moscow.

Notable alumni
University alumni are employed in different spheres of Russian and world economy and politics. Its notable graduates include:
 * Tatyana Golikova, head of the Account Chamber of Russia, former Minister of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation
 * Grigory Yavlinsky, Russian economist and politician, founder of the political party Yabloko
 * Mikhail Zadornov, president and chairman of VTB24 Bank, chairman of VTB Insurance, former Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation
 * Valery Zubov, Senior MP in the State Duma
 * Oleg Deripaska, billionaire, president of United Company RUSAL, founder of the Volnoe Delo Foundation
 * Andrey Melnichenko, billionaire, chairman of Siberian Coal Energy Company, non-executive director of EuroChem
 * Olga Dergunova, deputy chairman of VTB Bank, former head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management, former president of Microsoft in Russia and the CIS.
 * Kseniya Alexandrova, Miss Universe Russia 2017
 * Khabib Nurmagomedov, current student; retired from MMA in 2020 as UFC lightweight champion
 * Abul Barkat, economist, former Chairman of state-owned Janata Bank and former Chairperson of Department of Economics, University of Dhaka
 * Arkadiy Novikov, the first Russian known entrepreneur restaurateur
 * Sergey Vilensky, Russian entrepreneur, head of the transport holding Resurs Group