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The Faculty of World Economics and International Affairs was created in 2006, in the prosess of enlargement of the Faculty of World Economics, which was originally founded in 2002.

Structure
One of the key features of the Faculty is matrix approach in the course of studies, which includes economic and political specialisation on different countries and regions, as well as a so-called problem specialisation. Apart from that, the Faculty is famous for its outstanding foreign languages department, which is on par with the leading linguistic universtities of Russia.

The Faculty includes nine departments:


 * International Economic Organizations and European Integration
 * International Economic Affairs
 * World Economics
 * International Affairs
 * Trade Policy
 * International Business
 * Energy and Commodities’ Markets
 * International Monetary and Credit Relations
 * Foreign Languages Department

Areas of Studies
The Faculty focuses on diverse range of theoretical and practical courses. The studies is divided into several different programs:
 * Undergraduate Programme
 * Masters Programme
 * Specialist or Diploma Programme (the most comprehensive one from all of them)

Undergraduate Programme can be divided into the following areas of focus:
 * General Economic Theory with the Emphasis on World Economics
 * International Affairs

Master’s programmes:

Specializations within the World Economics Programme:


 * Foreign Economic Relations’ Regulation
 * International Business
 * International Monetary and Credit Relations
 * Energy Resources and Energy Policies

Specializations within the International Affairs and European Studies:
 * International Affairs
 * European Studies

Special Features
Students have a wide range of languages to choose from: German, French, Spanish, Portugese, Italian, Chinese, Japaniese, Arabic. All languages’ classes are divided in several aspects: General, Business and Mass Media, in some cases even Translation techiques. Faculty of World Economics and International Affairs is very special in its attitude to English. First of all, English is among the list of the obligatory written entrance exams and at the end of the studies students level of language can be idetified as Advanced. Secondly, all Facultiy's students learn English, regardless of the foreign language they learnt at school. Unlike other Facutlies of the HSE where students have English classes only for two years, Faculty of World Economics and International Affairs provides its' students with an opportunity to learn languages for four years with the amount of classes accounting for 914 hours, which is equvalent to the level of the Moscow State Linguistic Univesity. A new objective for the English department is to train students for international exams in English. All students will take one international exam after finishing English studies. The schools of HSE have two Exams: IELTS and BEC which are considered to be important for academic and professional progress.