Russian Regional Studies

The curriculum of the programme includes following types of courses:

• Russia and its regions - courses on the history and current state of Russian regions, their natural and geographical conditions, economics, demography, ethnology, socio-political and cultural development, modern strategies for managing a region, shaping its image and brand, the theory of modern regional studies in general;
• Russia and its regions in the field of international relations - courses on the history of Russian foreign policy, its current position on the international stage, the participation of regions in the formation of foreign policy connections, the history and theory of diplomacy and international relations.
• Foreign languages.
• Modern technologies for working with information - the basics of document management and archival science, the use of modern information technologies in the process of collecting, processing, storing and visualizing information, technologies for promoting a region's brand in the Internet space and the media, etc.

Such a wide range of studied disciplines makes the graduates demanded among employers as perspective employees have deep knowledge in the development of Russian regions, its international relations, they are able to convey the necessary information to foreign partners. In turn, foreign companies are also interested in specialists who can help them in building a competent promotion strategy on the Russian market.