Bachelor program (080500 "Management")

Program objective:

To train new generations of highly qualified managers for Russian and multinational companies on the basis of university business education.

Key features

Duration of the program — 4 years
Program format — Full-time
Language of Instruction — Russian (with a number of electives taught in English)
Location — GSOM building on Vasilievsky Island (Per. Dekabristov, 16)

Benefits

  • Academic excellence: a word-class university education.
  • Faculty excellence: the faculty is composed of distinguished professors and instructors. Most of the GSOM faculty have received training at top U.S. and European Universities and business schools.
  • The entire curriculum is built upon close cooperation between GSOM and business community, making the whole program closely related to the relevant problems of contemporary business and exposing the students as early as possible to the real-life problems of Russian and international companies.
  • Opportunity to study abroad at one of the GSOM partner universities.
  • Summer internships at leading Russian and international companies.
  • Participation in research projects and professional competitions.
  • State-of-the-art teaching facilities.
The program graduates receive SpbSU degree of higher education (Bachelor of Management degree).
The program graduates can work as managers and executives in various divisions of commercial and state organizations; otherwise they can continue their education at Master’s Program.
The program offers admission and education in the following concentrations:

Concentration “Finance Management”

The objective to train bachelors majoring in Finance Management is to equip students with a system of knowledge and skills necessary to make efficient decisions in the field of general management, company finance management, banking and insurance business.
Graduates of the concentration can work as:
  • managers and specialists at financial departments
  • analysts at banks, insurance companies and auditing firms
  • specialists in securities portfolio management, assessment of investment projects

Concentration “International Management”

Specialists in the field of international management are in great demand in the market since the conditions of modern globalization process require specialists well understanding international environment. The students studying international management have opportunity not only to acquire vast knowledge in the field of international business, but also skills to solve specific problems of Russian and foreign companies. Besides, learning two foreign languages (one being English) is compulsory for the students majoring in international management.
Graduates of the concentration can work as:
  • specialists and managers dealing with international operations.

Concentration “Marketing”

The need to prepare specialists in marketing is stipulated by the fact that the stiff competition make companies have resort to marketing as a system of creating their strategies in the market. On the basis of the knowledge obtained at GSM, the graduates majoring in marketing can successfully implement the key principle of marketing: to produce what is sold and not to sell what is produced. Graduates of the concentration can work as:
  • managers and specialists at marketing departments
  • brand managers
  • managers of sales departments