INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE KAZAN VOLGA REGION

INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE KAZAN (VOLGA REGION) FEDERAL UNIVERSITY Speaker: Valitov Shamil' Makhmutovich Doctor of Economics, Professor Director of the Institute of Economics and Finance (Kazan Federal University) 1

INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE KAZAN (VOLGA REGION) FEDERAL UNIVERSITY Institute of Economics and Finance is one of the state leading economic higher educational institutions in the Russian Federation. Along with the training of world standard specialists it is also a centre of economic study. 2

INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE KAZAN (VOLGA REGION) FEDERAL UNIVERSITY Institute of Economics and Finance was established in 1931 on the basis of the Faculty of Economics of Kazan State University. In 2011 Kazan State Institute of Economics and Finance merged with Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. 3

INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE KAZAN (VOLGA REGION) FEDERAL UNIVERSITY Within 80 years of its history Institute of Economics and Finance trained over 50, 000 highly qualified specialists, who explicitly proved their professional competence in many spheres of economic work. 4

INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE KAZAN (VOLGA REGION) FEDERAL UNIVERSITY Currently, the Institute is training more than 4, 400 students. 50 of them are from foreign countries: the Republic of Tajikistan , the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Syrian Arab Republic. 5

INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE KAZAN (VOLGA REGION) FEDERAL UNIVERSITY The academic staff numbers over 260 highly qualified specialists working in general subject and specialist training departments of the Institute 6

STAFF POTENTIAL • The share of faculty members with academic degrees and / or academic titles - 67. 2%, and the share of doctors and / or professors - 10. 3%. • The total staffing level in 2012 - 100%. • The staffing level on a permanent basis - 93%. • The average of teaching staff – 41 • The participation in UNCTAD (Geneva, Switzerland) • The trainings in International Academy of Management and Technology ( Dusseldorf, Germany ) 7

HONORARY TITLES • • Honored Economist of the Russian Federation – 2 Honored Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation – 22 Honored Scientist of TASSR – 2 Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation– 4 Honored Economist of the RT– 12 Honored Art Worker of the RT – 1 Honored Teacher of the RT– 1 Honored Higher Education Employee of the RT – 2 8

STRUCTURE OF INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE Scientific Council Directorate Division of General Economics Division of Economics of Enterprise Division of Finance and Credit Department of economic theory Department of management accounting and controlling Department of finance Department of financial accounting Department of money and securities Department of education Department of production economics Department of taxes and law Department of social work Department of the economic analysis and audit Department of crisis management and valuation activities Training and instruction centre for occupational retraining and advanced training Department of banking Center of double diploma system education in the field of “Financial Services” Department of statistics, econometrics and natural sciences Department of foreign languages in the sphere of economics, business and finance Department of mathematics and economic informatics Centre of distance learning and retraining of personnel with higher education (second degree) Department of corporate finance Department of research Center of communicative professional training in the sphere of economics, business and finances 9

BASIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS • Labour economics • Banking • State and municipal finances • Securities markets and stock exchanges • Property valuation • Accounting, economic analysis and audit • Corporate finance • Crisis management • Taxes and taxation • Economics of enterprises and organizations 10

MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS • • • • "Finance and Financial Institutions“ "Corporate Finance“ "Banks and Banking“ "Finance of public legal entities“ "Stock Market“ "Accounting and Audit“ "Management Accounting and Controlling“ “Corporate Economics “ "Audit and Financial Management» (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ) "Applied statistical and econometric analysis“ "Project Management“ "Business Intelligence“ "International Financial Reporting Standards“ “Audit of government and commercial organizations“ "Property Valuation“ "Taxation of economic activities" 11

PROGRAM IN AUDIT AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Program in Audit and Financial Management is a Master’s Degree Program based on -latest state-regulated educational standards and - similar to international educational requirements that can help students to gain professional qualification. To meet these requirements the Program in Audit and Financial Management is designed similar to ACCA Program (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - ACCA). The Program is supported by such leading world-renowned companies as Pricewaterhouse. Coopers, Ernst&Young and KPMG. Some courses as Audit and Assurance, Financial Management, Financial Reporting are taught in English 12

STUDENT BUSINESS INCUBATOR KFU Student Business Incubator KFU - voluntary public organization representing the interests of undergraduate and post-graduate students of KFU. Student Business Incubator is a major center for development of entrepreneurial ideas, formation of business skills and social engagement of students of the university. Objectives of Student Business Incubator KFU -Promotion of undergraduate and graduate students in realization of business ideas and increase their professional knowledge and experience in the field of entrepreneurship; - Creation of high-tech products and their promotion on the market; - Formation of the mechanism to generate a new wave of innovators and entrepreneurs; - Development of KFU scientific schools; -Strengthening the links between Russian and foreign venture capital funds and other entities of the innovation infrastructure; - Improving the quality of academic staff training on the basis of modern learning technologies and enhancing the practical orientation of the educational process. 13

INTEGRATION WITH REAL SECTOR OF ECONOMY Institute of Economics and Finance is developing cooperation with: - Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan, - Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tatarstan, - Office of the Federal Treasury of the Republic of Tatarstan, - Office of the Federal Tax Service of the Republic of Tatarstan, - Office of the Pension Fund of Russia in the Republic of Tatarstan, - OJSC “TATNEFT” - OJSC "Ak Bars" - OJSC "Sberbank" - Pricewaterhouse. Coopers 14

INTEGRATION WITH REAL SECTOR OF ECONOMY RESULTS Pricewaterhouse. Coopers 1) 2) 3) 4) Practical training and internships. In 2012, 6 people were trained in the department of "Audit of the industrial sector" and 16 people in the department of "Shared services center“ Employment of graduates. More than 50 graduates of the institute work in the company. Annual need for graduates of the Institute - 18 -20 people. Participation in the educational process. Experts of «Pricewaterhouse. Coopers» lecture on topical issues of accounting and auditing, conduct master classes. In 2012 «Pricewaterhouse. Coopers» announced a competition for a scholarship. 15

FIELDS OF RESEARCH Modernization of industrial enterprises and complexes on the basis of energy saving in order to increase its competitiveness. Research supervisor: Valitov Shamil Makhmutovich, Doctor of Economics, Professor Managerial and financial accounting at the entity. Research supervisors: Ivashkevich Vitaly Borisovich, Doctor of economics, Professor Kulikova Lilia Ivanovna, Doctor of Economics, Professor Sustainable economic-ecological development of entities. Research supervisor: Gubaydullina Tatyana Nikolaevna, Doctor of Economics, Professor Development of financial institutions and financial markets. Research supervisor: Sabitova Nadiya Mikhaylovna, Doctor of Economics, Professor 16

INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE KAZAN (VOLGA REGION) FEDERAL UNIVERSITY The students of the Institute take the first places in many competitions and conferences: Internet Mathematical Olympiad (Ariel, Israel) All-Russian Student Olympiad in accounting, economic analysis and audit The XX International student, postgraduate and young scientist conference «Lomonosov» 17

COOPERATION Institute of Economics and Finance is constantly keeping in contact with the leading universities of Russia, as well as with universities in the U. S. , Germany, France, Poland. — Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation — Plekhanov Russian University of Economics — Saint Petersburg State Economic University — State University of New York, Canton (USA) — Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars (USA) — Paris DAUPHINE University (France) — State Economic. University of Wrocław (Poland) 18

STUDENT LIFE Student Council Student Club Debate club Representative of KFU Students' Union Student-labor groups Social Committee Scientific Society of undergraduate and graduate students

STUDENT LIFE • 100 % students are provided with accommodation in the Universiade Village • Social assistance • Opportunity to participate in grants and scholarships (BP Scholarship, grants of the President of the Russian Federation, grants of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Oxford etc. ) • Opportunity to participate in KFU contests • Opportunity to participate in projects of the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan • Opportunity to participate in activities of the "League of students" 20

FAMOUS ALUMNI Raisa Mullakaeva Vice-Rector for Finance Ilshat Gafurov Rector KFU Marat Safiullin Vice-Rector for Economic and Strategic Development 21

FAMOUS ALUMNI Midkhat Shagiakhmetov Airat Shafigullin Marat Safiullin Minister of Economy of RT Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Protection of RT Head of the Office of the Federal Tax Service in RT 22

FAMOUS ALUMNI Iskandar Garifullin Shamil Gafarov Robert R. Musin Chief Accountant, Head of Bookkeeping and Accounting Department of OAO TATNEFT Deputy Prime Minister of RT Chairman of Board of Directors of Ak Bars Bank 23

MAIN GOAL To become a leader in the field of economic education in Russia (real consolidation in the segment of educational services of "Premium“ class, formation of scientific schools recognized by international academic and business communities) 24

STRSTEGIC GOALS • To achieve advanced world-class quality in basic educational programs • To form a high-profile research center in economy and business education • To guarantee the Institute the leading place in Russia in terms of quality of training and the number of students in the field of continuous economic education “Learning throughout life” 25

Thank you for your attention! Contacts Valitov Shamil' Makhmutovich Doctor of Economics, Professor SMValitov@kpfu. ru (843)2911310 26