St Petersburg State University, Graduate School of Management St Petersburg, Russia

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URL: http://www.gsom.pu.ru
Address: St Petersburg State University, Graduate School of Management
Volkhovskiy pereulok, 3
199004 St Petersburg
Country: Russia
St Petersburg State University, Graduate School of Management

Studying at the St Petersburg State University, Graduate School of Management

The Graduate School of Management (GSOM) is a unit of St. Petersburg University (SPbU) with the status of a Faculty. SPbU is the oldest (est.1724) and one of the most internationally reputed Russian universities; it is a public institution currently structured in 24 Faculties that represent educational and research programmes in various academic fields.

Year of founding and most significant historical events up to date:

  • 1993 - Created in alliance with Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley; Advisory Board (chairman: John Pepper, CEO, P&G) formed and Bachelor of Management Programme (33 students) launched;
  • 1995 - Public Administration Programme with Stockholm University and Executive Education started;
  • 1999 - Joined RABE; Master in International Business started through consortia with 4 top Nordic schools supported by Tempus-Tacis (first in Russia Master Programme delivered in English and ECTS-based);
  • 2000 - Master of Business Administration (MBA) Programme started;
  • 2002 - Inauguration of the new building complex in downtown St. Petersburg, the renovation fully funded through global fundraising campaign (pioneering case for Russian Universities);
  • 2003 - Launch of the “Russian Management Journal” (now # 1 Russian-language research quarterly);
  • 2004-2005 - Joined AACSB; International Executive MBA programme (in English) launched w/ HEC-Paris, NHH-Bergen, CBS and Louvain; partnership w/ Fuqua Business School at Duke University;
  • 2006 - Joined EFMD, CEMS and EABIS; the School was selected by the Russian Government as the platform for a world-class business school to be developed within the National Priority Project in Education; groundbreaking ceremony for the new GSOM campus was done by President Vladimir Putin;
  • 2007 - New Advisory Board was formed, chaired by Vice Prime-Minister Sergey Ivanov;
  • 2008 - 3-years EPAS accreditation for Bachelor of Management and 5-years AMBA accreditation for EMBA, full membership in CEMS and PIM obtained; Double Degree (DD) EMBA w/ HEC-Paris launched;
  • 2009-2010 - CEMS MIM Programme started; DD Master Programmes w/ HEC-Paris and WU-Vienna; PwC Centre for CSR and Deutsche Bahn & Russian Railways Centre for International Logistics launched;
  • 2011 - 5-years EPAS accreditation received for Bachelor of Management (first 5-year EPAS in Russia).

The Location

GSOM has currently two fully renovated buildings in the historical center of St. Petersburg at:

  • 16, Dekabristov pereulok (since 1993),
  • 1–3, Volkhovsky pereulok (since 2002).

The total area of these buildings makes up 11 200 sq. m. Both are with lecture halls and other auditoriums, office spaces, IT-infrastructure (incl. computer labs), library facilities, 6 foreign language labs.

Two university dormitories are available for international students and students from Russian regions, the dormitories are located in the city centre and in the University campus in Peterhof (app. 20km from the city centre). All students have access to Internet in each room of both dormitories.

Financial aid

Each year the Charitable Foundation for GSOM Development for the purpose of development of GSOM SPbU and extending the opportunities for talented youth of getting Master in Management education of international standard which aims at preparing highly skilled managers finances part of the tuition-based places providing full-tuition academic scholarships.

Only the Russian Federation citizens getting the highest scores according to the results of the Admissions Tests to the St.Petersburg University GSOM's Master in Management Programs are eligible for obtaining the scholarships.

Rankings

In September 2011 GSOM was ranked # 1 among Russian business schools in the ranking of IZVESTIA newspaper (one of the key national daily newspapers).

Accreditation

As part of SPbU, GSOM is licensed to carry out all its educational programmes and is accredited to award degrees by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Since Fall 2009, according to the Federal Law, SPbU together with Moscow State University have received “special status” which allows for issuing its own degrees.

In April 2008 St. Petersburg University GSOM had been the first institution in Russia to obtain a 3-year EPAS accreditation for the Bachelor in Management programme; in 2011 this programme passed reaccreditation and currently is the only Bachelor in Management programme in Russia to hold a 5-year EPAS accreditation.

At the Master programmes level GSOM is the only member from Russia in CEMS (since 2006) and CEMS MIM programme has been launched at GSOM in 2009. GSOM has successfully passed a CEMS peer review in 2011 to continue delivery of the CEMS MIM Programme.

In 2008 the GSOM SPbU Executive MBA Programme obtained AMBA accreditation. For the first time MBA programme from a Russian school has been granted this accreditation unconditionally for the maximum period of 5 years in the initial attempt of a school to obtain this recognition from AMBA.

GSOM is the only Russian school accepted to the following key global alliances of top business schools:

  • CEMS (since 2006 as an Associate Academic Member, since 2008 – Full Academic Member)
  • PIM (since 2007 - Candidate to Membership status, since 2008 - Full Membership)
  • EABiS (since 2006)
  • GRLI (since 2007)
  • GMAC (since 2009)
  • GBSN (since 2010)
  • AACSB (since 2004)
  • EFMD (since 2006)

Prof. Valery S. Katkalo, Vice-Rector, SPbU and Dean, GSOM, is the only member from Russia in the EFMD Board of Trustees and EPAS Accreditation Board; he also represents GSOM in CEMS Strategic Board, while Associate Professor Tatiana A. Garanina – in CEMS Executive Board.

Prof. Katkalo also serves on the Boards of Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and WU-Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Why to study here

Today SPbU is the leading institution of higher education in Russia and is world-famous for its excellence in research and teaching. Its reputation in the XIX and XX centuries has been enforced by its 8 Nobel Prize winners and many other outstanding scholars and inventors.

Many top political figures (incl. President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin), federal ministers and business leaders of contemporary Russia are alumni of St. Petersburg University.

Since the Russian market for degree programmes in management is populated with hundreds of institutions of various nature and caliber, it is highly segmented (brand positioning of schools, price levels, etc.). In each market segment where it is represented, GSOM holds leading positions.

For pre-experience Master programmes, GSOM has the only ECTS-based and fully delivered in English offer. GSOM’s leadership in the national business education industry is reinforced by its unique (for Russia) business model of university-based business school with a full range of degree and non-degree programmes (Bachelor, Master, Doctoral, EMBA, and Executive Education).

Additionally, GSOM differentiates its programmes through:

  • high-caliber full-time and research-oriented faculty body with solid (fundamental and applied) research output contributing to top quality of GSOM’s programmes, incl. concentrations such as International Management, Marketing, etc. (Bachelor); International Business, etc. (Master); International Logistics (Executive Education);
  • unique global network of top academic partners, hence, a distinctive international learning experience for students, including several double-degree options;
  • unique network of corporate partners from among top Russian and multinational companies that ensures right balance of academic excellence and strong connections to management practice.

Overall, after 18 years of dynamic growth GSOM gained very high reputation and recognition in Russia:

  • in September 2011 it was ranked # 1 among Russian business schools in the ranking of IZVESTIA newspaper (one of the key national daily newspapers);
  • in 2006 the Russian Federal Government selected (in the framework of the National Priority Project in Education) the School to be the platform for one of the two Russian world-class business schools (the other one is Skolkovo Moscow School of Management);
  • the GSOM Advisory Board is uniquely strong among Russian business schools (and also by international standards) with CEOs of 18 leading Russian and global companies among its members;
  • in 2009 GSOM led the consortia of 10 top Russian universities in designing the FSE-III in Management for Bachelor and Master levels (adopted in 2010 as national standards by the Ministry of Education and Science);
  • since 2010 St. Petersburg University is the only elite Russian university to have Management as one of its key strategic development priorities (as specified by the Russian Government).

Currently, GSOM has bilateral cooperation agreements with 44 universities and business schools recognized as the world’s leading institutions in management education and research.

The student exchange programme is the key activity in most of these agreements (in 2010/2011 there were more than 300 incoming and outgoing exchange students at GSOM).

In addition to this, GSOM has a substantial number of academic partners with whom the School carries out joint research projects, such as GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) with Babson College, runs faculty development programmes (i.e., HEC Paris, Haas School of Business), or jointly designs and delivers educational programmes (HEC-Paris; WU-Vienna; Aalto University School of Economics; Fuqua School of Business, Duke University; EBS Business School; Lappeenranta University of Technology).

Representatives from the corporate world (CEOs of 18 top Russian and multinational companies) on the GSOM Advisory Board provide strategic guidance, financial support and feedback on GSOM educational programmes.

The Board and its Committees meet regularly to ensure the proper development of GSOM. Two major Russian companies - AFK Sistema, and Sberbank - were invited by GSOM to and became Russian corporate members of the CEMS global alliance.

The GSOM Career Centre has links with more than 160 Russian and international companies and organizes:

  • Career days (twice a year, in Fall and Spring semesters) and company presentations;
  • Company days (i.e., Sberbank, Rosneft, and PricewaterhouseCoopers);
  • In-company projects (including compulsory consulting projects for Master and EMBA students);
  • Business plan contests (Godwin Wong Annual Business Plan Competition, etc.);
  • Summer internship programmes (compulsory for Bachelor and Master students);
  • Guest lectures (more than 40 business leaders presented in 2010/2011);
  • Guest lecture series and jointly designed and delivered courses (with Citi, PricewaterhouseCoopers, etc);
  • Business games (L’Oreal, KPMG, Microsoft, Unilever, etc).

In addition, representatives from corporate partners regularly participate in admissions to Master programmes, and offer scholarships for most talented applicants and students from Russian regions.