Department of International Economic Relations

The Department of International Economic Relations was established on November 22, 1995.

The Department of International Economic Relations was singled out from the Department of Economic Theory of the Faculty of Economy and Philosophy, comprising Doctor of Science (Economics), Professor L. M. Petrovskaya, Candidates of Science (Economics), Associate Professors A. V. Danilchanka, A. A. Nechay, and E. E. Vasilieva.

Currently the Department is headed by Natalia V. Yurova, Candidate of Science (Economics), Associate Professor. Previously the Department was headed by L. M. Petrovskaya, Doctor of Science (Economics), Professor (1995—2001); V. M. Rudenkov, Doctor of Science, Professor (2001—2005) and Aliaxey V. Danilchanka, Doctor of Science (Economics), Professor (2005—2017).

The department provides training at all levels of higher education.

General higher education (bachelor's degree) in the following specialties:

1-25 01 03 World Economy - specializations: 1-25 01 03 01 "Foreign Economic Activity Management",

1-25 01 03 02 "Foreign Trade and Commercial Activity";

6-05-0311-03 World Economy - profiles: International Business, International Economic Cooperation, Economy of Modern China.

Advanced higher education (Master's degree) in the specialty 7-06-0311-02 Global Economy with the awarding of the academic degree "Master" to graduates.

Postgraduate and doctoral studies in the specialty 08.00.14 - Global Economy.

More than 20 monographs, 300 scientific articles, theses, reports have been published at the Department. The results of the scientific research were used in more than 25 manuals, practical workbooks and other educational materials.

The Department of International Economic Relations takes part in scientific and publishing activities of the Faculty of International Relations. Thus, since 2003 the Department has been publishing an annual collection of academic papers "Belarus and World Economic Processes"; has been organizing a workshop on the world's economic issues at the annual scientific conference "Belarus in Modern World".

Since 2016 the Department has organized and annually holds the Open World Economy Olympiad of BSU. In the first Olympiad (2016), 302 students from 20 institutions of higher education participated, including 11 regional ones.

In 2016 the Competition of scientific projects of students and undergraduates "Erudite" was successfully held on the theme "World Economy: Current Trends of Development". 37 works from different Universities of the country got for the competition.

The Department of International Economic Relations pays great attention to students’ science. The Department organized students’ R&D laboratory “International Economist”. In 2015 this laboratory took the first place in the Belarus State University competition.

The lecturers of the International Economic Relations Department take an active part in the activities of the Inter-university International Regional Economy and Integration Processes Research Laboratory (IIREIPRL) together with Dalian University of Technology (China) and Pacific National University (Russia).

Address: 20 - room 513, Leningradskaya str., Minsk, 220030, Belarus
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