In accordance with the adoption of the "Regulations on the Federal Civil Service", the Academy began training civil servants involved in issues of foreign economic activity management and the development of international economic and scientific-technical cooperation at the federal and regional levels.

In 1996, the academy began training in the speciality Global Economy on the basis of complete secondary education in full-time and evening forms of study.

In 1996, the faculty of professional retraining and advanced training of specialists with higher education for work in the field of foreign economic activity was created.

The International Law Faculty] (ILF) was formed, training of students on the basis of higher education (evening department) began.

In 1999, training on the basis of complete secondary education (daytime department) began at the ILF.

In 2000, the Academy began to implement professional retraining under the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program.

The Academy assists students in finding a place to practice as part of the educational process, as well as in subsequent employment.

Graduates of RFTA, having received a high-quality education in the field of foreign economic activity, work in federal executive bodies, federal services, state corporations, trade representative offices, as well as large private Russian and foreign companies and hold senior positions in them.

Thanks to extensive international contacts, students have the opportunity to study under two-degree programs or to complete internships at universities in China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, Turkey and other countries.

10-storey educational building (6A Vorobiovskoe Shosse) with spacious lecture and seminar rooms, fully equipped language laboratories.