It was established in 1930 as Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics (Ленинградский финансово-экономический институт; hence the colloquial name Финэк (Finec)).
[8] At present the university enrolls about 13,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students, who are given instruction at 11 faculties and 40 departments.
Saint Petersburg State Economic University (Dubai branch) is located in Armada Tower at Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT), Cluster P. The Students’ Council of St Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance is the supreme body of the students’ self-government system, which is independent work of students inside scientific and pastime spheres.
The university holds Students’ Scientific Research Conference every year discussing the problems of modern time.
Chronology The 1992 Open Contest Award for the Best Student Research Paper in Natural Sciences, Technology and Humanities among higher institutions of the RF The 1993 Open Contest Award for the Best Student Research Paper in Natural Sciences, Technology and Humanities among higher institutions of the RF Every year the Scientific Research Paper Contest is held at University.
The Students’ Club of St Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance is more than 30 years old.
The club comprising students and alumni aims at developing intellectual games movement at university.
[14] Now she is the chair of the Board of Guardians ‘Spiritual and Moral Culture of Rising Generation of Russia’.
[17] Alfred Koch is a Russian politician and former head of the Federal Agency for State Property Management.
He was one of authors of the current legislation on privatization and participated in the development of government programs of privatisation and housing and municipal reform.
On 9 April 2008 he was appointed as the Prime Minister of Armenia by President Serzh Sargsyan upon the latter's inauguration.
Shamil' Valitov [ru] was the head of Kazan State Finance and Economics Institute.
Since 1984 after his postgraduate study in LFEI he has been working in Kazan Finance and Economics Institute from junior researcher to professor.
[25] Boris Pryankov [ru] (born on 5 February 1940 — died on 31 December 2006), an alumnus of Voznesensky Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute, was the Doctor of Economics, the professor, the Honorary Worker of Higher Vocational Training of the Russian Federation.
He worked at the Department of Enterprise Economy and Industrial Management for more than 35 years as a teacher and professor.
[citation needed] Inna Drouz [ru] (born on 24 June 1979) is a player of the Russian TV Show What?
[citation needed] Timur Batrutdinov [ru] is a Russian comedian and television anchorman, a resident of the ‘Comedy club’.
Timur Batrutdinov was born on February 11, 1978, in the Tatar family in the village of Voronovo near Moscow.
Despite his love to literature and KVN, Timur Batrutdinov became a student of the Department of Human Resources Management at St Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance.