History of Samara State University of Economics - sseu.ru

Samara State University of Economics is the largest one in the Volga region. Its main target is complex training of competitive specialists able to facilitate the process of Russia joining the world community.

Institute of Economic Planning was founded in Samara in September 1931. In the process of country’s industrialization and agriculture collectivization it was necessary to train economists in the sphere of industrial and agricultural planning and national economy as a whole.

 

1935    First graduates of Kuybyshev Institute of Economic Planning.

 

1950s Transformation of Institute into a multi-profile HEI with great variety of faculties.

 

1962    Post-graduate courses are established.

 

1968    Dissertation board is established.

 

1977    Centre of Information Technology is established.

 

1991    HEI is renamed into Samara Institute of Economics.

 

1993    Business lawyers, managers, marketers training is started. Doctorate course is established.

 

1994    Bachelors training is started. Doctor dissertation Board is established. HEI acquires a new status. Institute is renamed into Samara State Academy of Economics.

 

1996    Subsidiary in Togliatti is established.

 

1998    Academy gets access to World Wide Web (Internet).

 

1999    Masters training is started. Foreign Languages Learning Centre is founded.

 

2000    Subsidiary in Syzran is established.

 

2001    Subsidiary in Shentala is established. International Centre is founded.

 

2002    Volga Region Centre for Retraining military personnel is established within Russian-British program. Representative office in Bezenchuk is established.

 

2005    Samara State Academy of Economics is renamed Samara State University of Economics.