Program Overview

Energy Business Program

The Energy Business program is offered by the UrFU Graduate School of Economics and Management.

Program Overview

The program aims to train highly qualified managers, economists, and business analysts to work in global and national energy markets and implement groundbreaking investment projects based on the latest energy technologies.

Program Details

• Duration of study: 2 years
• Direction: Management
• Code: 38.04.02/33.01
• Language of instruction: English
• Entry requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Management, Economics, Engineering, Humanities
  • Certificate of English proficiency (B2 level or higher)
  • Final admission is based on passing the entrance test

Program Goal

The program focuses on training professionals to work in the energy sector, with an emphasis on solving real problems in global and national energy markets.

Program Highlights

• Focused on solving real problems in the energy sector in various regions, including Asia, Africa, Middle East, Latin America, and CIS
• Intensive project and case-based training
• Innovative tours to advanced energy facilities
• Speakers include top managers of the energy business and internationally renowned scientists
• Access to the department's digital knowledge base of more than 700 electronic resources in program disciplines for effective self-study and project activities

Benefits of the Program

• The training focuses on current issues of the global energy transition, the transformation of energy markets, and the development of strategies and business models for energy companies under conditions of uncertainty
• The program is interdisciplinary, combining management, economics, and finance of the energy industry with engineering and technology
• Graduates of the program are sought after by energy companies, government agencies, and industry

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the program can manage divisions and departments of energy companies, capital construction projects, digitalization, develop investment programs, work as business analysts and risk managers, and create regional energy development programs in government agencies.

Industrial Partners

• PJSC T Plus, the largest private energy company in Russia
• PAO Rosseti, the world's largest electric grid company

Tuition Fees

• For non-CIS citizens: 314,000 Russian rubles per year (with discounts for applicants who earn 70 or more points at the entrance test)
• For CIS citizens: 291,000 Russian rubles per year (with discounts for applicants who earn 70 or more points at the entrance test)

Head of the Program

Mikhail Kozhevnikov, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Department of Systems for Energy Industry and Industrial Enterprise Management.