Anatoly Sobchak International Banking Institute, MBI

• Location: St. Petersburg, Russia,
• Age of students: from 17 years,
• Type: mixed,
• Language of instruction: Russian.

MBI is the first specialized educational institution that educates students for further work in commercial banks and stock exchanges.

The learning process includes a course of lectures and seminars, practical and laboratory classes, educational and pre-diploma practice.

The educational process is organized in the following departments:

• Humanities and social sciences,
• Applied Informatics and Modeling of Economic Processes,
• Banking business and innovative financial technologies,
• World Economy and Management,
• Economics and Finance of Enterprises and Industries,
• Securities and investments,
• Crisis management and financial recovery.

The university conducts research activities in the following areas:

• Identifying the impact of the energy transition on economic growth and reducing environmental deficits in Russian regions: scientific and practical analysis and modeling,
• Indicators for assessing the socio-ecological and economic development of Russian regions in the context of the concept of sustainable development and green economy,
• Development of methodological foundations for the creation of an analytical banking platform using Big Data as a tool for regulating the banking sector of the Russian economy,
• Analysis of the potential and opportunities of the concept of "blue economy" in the Arctic",
• Mechanisms of operation, maintenance, modification and uninterrupted operation of the "Learning Portal" software based on LMS Moodle,
• Creation and maintenance of the collective work space "Entrepreneurial Boiling Point",
• Youth historical online project "Petrovo Time",
• Provision of educational activities by non-governmental educational organizations that have state accreditation of educational programs.

The university conducts international cooperation with the following organizations:

• Belarusian National Technical University,
• Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics.

For meals for students and staff, the university has a canteen for 45 seats.

To involve students in social and scientific activities, the university organizes and takes part in the following events:

• Competition "Student of the Year",
• Олимпиада CFA Research Challenge,
• International historical online project "Petrovo Time",
• Championship in the field of banking BANKSKILLS.

The educational process takes place in three educational buildings equipped with classrooms for lectures and practical classes. The classrooms are equipped with modern technology: projectors, screens and computers.

Students are given free access to the library with a reading room for 20 seats.

For sports, the university provides a gym.

At MBI, the academic year is divided into two semesters: autumn and spring. At the end of each of them, an examination session is held, after passing the students, they are given vacations (in winter in January, in summer in July and August).

Additional expenses:

• Transport
• Nutrition
• Leisure and recreation.

For admission to MBI, you must provide:

• Proof of identity, citizenship,
• State-recognized certificate of education and qualifications,
• Confirmation of registration in the system of individual (personalized) accounting (if any),
• Reference 086-U.

If necessary, the applicant also provides:

• Proof of use of the right to admission within a special quota,
• Confirmation of individual achievements, the results of which are taken into account at admission,
• Proof of disability or disability.
• Photos 3x4.

The necessary package of documents is provided to the university:

• By mail,
• In person to the admissions office,
• In electronic form through the electronic information system of the university,
• Through a proxy.

For practice and further employment of students, the university cooperates with the following organizations:

• LLC "Scale Plus",
• JSC "Russian Agricultural Bank",
• JSC BBR Bank,
• JSC "Aktiv",
• St. Petersburg Social Commercial Bank,
• Credit Bank of Moscow,
• Otkritie FC Bank,
• Employment Agency of the Central District of St. Petersburg,
• JSC "Raiffeisenbank",
• PJSC "VTB",
• Gazprom Mezhregiongaz LLC.

For admission to bachelor's and specialist's educational programs, an applicant must:

• Completed education not lower than secondary general,
• Points received for the exam are not lower than:
  • Mathematics — 39,
  • Physics — 39,
  • Informatics and ICT — 44,
  • Russian language — 40,
  • Social Studies — 45,
  • History — 35,
  • Foreign language — 30.

For admission to master's programs, you must:

• Completed higher education,
• Successful completion of the entrance examinations of the university with scores not lower than the threshold set by the university itself.

For admission to postgraduate programs, you must:

• Completed higher education,
• Successful completion of entrance examinations with scores not lower than the threshold set by the university itself:
  • Special discipline,
  • Philosophy
  • Foreign language.

The following types of scholarships are distinguished:

• State Academic,
• State social,
• of the President of the Russian Federation,
• Government of the Russian Federation,
• Registered.

In addition, the university provides financial assistance to students in need.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision