Samara University of Public Administration, International Market Institute

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

The university was founded in 1994 in the city of Samara.

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

The educational process is organized at the following faculties:

• Juridical
• Linguistics
• Distance learning,
• Secondary vocational education,
• Additional education.

MIR conducts research activities in the following areas:

• Management of regional socio-economic systems and industrial clusters,
• Marketing research, mathematical modeling, analysis and forecasting of the development of markets for cars, power tools and small-scale mechanization, building materials,
• Advertising communications and media planning,
• Economic modeling of integrated interaction in systems with intensive use of Big Data,
• Improvement of the system of competency-oriented model of human resource research,
• Long-term development of a social cluster based on agent-based models,
• Design and management of the development of systems of socially-oriented non-profit organizations, organization of work with youth, public expertise,
• Monitoring, analysis, modeling and forecasting of socio-economic processes in the region,
• Research and development of models, methods and mechanisms for energy efficiency management in the regions.

The Institute has perpetual accreditation and a license to study.

For meals for students and staff, the university has a canteen and a buffet for 105 seats.

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

• All-Russian Festival "Russian Student Spring",
• KVN,
• International Technical Translation Competition,
• A series of lectures and workshops on the topic "Global Transformations of the XXI Century: Quantum Paradigm and the World of the Economy of the Future",
• Entrepreneurship Day,
• Green Marathon Race,
• Competence Day,
• Spring Sketches Poetry Festival.

Educational activities are carried out on the basis of a single educational building, equipped with classrooms for lectures, seminars and practical classes. The offices are equipped with modern technology: screens, projectors and laptops.

Students are given free access to the scientific library with a reading room for 50 seats.

For sports, the university has a gym and a sports hall.

In MIR, 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 the MIR, 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).

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.
• 2 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 EPGU.

At the moment, more than 2000 undergraduate and graduate students study at the institute.

After completing their studies, students become qualified specialists in the economic field. MIR organizes Job Fairs, where a student can find an internship with possible further employment. 

For admission to undergraduate 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,
  • chemistry — 39,
  • Informatics and ICT — 44,
  • Russian language — 40,
  • Social Studies — 45,
  • History — 35,
  • Foreign language – 30,
  • References, 39.

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:
  • Economy — 39,
  • Management — 36,
  • State and municipal administration - 40,
  • Linguistics — 25.

For admission to postgraduate programs, you must:

• Completed higher education,
• Successful completion of entrance examinations with scores of at least 24:
  • Special discipline,
  • Philosophy
  • Foreign language.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision