Specialty "Foreign regional studies" (bachelor's degree). Specialty "Foreign Regional Studies" (bachelor's degree) Brief description of the specialty

Student at this university: For some reason I found so few objective reviews on the Internet, so I really want to write my own objective review, because... I am a student at this university. I will try to write everything as it is objectively, while making comparisons. It will be important to mention that the university is new, which became such in 2012 through the merger of FINEK, ENGEKON and GUSE. To better understand the essence of the current St. Petersburg State Economic University, you need a little history. FINEK in Soviet times and until the early 2000s was indeed almost the first economic one in Russia, where studying was prestigious and difficult. From 2000 to 2012, the university went downhill, to be honest, everything was mired in corruption, complete laxity of both students and teachers, a deplorable material base (old computers, lack of licensed software, lack of money for repairs of the main building (from which plaster is still crumbling today) , salaries for teachers, in short, devastation) the university took the path of cash flow through money laundering, teaching became rather a bright spot in complete darkness. ENGEKON, in fact, is the complete opposite; just at the time of unification, it was a completely competitive university with an excellent material base (all buildings are in excellent condition, licensed software and new computers), lack of corruption, demanding teachers and various developed student areas ranging from science to sports. It is worth noting that FINEK was more focused on financial and economic specialties, and ENGECON on economic and engineering specialties. One way or another, they always competed with each other in St. Petersburg. GUSE, to be honest, is something like a college with the status of a university, there is nothing special to talk about. First, I’ll tell you about the admission system. In terms of organizing admissions, everything here is really at a high level thanks to the online information system for recording applicants (inherited from FINEK), which is rarely found in other universities. Those. you submit documents and are simultaneously registered in the online database of applicants and, in fact, you can track the number of applicants for each specialty online via a computer using various filters. on the university website, which is very, very convenient especially for a green applicant. Documents are both accepted and handed over at any time, no one will force you to hold the documents or interfere with you. I would like to immediately note the unobtrusive desire of the selection committee that you immediately submit documents for the contract and immediately conclude it (i.e., bring them money). The university is primarily interested in you applying for a contract because there really is no competition (although the number of places is nominally limited, nevertheless, those who wanted to apply for a contract with a minimum score of Mat 40, Rus 45, General 50, enter 100%). If you have at least 135 in total and money, then you can already rejoice, because... you are already a correspondence student at St. Petersburg State University of Economics because... There is no competition for the contract, the main thing is to pass the minimum score to submit an application. In principle, they are constantly trying to inflate the GEM brand at the expense of the former FINEK, ENZHEKON and former graduates there Miller, Chubais and others. From the perspective of the applicant, all this looks quite respectable. About the most important thing: about the university and about training. As a result of the merger of universities, and in fact, to be honest, FINEK simply crushed its competitor under itself, because all the management and the rector remained FINEK. The result was the same FINEK only in the engineering and guse buildings. To a large extent, the preparations remained those of Finekov, i.e. economics, literally a couple of programs in applied mathematics and programming for bachelor's and master's degrees. The university is divided into faculties, which are based in different buildings. Those. If you are admitted, for example, to study management or State Medical University (FU), you will study 99% of the time in this one building, where you have the dean’s office of the faculty where the specialty is implemented. It’s easy to study, however, the university sometimes seems to be created in order to work and study (read: it’s registered), only in some areas and profiles you sometimes have to do something. Mostly they don’t expel, and if they do expel, it’s either the person who decided to leave of his own free will, or he’s so focused on studying that he’s too lazy to come and write the test points and check in a couple of times, i.e. It’s not necessary to fumble, it’s enough to walk, and if you walk constantly and try to learn, then at least 4 is guaranteed. It is a very real situation in the state educational institution that people have 10-15 debts (unfinished tests and exams) and are quietly registered and closed. The main thing is to pay off your debts within 1 year (2 semesters); if you don’t pay them off, you may be expelled. However, this is not a problem, the teachers are more loyal, they are not aimed at giving a bad grade, but rather, on the contrary, to give something just to get rid of it (sometimes it seems that the installation is not to blame in any case, but rather to pull). Among those who study, the normal situation is that people receive 4-5 machines per semester, i.e. You have to take a maximum of 1-2 subjects in exams. Personally, I often have a situation where I pass a maximum of 1 subject. Those who do not attend the university very often take exams, or simply beg in the next semesters and everything is closed to them. The university has implemented a BRS system (point-rating system), which takes into account the points received during the semester based on checkpoints and current control of going to classes (points are posted in the online system on the website). Roughly speaking, without taking a semester at all, you cannot come to the exam, pass it super well and get a 5 or 4. Speaking of “sick,” you cannot mention corruption in the university. Unfortunately, it really exists, I personally encountered it, but in principle I did not pay. In practice, it looks like this: there is a certain Testing Center where you can buy courses in almost all subjects (mathematics courses are especially relevant), where you pay money and they give you points (like they organize courses) in the BRS and give a grade in your record book. Courses in subjects cost 16k, the most expensive seems to be English 20k. If you have a lot of money, you can pay for school and pay for items, if you don’t want to close something yourself. Moreover, there are teachers who themselves organized courses in mathematics, one of these was P.N. Matveev, who openly says that the guys can’t rewrite more than 2 times, otherwise you pay and 80% of them come home to him without bothering, actually pays without even trying to pass it yourself and bingo you have 4 or 5. Of the advantages of the university, in fact, it can be noted the presence of a military department on the basis of the Khrulev Military Academy, where you can complete your studies in parallel with your studies and receive a military ID (though subject to successfully obtaining a diploma from a university). I can also note a good library, both book and electronic, perhaps for those who want to study here this is a plus, because... There are a lot of books and they are largely not in demand, because students do not need books to graduate and write diplomas with coursework (which can easily be purchased or downloaded). On the plus side, I would like to note that there are some teachers who really give something, demand something, want to give knowledge, but unfortunately there are not many of them. Of the departments that provide something, I would like to mention the department of marketing, applied mathematics, at least that’s what I personally know for sure. The university has many international cooperation programs, double diplomas, etc., which the university itself heavily promotes. But they are not in demand in principle because it is not available to state employees. expensive, but the majors don’t need it. In general, the university contingent (students) is of average quality, there are many St. Petersburg majors who pay for everything and come to the university, roughly speaking, to check in in a car that costs 200 teachers’ salaries (which is on average 28,000 for an assistant professor), and the teachers themselves come by metro. There are many immigrants with an average level of education, but there is also a layer of smart, talented guys, not many of them. The material resources of the university are generally average. All that remains of the engineer is still quite working; the software is also old and is not updated at all. Dorms are given to everyone who needs them, contract workers are accommodated in better dorms, block type (left over from engineering) and MSG, old dorms from the 60s, basically all state employees go there. In general, summarizing everything (probably in too detailed a story) that I wanted to tell future applicants, I will note that if you want to get a high-quality economic education, then this is HSE and GSOM St. Petersburg State University, where, however, you need to study. If you plan to work, get a diploma on the shelf, as I already said, then St. Petersburg State Economic University.

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Direction of training 41.03.01 “Foreign regional studies”

General information on the direction

The area of ​​professional activity of bachelors includes:

• ensuring diplomatic, foreign economic and other contacts with foreign countries and regions;
• informational and analytical, cultural and educational, research and teaching activities related to the coverage and study of development problems of foreign countries and regions, including economics, politics, history, demography, religion, culture and languages ​​of the peoples inhabiting them.

Directions (profiles) of training:

• Foreign Europe
• Asian-Pacific area
• Latin America

Main content of the training program

The main part of the educational program consists of the following disciplines of the professional cycle: regional economics, demography, culture of business communication, ethnology and religion of the countries of the studied region, culture and literature of the countries of the studied region, history of the countries of the studied region, foreign policy of the countries of the studied region, public law of the countries of the studied region, international law, theory of international relations, international statistics, economics of countries in the region being studied.

Along with the disciplines of the professional cycle, the main educational program includes the study of disciplines of the humanitarian, social, economic and natural science cycles. It is possible to choose an individual trajectory within the program, which provides for in-depth study of individual countries within the chosen profile of study.

Language training involves studying two languages ​​- English and the language of the country of the region being studied at the student’s choice (German, French, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese). Elective courses are being created on current specific problems of the regions being studied.

Regional studies students traditionally actively participate in all-Russian and international competitions, olympiads, scientific conferences, research work, and in the activities of the St. Petersburg branch of the Russian Geographical Society.

Students of the “Foreign Regional Studies” major have the opportunity to undergo an internship at foreign partner universities of St. Petersburg State Economic University. Reports on student internships can be found in the section.

The educational process is equipped with modern specialized technologies and teaching methods with extensive use of computer equipment, application packages, presentations, business games, thematic excursions and study abroad trips are regularly held. A significant part of the classes is conducted in a specialized classroom.

The teaching staff includes well-known experts in the fields of regional economics, economic and social geography, ethnography, political science and history.

About 90% of teachers have academic degrees and titles.

Practice and employment

The university provides all students with educational and practical training places.

A number of institutions and enterprises of St. Petersburg conducting active foreign economic activity (structures of the Legislative Assembly and Administration of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of St. Petersburg, domestic and foreign large companies, travel agencies, the Russian Geographical Society, research institutes , in particular the Leontief Center, the Institute of Regional Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Research Institute of Urban Planning, the Russian Research and Design Institute "Urban Studies", etc.) provide places for students to undergo industrial and pre-graduate internships and their further employment.

The university regularly holds job fairs, labor exchanges and other events related to student employment.

Key partners in the field of training are the Russian Geographical Society, the Institute of Geosciences of St. Petersburg State University, the Faculty of Geography of Moscow State University, the Leontief Center, the Institute of Regional Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Research Institute of Urban Planning.

Benefits of preparation

Training in the direction 41.03.01 “Foreign Regional Studies” is carried out with in-depth economic training, which significantly strengthens the starting positions of graduates. The training involves a comprehensive study of foreign countries and regions, their economy and politics, population, history and ethnography, culture, religion, language and literature, traditions and values.

The starting positions in the professional career of a regional studies graduate are the positions of expert, assistant, consultant, translator-assistant, manager of foreign economic activity, specialist in economic and cultural relations with foreign countries, and coordinator of international programs.

The competitive advantages of the field of study compared to similar fields in other universities are due to the in-depth economic and language training of students, as well as the quality of the teaching staff.

The university offers master's and postgraduate courses in regional studies and related areas.

The most common entrance exams:

• Russian language
• Mathematics (basic level)
• History - specialized subject, at the choice of the university
• Social studies - by choice of university
• Foreign language - at the choice of the university

Due to the specifics of training, history is the specialized exam. Also, as a rule, an exam is mandatory; at its discretion, the university can individually add another additional exam in social studies or a foreign language.

Foreign regional studies is a rather interesting specialty that guarantees an interesting learning process, will allow you to master several foreign languages, go on an internship abroad, and also secure an exciting, well-paid job, and you will have a large choice of professions, from a specialist in the tourism industry to a customs inspector or diplomat

Brief description of the specialty

The specialty provides for the training of a specialist in a specific region who can act as an expert regarding the political situation in a given region, economic and geographical location, history and culture and other features of the region being studied, including knowledge of two or more foreign languages. In this regard, the following training profiles in this specialty are most often distinguished:

• European countries;
• countries of the East;
• African countries;
• North American countries;
• Latin American countries;
• CIS countries.

In some cases the profile may be more specific, for example, Central European countries or Northern European countries, etc.

Large universities

The specialty has gained wide popularity in recent years and is quite in demand, so training is offered not only by universities in the capital, but in many regions you can find more than one university that teaches foreign regional studies:

• Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin;
• Irkutsk State Linguistic University - Eurasian Linguistic Institute of Moscow State Linguistic University;
• Moscow State Linguistic University;
• Russian State Humanitarian University;
• Branch of the Moscow New Law Institute in Smolensk;
• Bryansk State University named after Academician I.G. Petrovsky.

Terms and forms of training

Studying a specialty after completing 11 grades involves choosing from four forms of study (depending on the university). The duration of full-time education is 4 years, and part-time, evening or mixed education is 5 years. Some universities also offer distance learning, but this form of education is only possible if you have a specialized education.

Many universities offer further studies in a master's program. At the same time, the student can count on a more prestigious position and substantial payment for his work, because good specialists in regional studies are in high demand in the labor market, including foreign ones.

Subjects studied by students

Mastering a specialty involves studying a large number of subjects, both general (Russian language, Russian history, cultural studies, sociology, concepts of modern natural science, elements of higher mathematics, theory of state and law) and directly related to the region being studied (history of the countries of the selected region, economics of countries region, their foreign policy, economy, etc.). As a rule, training involves mastering two foreign languages, one of which is, most often, English, and the second is one of the languages ​​of the countries of the region being studied, for example, for the countries of Northern Europe - Norwegian, for the CIS countries - Belarusian, etc.

Gained knowledge and skills

A Bachelor of Regional Studies is a specialist in the field of geography, history, foreign policy, economics and linguistics of a specific region, country or group of countries. During the training process, the specialist acquires the following knowledge and skills:

• speaks the language, understands the demographic situation in the region, the peculiarities of the culture and traditions of the peoples, their ethnography, history and literature, economics and politics of the countries of the region being studied;
• can assess the capabilities of the region from military, socio-political, foreign trade, economic and other aspects, and predict the development of these types of relations with the Russian Federation;
• develop diplomatic and other ties with the region being studied;
• develop information booklets, advertising brochures and other leaflets both in Russian and in foreign languages ​​in order to expand the activities of domestic companies abroad;
• be fluent in oral and written speech of a foreign language, have an adequate knowledge of the language of the region being studied;
• provide highly professional translation of business and official documents;
• take part in various kinds of cultural events, including holding exhibitions and presentations, and also be able to create text and other materials about international cultural events, both in Russian and in a foreign language;
• act as a teacher in such disciplines as economics, history, political science, cultural studies, foreign language.

Who to work with

Regional studies specialists can work in almost all areas, including the diplomatic service, cultural and scientific research, teaching, and also act as a qualified expert in the field of politics, culture, art, economics, etc.

If we talk about specific positions, we can offer at least ten different options: translator, assistant secretary, cultural specialist, press secretary, art critic, international journalist, GR, PR or art manager, logistics or foreign economic activity manager, assistant manager, regional specialist, diplomat.

Nowadays, specialists in Asian countries are most in demand, which is a consequence of the development of trade and economy of the Russian Federation with the countries of the East. At the same time, specialists are required in various fields, from translators of oriental languages ​​in embassies to specialists in trading firms and large corporations. Thus, the salary of a translator from/to Chinese or Japanese can start from 50,000 rubles, and an expert or analyst in the field of foreign economics can count on a salary of 100,000 rubles or more.