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IAU is very pleased to congratulate UMTE on its 30th Anniversary. We are very pleased to count UMTE as an esteemed Member since 2011 and to work with Rector, Prof. Oleg Smechko. Rector Smeshko was elected to the IAU Administrative Board as Deputy Board Member at the IAU 16th General Conference, in Thailand, in 2016.
Created in 1990, St. Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics (UMTE) is the largest private university in the North-West of Russia, operating under the scientific and methodological guidance of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It implements over 90 educational programs of undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate studies in the following areas: economics, management, public administration, information technologies, law, advertising and PR, marketing, linguistics, hotel business and tourism, personnel management, psychology and pedagogy etc.
The university has introduced an effective system of life-long learning education under the programs of college, undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and additional education. Modern technologies, distance and online learning are actively used in studies at UMTE. The university has over 12000 students, including more than 1000 international students.
The university has rich experience in international cooperation with more than 70 partners abroad, including the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, China, the Netherlands, USA, Finland, France and other countries. UMTE students and teachers are actively involved in academic mobility programs. The university implements international educational and research projects.
In 2020, the University organized a year full of festivities, special events and greetings from partners, colleagues and friends. Due to the pandemic most events were connected to the activities on overcoming the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Spring 2020 UMTE successfully transformed its studies to online mode. During the virtual enrollment campaign the university managed to increase the number of students that proves high quality of studies and managerial processes.
A movie created on the occasion of the 30-year anniversary of UMTE, including more than 100 interviews of UMTE administration, federal, regional and local authorities, its students and graduates, regional and international partners: (in the Russian language) is available online at: https://en.spbume.ru/en/view_news/2945/
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