Accelerator

Master of Business Acceleration

Master of Business Acceleration is the first MBA built to accelerate business growth for entrepreneurs scaling their business in Russia and abroad. Instead of studying someone else’s cases, you systematize your own experience and implement changes in your business during the program, supported by a personal tracker and the program’s experts.

Apply now

18 months

Duration

acceleration blocks

December 2026

cohort start

₽1,500,000

programme price

Who it is for

Who the programme is for

For the entrepreneur

—Built the business and set up sales in the local market
—Struggles with hiring, delegation and organising business processes
—Plans to enter international markets or has already taken the first steps

Goal: a step-by-step expansion into new territories

For C-level executives

—Runs a business that grows fast but chaotically — processes are not digitised
—Looks for outside expertise to make management and growth transparent
—Is under pressure from owners and shareholders

Goal: take a successful local product into new markets

Why

What you will do on the programme

✓Develop strategic thinking and leadership
✓Solve concrete management problems
✓Find new levers for growth
✓Systematize accumulated experience
✓Scale into new markets and countries
✓Assemble a strategy and deliver a roadmap

Tools

Our working tools

Educational intensivesBusiness trackingWorking through your company’s casesRelevant expertiseResources for entrepreneursA global community of entrepreneursInternational partners

Structure

Four acceleration blocks

1December 2026 — May 2027

Leadership and change management

—Core CEO tools
—Building management competencies
—Leadership and handling resistance
—Effective management decisions

2September — December 2027

Systematic business — managed growth

—Strategic and financial management
—Designing business processes
—Market and competitor analysis
—Crisis management

3January — June 2028

Sustainable growth — scaling up

—Operations management
—Data-driven thinking and AI in business
—Strategic marketing
—Cost and logistics management

4September — December 2028

Entering and growing in new markets

—International business management
—Cross-cultural management
—Foreign trade operations
—Risk management in new markets

Format

How a module is built

Each participant gets group formats and a personal business-development roadmap.

Deep diagnostics and roadmap

Diagnose the current state of the business, set goals and build a development roadmap and a skills map.

Learning module

A three-day on-campus group intensive once a month in Moscow: theory, tools, case studies and a mastermind.

Tracking session

A one-on-one online meeting with a tracker every two weeks: align with goals, find the constraint and form hypotheses to overcome it.

Board meeting

An on-campus group review of progress after each block: present results, get answers from invited experts, confirm or adjust the roadmap.

Outcomes

What you leave with

A strategy you have built and put into action

A scaling roadmap and operational improvements

A network of partners and clients in international markets

Alumni status and lifelong access to the knowledge base

→Tools for growth

→Access to the community

→Masterclasses

→On-site programmes abroad

Support after the programme

RUDN

Why RUDN

RUDN’s international alumni network

Mentoring and expert support from professionals

A professional retraining diploma

High-level business connections

Competencies for international development and a flexible curriculum

Selection

How to apply

Pass the selection to join the TOP-25 participants of the programme.

1
Fill in the application
2
Complete the diagnostics
3
Get a personal business-development roadmap
4
Join the TOP-25 founding participants

Faculty

Experts & trackers

Learn more →

Natalia Starostina

Lead programme tracker

Трекинг

Co-founder of Hop.Agency, managing partner of scouting, acceleration and international market-entry programmes at the UDT/X venture builder, and co-owner of the Venture Games investor club.