Programs

Classic MBA

A modular programme for executives and owners who want to put their management experience into a system and base decisions on numbers rather than gut feeling. You can study on campus in Moscow or fully online.

Curriculum

What you will study

5 modules — from strategy and finance to people, operations and growth.

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Strategy & general management

See the whole business and make strategic decisions.

  • Strategic management and competitive analysis
  • Business models and managerial decisions
  • Corporate governance
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2

Finance

Manage money, company value and risk.

  • Financial management and accounting
  • Company valuation and value management
  • Investment and risk management
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3

Marketing & sales

Find customers and build systematic sales.

  • Strategic and digital marketing
  • Product and customer-experience management
  • Building systematic sales
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4

People & leadership

Lead teams and develop people.

  • Leadership and personal effectiveness
  • Team management and organisational behaviour
  • Human resource management
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5

Operations & development

Streamline processes and bring in data and digital.

  • Operations management and processes
  • Project management
  • Digital transformation and data
  • Legal aspects of business

About the programme

The RUDN Classic MBA is a systematic management education for people who already lead but want to see the business as a whole — from strategy to cash flow. It is built around practice: you apply every block to your own company, and it is taught by working executives, consultants and entrepreneurs.

What you will learn

  • See the company as a system and decide based on numbers, not intuition
  • Build and defend a strategy, model unit economics and finances
  • Lead teams, change and your own effectiveness
  • Align marketing, sales and operations with business goals

How the training works

Classes run in modules — a few intensive days once a month, on campus in Moscow or online (materials and recordings are available either way). The methods are hands-on: real case studies, business simulations, small-group work and action learning. Between modules you run your own project with a tutor.

Admission

Admission requires a motivation letter and an interview with the admissions committee, so the programme fits your goal and the group is made up of experienced managers.

Qualification

On completion you receive a RUDN professional retraining diploma awarding the MBA qualification.

Faculty & experts

Irina Gerasimenko

Irina Gerasimenko

Expert in strategic transformation and change management

Стратегия

More than 16 years in the strategic transformation of companies with annual turnover of up to 20 billion roubles. She leads the leadership and change-management block.

Olga Vasilieva

Olga Vasilieva

Senior lecturer

Личная эффективность

Author and host of a series of trainings on developing intellectual potential and personal effectiveness.

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Renata George

Investor, VC partner

Венчурные инвестиции

A syndicator at iZBA VC who invests in early-stage technology companies. Forbes named her among the Top Women in Venture Capital twice — in 2012 and 2015.

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Alexander Chumikov

Doctor of Sciences, professor

Коммуникации

A professor at RUDN and the author of more than 40 textbooks and monographs on communications and public relations. His honours include the IPRA Golden World Awards.

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