Programs

MBA “Financial Management. Finance Director”

A modular MBA program for finance leaders: 50 credits and 1,800 academic hours across 18 modules in six blocks — from leadership and modern management to corporate financial management. It concludes with the “Running the Company” business game and the defence of a capstone project.

Curriculum

What you will study

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

Leadership in business

Develop the management and leadership competencies of a leader.

Developing management competencies
Human resource management and development in the modern organisation (HRM & HRD)
Effective management decisions

Modern management

Manage strategy, communications and in a cross-cultural environment.

Strategic management
Communications management
Cross-cultural management

Business development

Grow the business through marketing, reputation and international expansion.

Strategic marketing
Reputation management and media communications
International business management. Company internationalisation strategies

ESG aspects

Embed sustainability, responsibility and ethics into the business.

Corporate social responsibility. Social innovation in business
Business ethics

Economics and finance

Master enterprise economics and financial management.

Economics of the modern enterprise
Financial management

Financial management

Manage value, assets, investment and financial markets.

Business valuation and value management
Management of the company’s assets and liabilities
The organisation’s activity on financial markets
Investment analysis and project finance
International financial management

Practice and capstone project

Consolidate knowledge in practice and defend the capstone project.

Masterclasses
The “Running the Company” business game
Preparation and defence of the capstone project

About the program

MBA “Financial Management. Finance Director” is a classic modular program for CFOs, heads of finance functions and owners who want to run the company through numbers and value. It covers 50 credits and 1,800 academic hours, combining a solid management foundation with an in-depth block on corporate financial management.

What you will learn

Build the company's financial strategy and manage its value
Manage assets and liabilities, liquidity and financial risk
Work with investment analysis and project finance
Operate the company on financial markets and in an international setting
Develop the management and leadership competencies of a finance leader

Programme structure

The program consists of 18 modules grouped into six blocks: “Leadership in business”, “Modern management”, “Business development”, “ESG aspects”, “Economics and finance” and “Financial management”. The studies are complemented by masterclasses and the “Running the Company” business game, and conclude with the preparation and defence of a capstone project.

Format and qualification

On campus or online, on a modular schedule. On completion you receive a RUDN professional retraining diploma awarding the MBA qualification.

Faculty & experts

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

Senior lecturer

Личная эффективность

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

Anna Pak

Expert in customs and tariff regulation

ВЭД

Eurasian Economic Commission, Department of Industrial Policy.

Nikolay Shilkin

Consultant on entering global markets

Международный бизнес

Advises transnational corporations operating in Russia and Russian companies expanding into global markets.