Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry of Economic Development

About Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry of Economic Development

Russian Foreign Trade Academy (also VAVT in Russian, and RFTA on its English site) is a federal state budgetary institution of higher education in Moscow. Its official Russian name is Vserossiyskaya akademiya vneshney torgovli Ministerstva ekonomicheskogo razvitiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii (All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation). The English site calls it the Russian Foreign Trade Academy. It was created on 23 May 1931. The founder is the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. The academy says that it is "the only university subordinated to the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation". The main address is 6A Vorobyevskoe Shosse, Moscow, 119285.

Institutes and research

The English site lists five faculties: International Economics, International Trade Management, International Finance, International Law and International Business. It also lists a Preparatory Faculty. The structure page includes the Institute of International Economics and Finance and the Institute for the Development of Integration Processes.

The academy says that it trains specialists in global economics, international business management, public and municipal administration, financial management and marketing, among other areas. It states that it works with more than 40 scientific and educational partner organisations from countries including China, Iran, Mexico, Vietnam, India, Turkiye, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia. It is a member of the Eurasian Network University.

Students

In its own "in figures" block, the academy gives these numbers: more than 5,000 students and listeners, more than 500 teachers, more than 150,000 graduates and more than 100 specialised programmes. The block has no date.

For international applicants

The academy has a separate admission section for foreign citizens, with parts for bachelor's and specialist programmes and for master's programmes. The Preparatory Faculty teaches Russian as a foreign language. It prepares foreign citizens for entrance exams, for study at the academy and for the TRKI test. It offers short-term and long-term courses, in person and online.

Housing

The campus has academic buildings, a dormitory, a sports complex with a swimming pool, a library and self-study areas. The academy has two dormitories. One is a six-storey building on the Vorobyovskoe Shosse campus, used for first- and second-year bachelor students. The other is at 135 Leninsky Prospekt, for third- and fourth-year bachelor students and master's students.