MGIMO School of Business and International Proficiency

MGIMO School of Business and International Proficiency

Open House Day with the Digital Economy MBA Programme

Open House Day with the Digital Economy MBA Programme

15 May 2019

Open House Day with the Digital Economy MBA Programme

The Digital Economy МВА Programme had its Open House day on May 15. It is a joint programme between Russia’s two leading universities MGIMO and MIPT.

The Digital Economy МВА Programme had its Open House day on May 15. It is a joint programme between Russia’s two leading universities MGIMO and MIPT.

Listeners found out about the peculiarities and advantages of the Programme, the Organization and Management, modalities of the examination and eligibility prerequisites.

The MGIMO School of Business Director A. M. Mirzoeva and the Programme’s module leaders addressed the guests.

Vice-President of business development at General Electric in Russia and the CIS K. A. Saburov made a speech after a presentation followed by a lecture on digitalizing of industrial companies. Other experts from General Electric also shared their experience on digital transformation in a modern company: Sales Director of Information Technologies in the Energy Sector A. A. Savinov and Senior Architect on Digital Solutions E. V. Avtukhov.

A student of the MBA Digital Economy’s programme, Deputy General Director at OOO Resource Engineering Denis Kirikov told about his own experience of being with the program and of how the understanding of digital transformation of the economy and artificial intelligence is changing in the process of learning. He also spoke of the transformation of career lines, areas of activities and areas of interests of students.

The Digital Economy MBA Programme is one of the first MBA programmes in Russia to train professionals in the field of digital technologies who would be capable of making managerial decisions under the conditions of the rapidly changing digital environment.