FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY

Bespalov Volodymyr Mikhailovich

Dean to the faculty

Ph.D., Professor Associate

Odessa National Economic University is one of the best high education institutions in economics not only in Ukraine, but also abroad. The university is part of the world educational space, has a high international rating, which is confirmed by membership in the European Association of Universities (EAU). The staff of the university carries out the development of the actual problems of the economic development of the society, the formation mechanisms of the market relations, makes a lot of efforts to improve the educational process, the introduction of progressive pedagogical techniques, strengthening technical base of universities, the creation of new directions and specialties. The accumulated experience, the high professionalism of teachers and staff, the dynamics of development, the competitiveness of graduates allowed the university to become a leading center for training national staff. The university sees its mission in orientation towards the formation of the scientific and professional elite of Ukraine.

The Faculty of International Economics is one of the youngest and most popular in the structure of the Odessa National Economic University. During forty years, the Faculty of International Economics has trained more than seven thousand professionals, of which more than four hundred – for foreign countries. Today more than a thousand students study at the faculty.

tudents of the faculty of specialties “Tourism” and “Commodity and trade entrepreneurship” choose specialization already on the first year of study, this is an advantage from other faculties ONEU. The faculty trains specialists from two branches of knowledge: “Economics and Entrepreneurship” (directions: “International Economics”, “Marketing”, “Human Resources Management and Labor Economics”, “Commodity and Trade entrepreneurship “) and “Service” (direction – “Tourism”)

“International Economics”. The competence of the Master in International Economic Relations is determined by the high level of fundamental and advanced knowledge of innovative character and special and sufficient for professional, scientific, economic, management and research activities in the field of international economics, production, etc.

“Marketing”. The Marketing Department is the leading center for the preparation of marketologists in the Southern region of Ukraine. Post-graduate and doctoral studies is available.

Specialists in “Human Resources Management and Labor Economics” work in the field of public administration: management of personnel services, development and implementation of personnel policies, recruitment and staffing, evaluation, classification of works and job description. Graduates of the specialty are also trained to perform professional tasks in the field of financial activity: support activities in the field of insurance and pensions (sick-leave insurance, industrial accidents, unemployment, old-age and retirement pensions). The MSc in Human Resource Management and Labor Economics is able to carry out professional work and occupy primary positions: in the field of labor and employment – an economist of labor, an engineer in the organization and standardization of labor, a specialist in the analysis of the labor market and employment issues, an expert on the regulation of social and labor relations; in the field of civil service – a specialist in human resources and civil service, a state social inspector; in the field of social protection of the population – specialist-organizer of social and domestic services.

“Commodity and trade entrepreneurship”.

Specialists will work in commercial structures and in state control bodies of different directions: the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Security Service of Ukraine, the traffic police authorities, the customs, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the state administrations, local self-government bodies, the Office for Consumer Protection, The Antimonopoly Committee, the tax administration, the stock exchanges, the Centers of Standardization, Metrology and Certification, and major shopping centers.

“Tourism”. The University has a license from the Ministry of Education of Ukraine to train specialists for all three qualification levels: bachelor, master’s degree. Activity of a tourism professional is the development of topical issues of economics and management in relation to various tourist industry enterprises: tourist firms-operators and agents, hotels, restaurants, transport organizations, sanatorium and resort complexes, museums, sports and entertainment establishments, etc. Also, great attention is paid to the search for opportunities for development in the Odessa region of types of tourism, able to bring income to the region’s economy: cultural-cognitive, health-improving, rural (agrotourism), water cruise tourism, ecological and some others. Graduates of the faculty can work as heads of travel agencies, agencies, hotels, sanatorium and resort establishments, tourist bases, heads of travel agencies and excursions, hotel room managers, conference service specialists, leisure organizations, researchers in tourism and recreation.

The versatility of the students’ training for the FME allows them to enter the postgraduate studies after graduating from the university and receive the necessary qualifications, to work as teachers in educational institutions at all levels of accreditation, to engage in research work.

We are ready to provide the necessary consultations on our programs at FME.