About GSOM SPbU

About GSOM SPbU
9500+
graduates
Some of them work abroad, others manage departments in Russian companies, and still others set up their own businesses.
1450
students
GSOM SPbU students learn to lead not only in classrooms and on internships, but also by participating in the life of the School. They independently organize important projects and events.
200+
corporate partners
VTB Bank (PJSC), PJSC NK Rosneft, PJSC Gazprom, OJSC Russian Railways, Citigroup, PwC, P&G and others. Employees of these companies participate in the development of curricula, give lectures at GSOM SPbU, take students for internships and organize joint educational projects.
90
international academic partners
GSOM SPbU students have the opportunity to go to study on exchange in one of the partner schools. Master's students have access to 3 programs based on the “Two Diploma” model with leading business schools in Europe, as well as a joint diploma program with CEMS Global Alliance .
6
international research centers
All Centers are united by three priority interrelated areas of activity: research; promoting the quality of teaching; development and implementation of innovative training programs.
3
international accreditations
EQUIS, AMBA, ACCA. GSOM SPbU is the first and currently the only Russian business school to receive EQUIS accreditation. Its award means a high level of education quality, compliance with international educational standards and the presence of a connection between the educational process and business.

Mission

  • Create knowledge
  • Develop leaders
  • Change the world for the better
GSOM SPbU 2025 is the # 1 Business School in Russia with a global vision and management competencies adapted for the Russian labor market; is a Business School with a unique educational environment and a continuously improving team to develop change leaders at any stage of their career.
 

VALUES OF GSOM SPBU
 
Continuous development
Life is motion. We are sure that creative search is the natural state of the modern intellectual. Calmness on what has been achieved, resting on our laurels can lead to a fatal halt both in science and in business.

Therefore, we are always in dynamics: we develop the educational services market, create new knowledge, introduce new technologies and teaching methods.

Openness and multiculturalism
We are open to new knowledge, experience, opinions and cultural diversity. People are different, and they all feel comfortable in the GSOM SPbU community. The principles of mutual respect help us not only to accept, but also to share our practices, ideas and knowledge with the international academic and business communities.

We know that from openness to discovery there is less than one step.

Responsible Leadership
Leadership is a responsibility, and we are aware of this. Therefore, our benchmark is the UN Sustainable Development Goals system. The measure of our effectiveness is the contribution that we make to its achievement, while simultaneously building mutually beneficial relationships with all stakeholders. We strive for an ideal business school model that has a positive impact on society and the environment.

   

Customer focus
According to all the requirements of business education is a product that must meet the needs of customers: students who enter GSOM SPbU to become specialists in demand in the labor market, and employers who shape this labor market. We create a unique product by being sensitive to the needs of the market and helping our alumni throughout their careers.

We have common interests.

A team of like-minded people
We are more than just a group of people — we are a team united by common principles and goals, we are a community of people who have close life values. Together we - teachers, students, alumni, employees of GSOM SPbU - form a trust-based culture of the Business School based. We share energy and inspiration with each other on the way to achieving results. Therefore, our community does not end after graduation, but moves to a new level of relationships.
Professionalism
The main professional codes of any representative of GSOM SPbU are ambitious goals, responsibility for its achievement and willingness to take on commitments. Everyday we are doing our job better than anyone else, and better than we did yesterday.

Become a part
of GSOM Family!

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Become our student
GSOM SPbU trains specialists for bachelor's, master's, postgraduate, MBA, Executive MBA programs and corporate training programs.
Become part of the team
Already a student, attendee or graduate and want to participate in the life of the school? Tell us about yourself, and we will find a task to your liking! Or see our vacancies.
Write to us
Would you like to become a partner of the School? Write to us about it and we will consider the offer. Or contribute and support the development of business education in Russia.

Rankings and accreditations

FinancialTimes

The rankings of the international business newspaper Financial Times (FT), published in more than 20 countries around the world, are a generally accepted indicator of the quality of a business school or an individual program. Along with rankings from Business Week, The Economist, and the Wall Street Journal, the FT serves as a guiding choice for many MBA and corporate program's students, as well as prospective students of Master  in Management and Finance programs.

   

FT EUROPEAN BUSINESS SCHOOL

An integrative ranking that evaluates leading business schools based on program performance:

  • MBA / Executive MBA;
  • Masters in Management;
  • Executive Education.
FT EXECUTIVE MBA RANKING

The ranking evaluates educational programs according to a number of criteria, including:

  • salary today, the weight of the indicator in the final assessment is 20%;
  • salary Increase, the weight of the indicator in the final assessment is 20%;
  • FT research rank, the weight of the indicator in the final assessment is 10%;
  • aims achieved, the weight of the indicator in the final assessment is 5%;
  • career progress, indicator weight in the final assessment is 5%;
  • work experience, the weight of the indicator in the final assessment is 5%.
FT MASTERS IN MANAGEMENT

It is a ranking of Master in Management programs, compiled on the basis of data obtained from business schools and their alumni, which are interviewed anonymously. 

Only business schools with at least one of the international accreditations: AACSB and EQUIS can take part in the ranking.

A total of 17 criteria are taken into account: the rate of salary growth over three years, career growth, support for a business school in career development, the percentage of alumni who got a job three months after graduation, the number of foreign teachers and others. And, of course, one of the main indicators is the average salary of alumni three years after graduation.

   

   

WhichMBA? The Economist

The ranking of Master programs was first presented by the influential international magazine The Economist in 2017. The ranking is updated every two years.

   

WHICHMBA?

A place in the ranking "WhichMBA?" is determined based on four criteria:

  • open new career opportunities;
  • personal development and educational experience;
  • salary;
  • potential to network.

The collection of information is carried out in two stages: in the first stage, the Business school provides information, and the main quantitative indicators are determined, in the second, students and the last year alumni answer questions. Upon completion of the collection of information, The Economist verifies the information received.

   

Quacquarelli Symonds

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) is a British company specialising in the analysis of higher education institutions around the world. In 2017, for the first time, a portfolio of rankings for Master programs in Business Analytics, Marketing, Corporate Finance and Management was prepared, which took into account several criteria at once. The methodology criteria include the characteristics of the faculty, the academic reputation of the business school, and the alumni employment rates.

   

QS EXECUTIVE MBA RANKINGS

QS evaluates MBA educational programs according to the following criteria

  • the results of the career growth of listeners;
  • the diversity of listeners;
  • reputation of the program among employers;
  • average experience in management positions and the number of senior managers among students;
  • academic reputation.
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