On October 7, the third group of the MBA-Challenges of the Digital World program of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University (GSOM SPbU) started their education.

“The world constantly poses new challenges for us, and 2020 is another proof of this. Businesses all around the world are going through difficult times this year: business models are changing, and familiar tools are no longer working. And this is the best time to learn and look for new ways to solve problems. And we, the team of the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University, will help you on this path, ”said Leonid Vasiliev, Director, MBA and Executive Education Programs, in his welcoming speech.

During the course, students will get acquainted with the world's best practices and modern approaches to business development. Due to the difficult epidemiological situation, the listeners have an opportunity to take in-classes in distant format.

Among the program participants are entrepreneurs, top managers of small and medium-sized businesses, as well as heads of divisions of large companies from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Krasnodar, Ufa and Cheboksary. The listeners represent various sectors of the economy and social sphere: industry, construction, education, oil production, transport, IT, public catering, telecommunications and housing and communal services. The average managerial experience of the program participants is 7 years.