Economic Security – a new specialty at Polotsk University

Euphrosyne Polotskaya State University of Polotsk opens an enrollment for a new specialty ‘Economic Security’ with the qualification ‘Economist’. Our goal is to train a highly qualified specialist who will be in demand in the labor market for a long time.

The specialty ‘Economic Security’ is a unique set of disciplines:
• Economic and analytical: Economics, Accounting, Analysis, Control and Audit, Financial Management, Money, Credit, Banks, Taxes, etc.
• Management: Management, Marketing, HR Management, Logistics, Project and Innovation Management, Business Process Management, etc.
• Legal: Administrative Law, Tax Law, Criminal Law, Financial Law, Fundamentals of investigation of economic offenses
• IT: Fundamentals of Information Security, 1C Enterprise
• Economic security: Economic and financial security of enterprises, Risk assessment, Personal financial security
Economic security is an important aspect of the successful functioning of the state. In the very first approximation, it is the protection of the financial, material and economic interests of the country, the enterprise and the individual. The President, various ministries and departments are responsible for planning and organizing economic security at the State level, while the control function is performed by the State Control Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Education at Polotsk University takes place with interactive methods of teaching and IT technologies. Students participate in academic mobility programmes, practice in a multicultural environment and in enterprises. Such innovative approaches not only make the learning process more interesting, but also prepare students to use modern technologies in their professional activities. Education at Polotsk University is based on the principle of comprehensive personal development. Our students get different opportunities to realize their inner potential: they show themselves both in creative associations and in the activities of construction teams.

Polotsk University actively cooperates with enterprises and organizations, which allows students to gain experience in the field of economic security even at the stage of study. This helps them better understand the specifics of the profession and acquire the necessary skills.

Graduates of the specialty ‘Economic Security’ will receive a wide range of professional activities:
• Specialist of economic/HR/marketing services of enterprises
• Specialist of the Economic Security Service
• Specialist of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes
• Specialist of the Financial Investigation Department of the State Control Committee
• Risk Manager
• Business Analyst
• Procurement Specialist
• Internal Control Specialist
• Internal Auditor
• Specialist in a consulting/audit/IT company, etc.