The Belarusian Trade and Economic University of Consumer Cooperatives

The Belarusian Trade and Economic University of Consumer Cooperatives was founded in 1964. Today it is one of the leading centers of economic education in the country. It is housed in two buildings in which there are many classrooms, lecture halls, labs equipped with all sorts of audio-visual aids, computers, a library, reading halls, a sport complex, a modern assembly hall, a canteen. In the library there are thousands of books on different subjects. As soon as a school-leaver is admitted to the University, he or she is allowed to borrow from the University library any book he needs. The teaching staff of the University consists of 314 teachers, many of them are holders of scientific degrees. About 10,000 students study at present at the University. All students are provided with hostel accommodation in 5 comfortable hostels.

There are two departments at our University: the day-time department and the correspondence department. The day-time department comprises 3 faculties: the faculty of economics and management, the accounting and finance faculty, the commercial faculty. The correspondence department comprises 2 faculties.

The correspondence department gives the opportunity to obtain higher education without discontinuing the work. Our University trains specialists in the following majors: economics and management of an enterprise, world economy, finance and credit, accounting, analysis, audit, commodity research and commodity expertise, management, commercial activity, audit and revision, marketing, management of information resources, logistics. The graduates of the University acquire the qualification of an economist, an economist-manager, a commodity expert, a marketing expert, a manager-economist of information systems, an expert in logistics. The graduates of the University can work in the consumer cooperative organizations, marketing services of industrial enterprises, banks, joint ventures, stock exchanges.

Each faculty has its own dean’s office. The course of studies lasts four (five) years at the day-time department and five years at the correspondence department. The academic year is divided into two terms. At the end of each term the students have an examination session. During the session the students take credits and exams. During the terms the students attend lectures and seminars.

The students have vacations twice a year.

The students study many general and special subjects such as mathematics, history of Belarus, foreign languages, economics, accounting, statistics, management, etc.

The students have practical training in organizations and enterprises of consumer cooperatives.

A lot of students take part in the work of scientific societies.

The course of studies is concluded by the presentation of a diploma work which is a result of independent research.

There is a post-graduate course, the Institute of improvement of professional skills and retraining of personnel at the University.

The University has contacts with many educational establishments abroad.

For those who play sports there are different sport clubs.

Date: 2015-12-17; view: 546