International Trade Relations

Why should you choose “International Trade Relations”?
- Lectures of professors from the leading European universities;
- Honoured guest professors and international trade industry experts as trainers;
- Double Degree Program with Rhein Main University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
- International academic mobility;
- High demand for graduates on the labor market;
- Internships at multinational corporations.
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Master’s Degree
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![]() Program aims to train qualified specialists for the international trading sector to ensure a healthy pipeline of talent to meet the modern challenges and sustain the continued growth of international trade relations. Double Degree Program with RheinMain University of Applied Sciences (Germany) |
![]() 2 years, full-time
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![]() 120 ECTS
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Tuition fee per year:
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- Assessment of the state and trade and economic relations development of the Russian Federation and foreign countries
- Export potential of the Russian Federation (or region) and its implementation in trade and economic relations with foreign partners
- Comparative analysis of the foreign trade policy of the Russian Federation and a foreign state (optional)
- Monitoring the international commodity market and assessing the prospects for its development (by types of goods and services)
- Commodity strategy development for an international trading business
- Sales policy justification of an international trading company
- Export activities stimulation of a trading company
- Procurement policy development of a trade (production) company
- Product adaptation to the entry on the foreign market
- Economic analysis and forecasting of a company's foreign trade activity
- Supply systems' projection in area of international trade
- The effectiveness increasing of international marketing communications in the goods and services markets
- Business plan development for a company in the field of international business
- Entry strategy development for a trade company to a foreign markets through a digital channels
- Online store adaptation to the needs and requirements foreign local market

Major areas of expertise
International business activities:
- Business design of commercial activities
- Reengineering of business processes
- Management of global supply chains
- Strategy and tactics of international negotiations.
- Risk assessment in international trade.
Economics of international trade:
- The global capital market
- Comparative assessment of the competitiveness of countries
- Budgeting of foreign trade
Marketing in international trade:
- Innovative marketing communications;
- Global marketing management;
- Strategies for entering international markets;
- Management of international projects.


1st semester (27 ECTS)
2nd semester (33 ECTS)
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3rd semester (27 ECTS)
4th semester (33 ECTS)
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Key competencies and skills that you will develop
- Conducting strategic analysis and forecasting entry into international markets (of goods, jobs, services)
- Using methodological approaches to assess the prospects of international markets
- Development of strategies and tactics for conducting international negotiations
- Global supply chain design and management
- Planning and organizing foreign trade transactions in the digital economy
- Assessment and hedging of risks in international trade
- Application of international accounting and financial reporting standards in international trade practice
Tuition fee per year:
- 292 600 Rubles
Language
The program is taught in English
Our partners

Lectures of foremost branch honoured industry experts

Professor Marina Grushevaja,
RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden (Germany)
Research & Teaching area
- International Economics,
- Institutional Economics,
- European Integration
- European Structural/Cohesion Policy,
- Regional Economics,
- Competition Law and Regulation,
- Economies in Transition.

Professor Monica Khanna
K.J. Somaya Institute of Management Studies & Research (India)
Director & Professor of Marketing
Research & Teaching area
- Marketing
- Strategic Brand Management
- Marketing Research
- Services Marketing

Professor Svetlana G. Bozhuk
Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
Research & Teaching area
- Development of strategies for introducing new products to the international market;
- Marketing research of consumer behavior models in the context of digitalization;
- Research on responsible consumption trends and sustainable development marketing strategies.

Professor Marina B. Yanenko
Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
Research & Teaching area
- marketing,
- innovative marketing technologies of service systems,
- digital technologies in marketing,
- strategic marketing,
- branding
- evaluation of brand equity.
Jump at the internships opportunities in European universities and leading industrial companies!
Possible employments

- specialist at international trade organizations (WTO, UNECE)
- trade relations attaché of a diplomatic mission
- specialists of transnational trading corporations
- sales representative abroad
- import manager
- export manager
- state customs officer
- business consultant
- head of the department of foreign economic activity
- development manager
- business analyst.
Learn more about MSc Degree International Trade Relations
Contact details
- Vladimir V. Bakharev, Ph.D., Associate Professor
- baharev_vv@spbstu.ru
- +7 (911) 976-57-23
- Irina V. Kapustina, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director of the Graduate School of Service and Trade
- kapustina_iv@spbstu.ru
- +7 (812) 297-93-96
- Anna A. Kuzikova
- kapustina_iv@spbstu.ru
- +7 (812) 297-93-96
- http://trade.spbstu.ru/
- Novorossiyskaya 50, University building, 194021 St. Petersburg