The head of the chair: Ph.D., professor Alexandrov Vladimir Viktorovich

History

The chair was founded in 1998 in V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Its first name was «The chair of international economics and international economic relations», after the specialty of tourism was established, the chair was renamed as «The chair of international economic relations, regional geography and tourism». When international relationships and tourism faculty was established, on the base of «The chair of international economic relations, regional geography and tourism», 2 chairs: «Chair of international economic relations» and «Chair of tourism» were created. There is a postgraduate study, Center of international humanitarian cooperation and international business relations in the region at the chair.

The founder and the head of the chair is distinguished scientist of Ukraine, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine – Doctor of Geography, professor A.P. Golikov.

For Prospective Students

Over the past 15 years the chair has prepared couple hundreds of specialists, who work successfully in different areas of science and manufacture. Among them there are citizens of China, Belorussia, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Israel, Morocco, Jordan, Turkey etc, who completes postgraduate and received Ph.D.

Tuition can be charged on student or on the budget of the state. Also there are 2 forms of education: full-time education and by correspondence.

During the education boys can pass military training and get the rank of reserve officer.

The sphere of activity of alumni: department of foreign economic relations of enterprises, travel agencies, trade missions abroad, customs service, diplomatic and consular service (see the list of possible positions and work placement). If an A-student wants to continue his education he can pass the exam to postgraduate study.

Science:

Chair’s main areas of research are:

1. cross-border cooperation (professor Golikov A., professor Kazakova N., assistant professor Chernomaz P., assistant professor Dmitriev V., assistant professor Goncharenko N., assistant professor Zhuravlev O.);
   
2. structural changes in the sphere of commodity circulation in Ukraine and other countries (professor Sidorov V.);
   
3. legal support of international economics (assistant professor Dmitriev V, assistant professor Zhuravlev O.);
   
4. external relations of Ukraine (assistant professor Grigorov-Berenda L., senior lecturer Savchenko I.);
   
5. international tourism (professor Kazakova N., assistant professor Grigorov-Berenda L., senior lecturer Kassian S.);
   
6. external trade (assistant professor Grigorova-Berenda L.);
   
7. international finance (professor Tsiganov S.);
   
8. monetary policy and investment (professor Matyushenko I., Jakubowski S.).
   

The chair is an initiator of creation of Ukrainian-Russian euroregion «Slobozhanschina».

There is student scientific society in the chair. Over the last 5 years personnel of the chair with students have published over than 50 articles, 40 monographs and have taken part in more than 150 conferences, which were devoted to topical questions of international economic relations, economics and cross-border co-operation. The chair has issued more than 10 scientific publications of scientific works.

15 November 2013 the chair is to organize and hold regular scientific conference: «Ukrainian-Russian border status and prospects».

There is postgraduate studies with specialty of «World economy and international economic relations» in the chair. Over the last 5 years post-graduate students and applicants of the chair have made 10 Ph.D. theses. Today there are 10 postgraduate students in the chair.

In 2010 special academic Council K 64.051.25 was opened with the right of acceptance and conducting thesis for Ph.D. of economics 08.00.02 – World economy and international economic relations.

Personnel

Today nearly 40 lecturers are working in the chair, among of them there is 5 Dr.Sc.  and nearly 20 Ph.D.

• Head of chair - Golikov Arthur Pavlovych, full professor.
  
• Goncharenko Vladislav Vasyliovich, full professor.
  
• Dovgal Olena Andriivna, full professor.
  
• Tsiganov Sergiy Andriivych, full professor.
  
• Yakubovsky Sergiy Oleksiyovych, full professor.
  
• Kazakova Nadia Arthurivna, Ph.D., professor
  
• Matyushenko Igor Yuriovuch, Ph.D., professor.
  
• Sidorov Vadim Igorevych, Ph.D., professor.
  
• Gasim Salah, Ph.D., assistant professor.
  
• Goncharenko Natalia Ivanivna, Ph.D., assistant professor.
  
• Grigorova-Berenda Larissa Ivanivna, Ph.D., assistant professor.
  
• Zhuravlev Oleksiy, Ph.D, assistant professor.
  
• Krivuts Yuri Mykolayovych, Ph.D., professor.
  
• Lantukh Igor Valeriovych, Ph.D., assistant professor.
  
• Makovoz Olena Volodymyrivna, Ph.D., assistant professor.
  
• Nepryadkina Natalia Vasyliivna, Ph.D., assistant professor
  
• Reznikov Valery Volodymyrovych, Ph.D., assistant professor.
  
• Hanova Olena Vyacheslavivna, Ph.D., assistant professor.
  
• Harchenko Igor Myhailayovych, Ph.D., assistant professor.
  
• Chernomaz Pavlo Oleksiovych, Ph.D., assistant professor.
  
• Shamraeva Valentyna Myhailivna, Ph.D., assistant professor.
  
• Folomeev Maksym Anatoliyovych Ph.D., assistant professor.
  
• Dmitriev Volodymyr Volodymyrovych, assistant professor.
  
• Milyuha Georgiy Volodymyrovych, assistant professor.
  
• Kassian Svetlana Anatoliivna,  senior lecturer.
  
• Kovalenko Roman Sergiovych, senior lecturer.
  
• Lazarchuk Maria Oleksandrivna, senior lecturer.
  
• Savchenko Igor Igorevych, senior lecturer.
  
• Davtyan Katerina Viktorivna, lecturer.
  
• Polivantsev Andrey Sergiovych, lecturer.
  

Educational work

The department provides tuition of the disciplines of a general training cycle for bachelors:

• Theory of International Relations,
  
• International Information,
  
• International organizations,
  
• International Relations and World Politics,
  
• International public law,
  
• Diplomatic and consular service,
  
• Foreign policy of Ukraine,
  
• Private international law,
  
• Information and analytical work in international relations,
  
• Democratic governance and world culture,
  
• Diplomatic protocol and etiquette
  

The cycle of training courses and practical training:

• History of International Relations,
  
• Economy of Ukraine,
  
• Introduction to the special subject of International Economic Relations (IER),
  
• World economy,
  
• System of technologies,
  
• International Economic Relations,
  
• Economic and mathematical modeling of global economic processes,
  
• International monetary relations,
  
• Theory and Practice of Foreign Trade,
  
• World finance,
  
• Management of foreign economic activity (FEA),
  
• FEA management of an enterprise,
  
• Foundations of modern geopolitics,
  
• Investment,
  
• Insurance in international business.
  

Special courses for specialists in international economic relations are:

• global financial environment,
  
• post-socialist countries in the contemporary world,
  
• international economic law,
  
• global macroeconomic policy,
  
• economics of international transportation,
  
•  foreign economic activity of Ukraine,
  
• EU regional policy,
  
• legal regulation of foreign economic activity,
  
• innovation-driven economics,
  
• intellectual property,
  
• international currency and stock markets,
  
• corporate business,
  
• transnationalization of the world economy.
  

Special coursesfor masters of international economic relations are:

• global macroeconomic policy,
  
• theoretical seminar "Actual problems of the world economy and international economic relations",
  
• Ukraine in the global economy,
  
• legal regulation of foreign economic activity,
  
• regional development strategy: the European context,
  
• international currency and stockmarkets,
  
• modern world infrastructure,
  
• intellectual property,
  
• innovation-driven economics,
  
• derivative securities,
  
• European integration,
  
• commercial diplomacy.
  

For the last 5 years the department  has developed more than 30 textbooks and scientific manuals for the high school and the dictionary of international economic terms.

Speciality  annotation: international economic relations

6.030203-bachelor of international economic relations

7.03020301-specialist in international economic relations, translator (EQL specialist)

8.03020301-economist-foreign affairs specialist, translator (Master of EQL)

Specialty description

A holder of Master’s degree in International Economic Relations is prepared for performing professional functions in the following fields: financial agency, insurance, real estate activities, leasing, working with databases, research and development, services mainly for legal entities, public administration, public service.

A holder of Specialist’s degree in International Economic Relations is prepared for performing professional functions in the following fields: financial agency, insurance, real estate activities, leasing, working with databases, research and development, services mainly for legal entities, public administration, public service.

The list of possible positions and workplace

The master of International economic relations specialty is able to perform the professional work: “economist and international affairs expert”, “translator” and can hold an appointments: economist, economist on accounting and analysis of economic activities, economist on planning, economist on financial activity, reviewer on economic issues, economist on contractual and pretentious work, lecturer (assistant), expert analyst of commodity market research, consultant on economic issues, economic adviser, translator.

Term of study and state certification

The term of study by the Bachelor’s training program is 4 years, by Specialist’s training program (1 year after obtaining a Bachelor’s degree) and by Master’s training program (1 year after obtaining a Bachelor’s or Specialist’s degree) is 1 year.

To obtain a Bachelor’s degree students pass a state test exam in their special subject (international economic relations), which covers the following subjects:

• economic-mathematical modeling of global economic processes,
  
• international economic relations,
  
• the theory and practice of foreign trade,
  
• world finance.
  

There are state attestation forms in order to earn a master`s degree. There is a diploma defense and a comprehensive state assessment with a specialization in international economic relations. This assessment includes such subjects as:

• Global Macroeconomic Policy,
  
• an academic seminar on Immediate Problems of the World Economy and International Economic Relations,
  
• Ukraine in the System of the World Economic Relations,
  
• Regional Development Strategy (the European context).
  

There are also state assessments in Theory and Practice of Interpreting and Foreign Language.

There are state attestation forms in order to earn a specialist`s degree. They is a diploma defense and a comprehensive state assessment with a specialization in international economic relations. This assessment includes such subjects as:

• World Financial Environment,
  
• Post Socialist Countries in the Modern World,
  
• Global Macroeconomic Policy,
  
• Ukraine`s Foreign Economic Activity.
  

There are also state assessments in Theory and Practice of Interpreting and Foreign Language.

List of basic courses of study of fundamental, professional and practical training

Key courses of study of training International economic relations speciality are:

• foreign language,
  
• International economic relations,
  
• International organizations,
  
• World finances,
  
• International information,
  
• Diplomatic and consular service,
  
• Private international law,
  
• International public law,
  
• Economic and mathematical modeling of world economic processes,
  
• Accounting and analysis of foreign economic activity,
  
• Theory and practice of world trade,
  
• Global macroeconomics policy.
  

Requirements to the applicant

The documents are accepted from the 1^st of July.

The documents to be submitted to enter the department (The Bachelor) are:

Filled in standard application form;

Certificate about the education, received earlier, and appendix to the certificate (Originals or their notarized copies)

Original of Ukrainian center of education quality evaluation certificate or its notarized copy, which were received in the current year 

Medical certificate form 086-O

Photographs, size 3 cm x 4 cm – 6 pcs

Envelopes with Ukrainian stamps – 4 pcs

Passport (birth certificate for those, who don’t have a passport due to their age), military ticket (certification about the postscript to draft office), original of the certificate about the education (if it’s copy was given before), originals of certificates, certificate about the privileges, should be taken with you.

Document needed for entering the department (educational and qualification level “Specialist”):

Bachelor’s degree diploma in international relations or international economic relations

Document needed for entering the department (educational and qualification level “Master”):

Bachelor’s degree diploma in international relations or international economic relations;

Knowledge of foreign language (for entrance exam).