Educational Guidance Center

The training and educational centre of Moscow University of Finance and Industry is one of the largest centers for auditors training and professional development.

The centre operates on the basis of:

  • Resolution of the Audit Council under the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation (Report № 9 dated February 6, 2003);
  • Order № 93н of the Ministry of Finance dated September 12, 2002 «Concerning the approval of the Temporary Provisions on Auditors Evaluation, Training and Professional Development in the Russian Federation»;
  • Agreement № 28 dated January 11, 2009 «Concerning auditors qualifying examinations and professional development».

The Audit Council under the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation has advised that the MUIF training and educational centre be included into the list of centers authorized to conduct examinations and tests for auditors qualification and advanced training of the qualified auditors to extend the qualifying certificates in the following fields:

  • General audit;
  • Audit of exchange markets, non-budgetary funds and investment institutions;
  • Insurers audit (audit of insurance companies and mutual insurance associations and companies);
  • Bank audit (audit of credit institutions, banking groups and holdings).

Teaching staff of the MUIF training and educational centre is remarkable for its high professionalism and qualification. Leading teachers of Moscow University of Industry and Finance and specialists of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and Federal Tax Service are engaged in the training process.

In accordance with the report of the Department for Regulating Public Financial Control, Auditing, Accounting and Reporting of the Ministry of Finance for 2008, the MUIF training and educational centre ranks:

  • 3rd in the number of auditors that received annual advanced training in general audit;
Training and educational centre Number of auditors that received advanced training Grade 1, % Grade 2, % Grade 3, % Grade 4, %
STEK Training Centre (Moscow) 3633 7 26 21 46
School of Economics (Moscow) 2913 8 24 2 49
Moscow University of Industry and Finance (Moscow) 1692 9 40 14 37
Russian Academy of Economics named after Plekhanov G.V. (Moscow) 1542 - 43 17 40
Saint-Petersburg Academy of Economics and Finance (Saint-Petersburg) 1322 11 26 11 52
Russian Correspondence Institute of Finance and Economics (Moscow) 1273 23 43 17 17
Russian Auditors College (Moscow) 1267 7 36 21 35
Institute of Computer Technologies 1180 2 15 27 56
Saint-Petersburg State University (Saint-Petersburg) 1152 5 33 10 52
Academy of Finance under the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow) 1041 6 33 12 53
Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation 1038 5 40 6 49
Institute of Retraining and Professional Development of Qualified Auditors and Accountants (Moscow) 1019 12 39 27 22
  • 4th in the number of auditors that received advanced training in bank and insurers audit and audit of exchange markets, non-budgetary funds and investment institutions.
Federal District Training and Educational Centre Number of auditors that received advanced training
Bank audit Investment audit Insurers audit
Central Federal District School of Economics and Law (Moscow) 64 - -
School of Economics (Moscow) - 303 -
Moscow State University named after Lomonosov M.V. (Moscow) - 17 -
Moscow University of Industry and Finance 48 21 9
Moscow Institute of Finance and Economics (Moscow) - - 147
Modern Humanitarian Academy (Moscow) - 9 5
Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (Moscow) - 11 -
Russian Academy of Economics named after Plekhanov G.V. (Moscow) 157 - -
Russian Auditors College (Moscow) - 60 -
Tula State University (Tula) 5 2 -
Academy of Finance under the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow) 433 88 225
North-Western Federal District - 54 - -
Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (Saint-Petersburg) 65 - -
Volga Federal District Kazan State Institute of Finance and Economics (Kazan) 6 - 12
Nizhny Novgorod State University (Nizhny Novgorod) 9 - -
Southern Federal District Rostov State University of Economics RINE (Rostov Institute of National Economy) (Rostov-on-Don) - 8 -
Siberian Federal District Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management NINE (Novosibirsk Institute of National Economy) (Novosibirsk) - 23 -
Siberian Academy of Finance and Banking Industry 10 3 2
TOTAL 797 599 400

The MUIF training and educational centre and its managing staff have more than once received letters of appreciation from the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the Audit Council.