Faculty of Economics

Faculty of Economics

As one of the institution's first established professional faculties, the Faculty of Economics has developed its disciplinary programs and faculty team primarily by leveraging the academic strengths of Lomonosov Moscow State University and Beijing Institute of Technology. Through years of development, it has gradually built a comprehensive talent cultivation system and assembled a distinguished faculty with strong academic influence and rich teaching experience, playing a pivotal role in promoting Sino-Russian academic and cultural exchanges. The faculty team consists of three cohorts: instructors seconded by Moscow State University, those dispatched by Beijing Institute of Technology, and globally recruited scholars. The team has grown steadily and now comprises 66 members, including 1 provincial/ministerial-level distinguished teaching awardee and national teaching achievement prize winner; 1 recruited national outstanding/young scholar and MOE Changjiang Young Scholar (part-time); 2 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers (including 1 part-time); 1 provincial-level talent team; 1 global top 2% scientist; 1 Pearl River Scholar; 2 Shenzhen Pengcheng Peacock Plan Category B appointees; and 8 Category C appointees. Notably, 98.5% (65/66) of faculty members possess at least one year of overseas study or work experience.

The Faculty offers a first-tier discipline in Applied Economics, which was selected for Guangdong's High-Level University Key Discipline Construction Program in 2021. Aligning with applied economics research priorities, the Faculty integrates traditional disciplinary studies with socioeconomic development needs, establishing distinctive research strengths in digital economy, digital trade, and digital finance. To address AI and digital economy trends, it has established the Digital Economy and Governance Research Center and co-founded the Digital Finance Research Center with corporate partners. Research focuses on AI & quantitative investment, fintech & regulatory policies, financial technology innovation & applications, digital finance & business models, sustainable finance, and global supply chain security & management – cultivating fintech innovation and management talent to serve the Greater Bay Area's development.

Research achievements include securing a provincial-level innovation team grant. Faculty have led or participated in over 100 major projects funded by Russia's Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Scientific Complexes, Aeroflot, China's NSFC, MOE Humanities and Social Sciences Fund, Beijing Municipal Science Commission, and Sino-German Science Center, with total research funding exceeding 27 million RMB. They have published 450+ papers in high-impact journals and authored 210+ textbooks/monographs.

Undergraduate programs in Economics, International Economics & Trade, and Fintech currently enroll 693 students (8.5% international), with growing admission quality and internationalization reflecting the discipline's rising global profile. The Fintech program, launched in September 2023, admitted 48 inaugural students. Among 119 graduates, 97.48% secured employment or further education.

At the graduate level, leveraging collaboration between Moscow State's Economics Faculty and BIT's School of Management & Economics, the Faculty has innovated joint mechanisms for master's/doctoral training. Current enrollments include 39 Moscow State joint master's candidates and 2 doctoral candidates (44% international), plus 14 BIT joint master's and 2 doctoral candidates.