Regions’ Leaders. St. Petersburg
Full-time Bachelor-degree program
Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)
ECTS: 240
Language of instruction: Russian

The program is designed for those who aspire to address real-world issues in public and municipal administration and to understand how management decisions are made and implemented.
The training is focused on hands-on learning: working on projects, cases and tasks set by the government agencies. The acquired management skills and experience are applicable not only to the public sector but also to commercial and public organizations.
The program brings together future managers focused on the development of regions and territories.
Main courses:
Technologies of an effective public and municipal administration
- Change Management
- Process Management in Public Authorities
- Digital Public Administration and Open Data
- Strategic Planning and Spatial Development of Regions
- Artificial Intelligence Management
- Digital Ethics and Regulation of Government Algorithms
- Ecosystem Thinking in Public Policy
Modern technologies of the human resources policy in public and municipal service
- Digital transformation of HR work in public service
- Competency models and talent management in public sector
- Ethics, values, and corporate culture in public service
- Innovative methods for assessing and motivating civil servants
- Managing diversity and inclusion in public sector
- HR analytics and forecasting regional HR needs
- Building and management of a regional talent pool
Creative development of territories and regional urban projects
- Basics of Urbanism and Integrated Territorial Development
- Management of Local Creative Projects
- Creative Economy and Cultural Industries in the Region
- Urban Sociology
- Tourism, Branding, and Territorial Marketing
- Urban Analytics and Smart Technologies (Smart City)
- Participation of Residents in Shaping the Urban Environment
Advantages:
- Academic exchange
The majority of the training takes place in St. Petersburg and includes elements of academic exchange with trips to various regions of Russia. Regional trips are the part of the educational process and the curriculum.
- Regional internships in public authorities
During studies, the students complete internships with government agencies, working on regional projects for the integrated development of territories and the investment potential of the region.
- Hands-on project outcomes
By the end of studies, the graduates will have a portfolio of completed projects and ideas to improve the work of regional government bodies.
- Academic exchange and regional trips
Each trip is organized as an internship at regional government bodies and is aimed at the implementing of specific project tasks of the region:
First year
RANEPA Lipetsk Branch
location of study #1
Lipetsk – 5 days
RANEPA Central Russian Institute of Management location of study #2
Orel – 7 days
Second year
RANEPA Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Management location of study
Nizhny Novgorod, Dzerchinsk – 21 day
Third year
RANEPA South-Russian Institute of Management location of study
Rostov-na-Donu, Pyatigorsk – 21 day
Final year
RANEPA St. Petersburg
North-West Institute of Management
location of study
St. Petersburg, Lemingrad Region, Pskov – 21 day
Bachelor’s thesis defense
Moscow
Practicum and internship:
Federal level
- Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
- Ministry for the Development of the Far East and Arctic of the Russian Federation
- Committee on Regional Policy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation
Regional level
- Administration of the Governor of St. Petersburg
- Administration of the Governor and Government of the Leningrad Region
Municipal level
- Council of Municipalities of St. Petersburg
Corporate partners
- “Rosatom” State Corporation
- Rosimushchestvo
- Sberbank PJSC
- Dialogue Regions ANO
- Innopraktika
Federal programs, projects, and movements
- «Time of Heroes»
- «DNA of Russia»
- «Movement of the First»
Competences:
For undergraduates
• Working with mentors – heads of government departments, state corporations, and public organizations
• Participation in interdepartmental territorial development projects
• Work on regional investment and social development projects
• Developing regional management expertise
• Portfolio of completed projects and management decisions
For graduates
• Community of managers focused on interregional cooperation
• Opportunity to study the best management practices in the Russian regions and share experience

Program director: Dr. Aleksander Matveev
57/43 Sredny prospect, Vasilievsky Island, St.Petersburg, 199178, Russia
Tel.: +7 (812) 335-94-94, ext. 1222
E-mail: matveev-aa@ranepa.ru