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We have changed the standard approach to education, whereby SKOLKOVO MBA students “learn by doing” instead of simply attending lectures to study theory.

Given the emphasis that SKOLKOVO places on learning by doing, a key element of the educational process is the opportunity to learn how business is conducted in various companies and receive information “first-hand”. Each student will take part in a corporate project in India and China and see personally the effect that various social and government conditions have on business in rapidly growing economies. In the US, students will carry out business projects that will complete the picture by enabling them to compare their experience with that gained in the emerging markets.

Part of the programme will involve carrying out projects in groups, which will enable you to draw on all of SKOLKOVO’s expertise and business contacts. Whether you are in Russia, India, China or the US, you will have the full support of SKOLKOVO.

Corporate projects

Students will learn about not only a whole range of developing economies but also a wealth of managerial opportunities. Three corporate projects – one in each of India, China and the US - will enable you to develop leadership skills and become an effective manager, one who can deal with a broad range of sectors and situations.

Start-up projects

Students will define and develop their own innovative ideas (or jointly) over the course of the programme and then work intensively during the final phase with mentors and experts to launch their businesses. The startup module will include both coursework to give students the formal foundational knowledge they need, as well as hands on experience in analyzing and refining their business plans before they present their companies to a large group of professional venture capital and business angels.

Public sector projects

In Russia the students will focus on an important part of the Russian economy - the cooperation between large companies and the public sector. Real experience and communication practice with public sector representatives as well as government officials often becomes a necessary tool for successful business. As a result, SKOLKOVO students are provided with the unique opportunity to learn how to develop government/public sector relationships in real situations. During the Russian projects, MBA students carry out real private-public partnership projects. These are ambitious full-scale projects based on actual goals of federal ministers, governors and mayors of cities, public associations or cultural organizations.

Examples of public projects

• DEVELOPING THE HEART OF A ONE-INDUSTRY CITY

To create the optimal development plan for the territory of the Galsky Manor and the surrounding area in the city of Cherepovets.
Customers: Vyacheslav Pozgalev, Governor of the Vologda Region, and Oleg Kuvshinnikov, Mayor of Cherepovets.

• BUILDING THE M3 HIGHWAY (UKRAINE)

The reconstruction of the M3 highway (Ukraine).
Customer: Igor Levitin, Russian Minister of Transportation

• THE VICTORY PARK

To create the National Victory Centre in Volgograd, a world-class, family-oriented theme park.
Customer: Anatoly Brovko, Governor of the Volgograd Region.

• KAZAN, A NEW MECCA FOR TOURISTS

The international positioning of the city of Kazan.
Customer: Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan.

• NON-FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

To develop a system of social reporting.
Customer: Tatyana Golikova, Russian Minister of Health and Social Development.

• CHANGING THE LAW, PART 2

To amend Federal Law No. 94 On Government Procurement.
Customer: Anna Katamadze, Deputy Head of the Department of Competition of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development

Innovative partnership with teams of experienced managers and leaders

You will have the unique opportunity to work in a team of external managers and MBA students, take part in the innovative Blue Ocean seminar, and learn how new markets are created, including the drive to increase value and reduce costs. This experience will equip you with a proven practical approach to devising profitable growth strategies that can be applied easily.