International School of Business

International School of Business at the premises of Gubkin University offers professional leadership training for the fuel and energy industry professionals and stands out for its coordinated work of a professional team, unique project activity, collaboration with successful businessmen, development of skills and leadership qualities.

For over 10 years the School of Business successfully cooperates with major oil and gas companies in Russia and abroad.

International School of Business enables to combine individual management experience, identify current trends in development of oil and gas industry as well as analyze success factors, and based on this, develop and expand professional horizons. Students receive the opportunity to become effective managers, capable to move their company to top positions in the industry.

International School of Business is aimed to meet the needs of the Russian and foreign oil and gas industry for highly competent leadership.

The key objectives of the School are:

  1. To create and improve unique academic environment for development of management potential of students and their successful personal growth.
  2. To train successful professionals in oil and gas industry management, with unique knowledge and skills, capable to make significant achievements in professional area.
  3. To develop personal potential of students and their strategic thinking skills, expand professional knowledge based on exclusive academic programs.

International School of Business offers the following programs:

МВA: Oil and gas business administration

It is an exclusive program targeted at training top managers for the energy industry. The program enables to acquire a systemic vision of the oil and gas industry in all aspects and interconnections: from the influence of environmental factors and market volatility to development trends of the world oil and gas companies and corporations.
Goal: to train future business leaders who meet the requirements of the global energy market and conditions of the international oil and gas industry development. Upon completion, students gain professional development qualification of a Master of Business Administration in oil and gas business administration specialty.
Target audience: middle and senior managers of oil and gas corporations, promising specialists who have significant achievements in their professional career.
Program duration: 1.8 years (>1500 academic hours).
Training format: intramural-extramural, 10 one-week modules.

МВA: Oil and gas business administration. Project management

The program enables to explore the role of project management in modern oil and gas companies, to get acquainted with the international experience of implementing project management.
Goal: to develop professional competences of middle and senior managers, leadership in management of major international projects and assets. The knowledge gained helps to achieve the goals and objectives successfully as well as develop new, promising business projects.
Target audience: middle and senior managers of oil and gas corporations, promising specialists who have significant achievements in their professional career.
Program duration: 1.5 years (> 1000 academic hours).
Training format: intramural-extramural, 10 one-week modules.

МВA: Oil and gas business administration. Oil and gas trading

It is an international program of additional professional training, unique in the Russian academic market, aimed to improve professional competences of specialists engaged in trading and transportation of oil and gas products.
Goal: to improve the quality of professional knowledge in the field of oil and gas trading and logistics in view of all aspects of the industry markets.
Target audience: middle and senior managers of oil and gas corporations, promising specialists who have significant achievements in their professional career.
Program duration: 1.8 years (> 1500 academic hours).
Training format: intramural-extramural, 10 one-week modules.

Executive MBA: Oil and gas business administration. Modern leader

The program is offered upon request of a company. It is aimed to develop personal potential of managers and their ability to adapt the objectives of sustainable development of a company to the context of global trends and functioning features of the oil and gas industry nowadays.
Goal: to develop leadership skills and build a group of leaders for effective company management.
The result of this program is in-depth understanding of the current characteristics and prospects of the industry development as well as the ability to adapt the objectives of sustainable development of a company to changes in the external environment and its impact factors on the oil and gas business.
Target audience: senior managers of oil and gas corporations, promising specialists who have significant achievements in their professional career.
Program duration: 1 years (> 1000 academic hours).
Training format: intramural-extramural, 10 one-week modules.

DBA: Risk management and global transformation of the energy business

The program is designed in the light of specific features of the oil and gas industry and its globalization, disintegration of the energy markets and increased risks of the energy business in terms of low oil prices in the world market.
Goal: to develop potential of company managers and owners in the context of global trends and functioning features of the oil and gas industry in today's unstable world, in view of global energy price volatility.

The Program offers the opportunity:

  • to generalize individual experience of business administration;
  • to explore the modern management trends;
  • to analyze success factors;
  • to expand professional horizons;
  • to adapt the objectives of sustainable development of a company to changes in the external environment and its impact factors on the oil and gas business.

Target audience: senior managers of oil and gas corporations, promising specialists who have significant achievements in their professional career.
Program duration: 1 year.
Training format: intramural-extramural, 5 international visiting modules (3-5 days) at sites of world decision-making centers.

МРA: State and municipal energy administration

The program offers the opportunity to gain the latest knowledge and skills that ensure effective functioning of state and municipal institutions in the field of energy administration.
Goal: to train highly qualified specialists in the field of state and municipal administration, with advanced knowledge, skills and abilities; who ensure effective functioning of public institutions in the field of energy administration. MPA program is aimed to develop relevant professional competencies in public administration and energy business administration based on experience of MPA programs offered by leading international academic centers.
Target audience: middle and senior managers of oil and gas corporations, promising specialists who have significant achievements in their professional career.
Program duration: 1.8 years (> 1500 academic hours).
Training format: intramural-extramural, 10 one-week modules.

Professional training program: Strategic management in the international oil and gas corporation

In the market economy conditions, graduates of technical specialties need to gain a wide range of professional knowledge and competences in strategic management of oil and gas companies, economic analysis, management in the growing competitive environment, advanced marketing technologies, and new trends in human capital management.
These opportunities are offered by the professional training program “Strategic management in the international oil and gas corporation", which includes lectures, workshops, business games, classes in English and Chinese languages, trainings and tests given by Gubkin University faculty and visiting lecturers and leading experts in the oil and gas industry.
Upon completion, students obtain Gubkin University Diploma of Professional Retraining.
Target audience: 3-4 year bachelor’s students and master's students.
Program duration: 1.5 years / 3 semesters (520 academic hours).
Training format: intramural-extramural, 3 times a week.

Contact details:
International School of Business
E-mail: mba@gubkin.ru
Phone: +7 (499) 507-81-26
Postal address: 65 Leninsky Prospekt, Building 1, Moscow, 119991, Russia