Institute of Creative Industries, Economics and Entrepreneurship
Director of the Institute

About the Institute
The Institute of Creative Industries, Economics and Entrepreneurship offers students a unique educational program that combines knowledge, skills and experience in the fields of creative industries, economics and entrepreneurship. We train specialists who are able to work successfully in the innovative field, develop their own projects and implement creative ideas into business practice. Our students receive not only theoretical education, but also practical skills necessary for a successful career in the modern world.

- Management and Planning of Urban Planning
- Finance and Сredit
- Management of Tourism and Hotel Industry Enterprises
- Design
- Acting
- Theatre of Operetta
- International Management and Marketing
- Service Technologies in Housing and Communal Services
- Economic and Legal Regulation of Tourism Business
- Digital Technologies in Document Management
- Art of Singing
- Modern Technologies in Graphic Design
- Regional and Sectoral Economics
- Management
Departments
Education in economics is in demand. Financial specialists ensure the functioning of public and private companies, work in the banking and tax systems, and control the movement and distribution of investment flows of organizations and individuals. Financial economists are in demand in a variety of fields. They are involved in assessing the value of projects and companies, advising on the purchase and sale of assets, and optimizing operational performance. Financier is one of the most prestigious professions of our time. Specialists in this field of activity are quite highly valued, provided they are highly qualified, since the goal of any commercial organization or enterprise is to increase capital.
The graduate of the department will have a good understanding of financial management, banking, loans, insurance, financial management; know the basics of organizing monetary regulation, the relationship between different parts of money turnover, the basics of banking and stock exchange, the basics of organizing taxation and insurance; be prepared for professional activities in institutions of the financial system, able to work independently in positions that require an analytical approach in non-standard situations; solve non-standard problems, predict economic processes in the field of monetary and financial relations; see the prospects for the development of financial and credit relations and the prospects for their professional activities.
Teachers enable students to gain extensive knowledge about the processes of formation and execution of budgets at different levels, the procedure for planning accounting and reporting, organization and management of cash flows of enterprises, investment activities, features of the organization of finances of enterprises and organizations, banks and other financial institutions.
Key Research Areas:
- Development of the financial and real sectors of the Russian economy.
- Optimization of the functioning of state and municipal finances.
- Transformation of financial markets and financial systems in modern conditions.
- Problems of digitalization and automation of accounting.
- Current issues of tax administration.
Events traditionally organized by the Department:
- All-Russian and university educational events (Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism, Day of National Unity, Day of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and others);
- Activities aimed at creating a healthy lifestyle and developing the spiritual and moral potential of students.

The department trains students in the following areas of study: "Economics", "Finance and credit", "Economic security".
Specialists in the field of accounting, analysis, taxation and audit receive extensive theoretical knowledge and practical skills in accounting and control activities and can subsequently obtain a certificate of a professional accountant or auditor. They gain skills in working with professional software: “1C: Accounting”, “Alt-invest”, Microsoft Excel, programs for reporting to tax authorities and state extra-budgetary funds, learn to use legal reference systems in their work.
Graduates are in stable demand in the labor market, having good prospects for further professional and career growth. Employment opportunities for these specialists are very extensive: they can work as an accountant, accountant-cashier, specialist in the planning and economic department, specialist in the control and audit department, chief accountant, financial director. The skills of analytical processing of accounting and reporting information for the purpose of making management decisions and obtaining an assessment of the effectiveness of certain types of enterprise activities provide an opportunity to make a career as a financial analyst or financial manager. Specialists in the field of finance and credit gain knowledge and practical skills in the field of finance, banking operations, money circulation and credit, insurance, taxes and taxation, economic analysis of the organization's activities, monetary policy, organization of investment financing, etc. They are well versed in financial trends markets, are able to competently predict changes, analyze risks and successfully invest money in various projects.
The training of specialists in the field of economic security is considered relatively new and is prestigious, interesting and modern. The specialization “Economic and legal support of economic security” is based on in-depth professional training in the field of economics, jurisprudence and digital technologies. Future specialists in this field will be able to implement their knowledge in both the public and private sectors of the economy.
Graduates in the field of economic security perform professional tasks to ensure the security of the individual, society and state in the economic sphere; identify external and internal threats to the economic security of Russia, its regions and industries; apply tools and mechanisms to neutralize and prevent emerging threats, protect the economic interests of government authorities, the budget system, Russian public and private corporations, banks, investment companies operating both domestically and abroad. Working at enterprises in the region, our graduates do everything to eliminate the risk of embezzlement and theft within the enterprise, and protect against unlawful actions of government agencies and competitors.
Key Research Areas:
- The public finance system, its structure and role in regulating financial relations and socio-economic development of the country and/or region.
- Optimization of the structure of financial resources of enterprises in the real sector.
- Problems of ensuring a balanced banking policy in the field of investment, lending and the formation of bank liabilities along the entire vector of sources and reserves.
- Problems of development of accounting and analytical space and auditing in the modern economy.
- Directions for the development and improvement of tax policy and the tax system of the Russian Federation.
- Problems of economic analysis, modeling and forecasting in various sectors of the economy. - Mechanisms and instruments of state regulation and support of business activities.
Events traditionally organized by the Department:
- International scientific and practical conference “Problems of sustainable development of socio-economic systems”.
- International scientific and practical conference “Global problems of modernization of the national economy”.
- All-Russian (national) scientific and practical conference “Problems of development of the national economy in statistical figures”.
- All-Russian (national) scientific and practical conference “Sayapa Readings” Round table “Digital economy and the demand for professions in the labor market in the new decade”.
- All-Russian Student Olympiad on Economic Security International competition of scientific student works “Economy of the Future”.

The department trains students in the following areas of study: “Management”, “Personnel Management”, “State and Municipal Management”, “Business Informatics”, “Service", "Tourism", "Urban Planning", "Management", "Human Resource Management", "State and Municipal Administration", "Service", "Tourism", "Economy". Teachers of the department orient the educational process towards promising practical activities of students in the field of entrepreneurship, management, marketing and advertising. The graduates resolve personnel issues, deal with supplies, establish work processes at the enterprise, communicate with clients and suppliers, deal with office work, and much more. In addition, graduates are able to analyze the market and formulate a strategy for developing their business. Graduates of management specialties currently work in all areas of business, state and municipal administration. The department also trains specialists in the field of hotel management and sports and recreational services, real estate and utility infrastructure management, and management of tourism industry enterprises.
The department actively cooperates with the government of the Tambov region and the Association for Tourism Development of the Tambov region on the implementation of the national project “Tourism and Hospitality Industry”. The Fund for Assistance to the Reform of Housing and Communal Services is successfully functioning, within the framework of which experts are trained on issues of energy saving and increasing the energy efficiency of apartment buildings.
In 2022, training began in the field of management and urban planning, meeting the principles of sustainable development of the urban environment in the interests of present and future generations.
Key Research Areas:
- Strategic priorities for the development of human capital in the digital economy.
- Development of a methodology for modeling and increasing the efficiency of functioning of industrial enterprises based on improving the mechanism of intra-company management.
- Improving the system of state and municipal government at the regional level.
- Strategic development of the tourism and hospitality industry.
- Problems of real estate and utility infrastructure management.
- Search for new ideas, methods, models of spatial development of Russian cities that correspond to the new socio-economic conditions of urbanism, as part of the implementation of the Spatial Development Strategy and the government initiative “Cities of Great Opportunities and the Revival of Small Forms of Settlement”.
Events traditionally organized by the Department:
- International scientific and practical conference "Problems of sustainable development of socio-economic systems".
- International scientific and practical conference “Global problems of modernization of the national economy”.
- Interregional conference “Geoecological potential of Russia as a cultural and educational heritage”.
- All-Russian (national) scientific and practical conference “Sayapin Readings”.
- All-Russian scientific and practical conference “Current directions for the development of tourism and hospitality in the region”.
- Interregional competition of projects and research works “Information technologies in economics, management and business”.
- Round table “Digital economy and the demand for professions in the labor market in the new decade”.
- Round table “Current directions for the development of tourism and hospitality in the region” School for young service specialist and tourist School of Urbanism and Town Planning.

Leading lectures of the Department are specialists of various profiles: designers, architects, artists, art historians, designers of garments. Graduates of the Department are able to carry out creative projects in the field of advertising and information business at printing enterprises, in publishing houses and mass media. The objects of future professional activities can also be object-spatial architectural complexes, landscape environment and park ensembles. In 2016, a new field of training "Pedagogical Education" was opened (with two training profiles "Fine Arts and Computer Graphics"), enabling the graduate to fulfill his potential in the system of general, artistic and additional education, as well as, as a Web designer, artist - designer in various industrial structures, graphic designer.
Key Research Areas:
• Development and Preservation of National Traditions in the Field of Design in the Context of Globalization

Key Research Areas:
- Features of the Formation and Development of Domestic Theater Pedagogy.
- Spiritual and Aesthetic Education of Students by Means of Performing Arts .
- Actual Problems of Vocal and Instrumental Performance and Pedagogy.
- Pedagogy of Choreography: History, Theory, Practice.
- Continuous Training of Specialists in the Field of Ballroom Dancing.
Events traditionally organized by the Department:
- International Theater Day.
- Concert of pop and jazz music “Tatiana’s Day”.
- Wind music concert “Victory Day!”.
- Reporting concert of graduates of the choreographic department.
- International festival of choreographic art for the Cup of the Governor of the Tambov Region “Tambov Bee”.
- Competition for young choreographers "Dance Premiere".
- Ballroom dance competition "Fiesta - TSU".

Сenters and Laboratories
This is a progressively developing center, the purpose of which is the need to provide effective forecasting, goal setting and support for management decisions during the implementation of project activities.
Key Research Areas:
- examinations of the reliability of the parameters of business plans for investment projects and programs;
- specialized fundamental and applied scientific research;
- research, analytical, statistical, and marketing work for enterprises, institutions and organizations;
- provision of consulting services on processing and analysis of statistical data for socio-economic research;
- feasibility study of investment projects to obtain government support;
- reporting on projects that received government support, in terms of economic calculations;
- provision of services to legal entities in the field of accounting, analysis, audit, taxation, management; market research;
- conducting retraining/advanced training courses for enterprise specialists.

The center has the status of a Scientific Structural Unit and is engaged in solving a wide range of scientific and educational problems in the field of fundamental and applied research of regional enterprises, integrating the scientific and pedagogical potential of departments, centers and laboratories of the Institute of Economics, Management and Services.
Key Research Areas:
- acceleration of problems solving in the field of fundamental and applied research of regional enterprises;
- involvement students, graduate students, teaching staff in scientific and scientific activities and implementation the results of research in the educational process;
- integration of the scientific and pedagogical potential of departments, centers, laboratories of the Institute of Economics, Management and Service in fundamental and applied scientific research, commercialization of their results;
- development of new programs and methods that develop and combine fundamental scientific research and the educational process;
- methodological support of the educational process.
- organisation and implementation of practical training for students.

The Laboratory organizes round tables, conferences, scientific seminars, master classes, including with specialists invited from enterprises in one or another practical area of economics. It also prepares students for different Olympiads such as “I’m a Professional”, the International Internet Olympiad in Economics, the Gazprom Olympiad in Economics.
The laboratory staff is actively engaged in research activities in the field of economics, attracting students to research, which is reflected in their preparation of scientific reports at international and all-Russian conferences, publication of articles in collections of works and journals of various levels.
Key Research Areas:
- Research direction.
- Educational direction.
- Organizational direction.

The work of the Center is aimed at carrying out research work aimed at accelerating the development of ballroom choreography; increasing the level of scientific and methodological training of future specialists in ballroom choreography; development, testing and implementation of innovative methods in the educational process for preschool, school-age children and students.

The work of the Center is aimed at integrating educational, scientific and practical (creative) activities to create a socio-cultural environment, improving the quality of training of specialists, ensuring their reliability, competence, scientific-technological and scientific-methodological level of teaching.

The work of the Center is aimed at popularizing, organizing and stimulating design work at Derzhavin University; improving the quality of specialists produced by the university by involving them in scientific and scientific-production activities; development of partnerships with companies in the city, region and other constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The work of the Center is aimed at improving the quality of specialists produced by the university by involving students, graduate students, teaching staff in scientific and scientific-production activities and using the results of research work in the educational process of the teaching staff and using the results of research work in the educational process.

The work of the Center is aimed at solving theoretical problems in the field of formation of information culture in the conditions of the information society; formation of information culture of various categories of information consumers; improving the quality of specialists produced by the university.

The work of the Center is aimed at interaction of the university with regional authorities, business structures and urban communities as part of the formation of a comprehensively developed urban environment.

The work of the Center is aimed at participating in scientific research on the implementation of state programs of the region in the field of culture; participation in specialized scientific research in the field of culture and performing arts; increasing the effectiveness of career guidance work with applicants; developing the creative abilities of the younger generation and forming a sustainable interest in creative professions; identification and comprehensive support of gifted children; comprehensively satisfying the educational needs of citizens and various social and age groups of the population.
