The "SMART Economics" Master's Program is the "Black Belt" level in strategic management of digital transformation. While a Bachelor's degree provides tools, a Master's degree teaches you to design entire worlds. Today, a Master's level SMART Economist is an Architect of Complexity capable of integrating artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain into global growth strategies for corporations and entire regions. Your scope of activity will include Industry 4.0 ecosystems, autonomous economic agents, and nation-scale digital platforms.
The goal of study is to prepare Chief Digital Officers (CDOs) and strategic visionaries capable of managing "smart" systems under conditions of extreme uncertainty. We will teach you not just to analyze data, but to create self-learning algorithmic decision-making models. This is a combination of deep economic modeling with Advanced Analytics and systems design. You will master the art of transforming traditional business into a high-tech SMART system where every resource operates at peak efficiency thanks to intelligent management.
Your Master's superpower: You will develop Antifragility and Complex Problem Solving—the ability not just to survive in chaos, but to profit from it. Your professional tech stack will be complemented with elite competencies:
- Digital Transformation Governance: strategic management of transitioning large systems to digital rails.
- Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics: designing systems that not only predict the future, but also suggest optimal action scenarios.
- Tokenomics & DeFi Strategy: developing economic models for decentralized finance and corporate tokens.
- Cyber-Physical System Management: managing business models where physical assets and digital algorithms merge into a single unit.
Our Master's graduates are top innovation managers, leading analysts at the Big Four, digitalization architects in government entities, and founders of Deep Tech startups dictating new standards for the global market.
Objects of professional activity for Master's graduates include strategic modeling of SMART networks, digital platform architecture design, institutional environment design for the digital economy, and intellectual capital management within global network structures.
Field of Study: C “Social Sciences, Journalism, Information and International Relations”
Specialty: C1 Economics and International Economic Relations
Specialization: C1.01 Economics
Educational and Professional Program: SMART-Economics
Accreditation Certificate: УД No.21021146 dated July 25, 2025. Valid until July 1, 2026.
Faculty: Faculty of Software Engineering and Business
Graduating Department: Department of Economics and Public Administration (601)