The Bank of Russia's banking schools (colleges) are educational establishments of secondary vocational training licensed to implement basic secondary vocational education programmes at the basic and advanced levels, and also the programmes of complementary vocational training.

    The Bank of Russia is the founder of banking schools (colleges).

    The Bank of Russia's banking schools (colleges) are legal entities carrying out their activities in compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, the Standard Statute on the educational establishments of secondary vocational training (specialised secondary educational institutions), the regulatory acts of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, the Bank of Russia and the statutes of educational establishments.

    Training Programmes Implemented in Banking Schools (Colleges)

	Secondary vocational training in banking (speciality 080108)
	-  Basic level;
	-  Advanced level.

    Training is provided on the basis of curricula and programmes, taking into account the specifics of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and credit institutions.

	Complementary vocational training
	-  Short-term advanced training courses and seminars for Russian bank executives and specialists;
	-  Vocational retraining of Bank of Russia specialists with a higher (secondary) vocational education.

    Training is provided on the basis of curricula and programmes, taking into account the specifics of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and credit institutions.

Addresses of Banking Schools

    Secondary vocational training in banking (speciality 080108)

    Basic level of secondary vocational training in banking.

    Qualification: Banking Specialist.

    Duration of training:

    Form of study: full-time

    22 months for trainees with a secondary (complete) general education;
    34 months for trainees with a basic general education.

    Form of study: by correspondence

    30 months for trainees with a secondary (complete) general education;
    18 months for trainees with a non-banking higher education.

    Advanced level of secondary vocational training in banking.

    Qualification: Advanced Training Banking Specialist.

    A trainee is instructed in one of the following topics:
    - accounting and operations at the central bank;
    - accounting and operations in banks;
    - information and communications technologies;
    - taxes and taxation;
    - foreign exchange operations and foreign exchange control.

    Duration of training:

    Form of study: full-time

    10 months for trainees with a basic secondary vocational education;
    34 months for trainees with a secondary (complete) general education;
    46 months for trainees with a basic general education.

    Form of study: by correspondence combined with external studies:

    10 months for trainees with a basic secondary vocational education;
    42 months for trainees with a secondary (complete) general education;
    22 months for trainees with a non-banking higher education.

    Complementary vocational training

    Advanced Training

    Intended for executives and specialists of the structural units of the Bank of Russia institutions and Russian credit institutions and aims to enhance managerial efficiency, allow trainees to acquire the knowledge of new theories and improve their practical skills for the purposes of their effective professional activities.

    This training is provided in the following form: advanced training courses for various categories of executives and specialists of structural units; thematic seminars on specific banking problems of current interest and secondments.

    Training is organised on the basis of requests from the personnel services of the organisations of the Bank of Russia and credit institutions.

    Vocational retraining

    Intended for new employees of Bank of Russia institutions who have a higher economic or other education and also for specialists who are expected to change or expand the range of their professional activities.

    Vocational retraining includes:

    A full-time three-week course of basic training at a banking school in the general subject of the functioning of the Bank of Russia;

    Basic training is designed to provide trainees with systematised information about the activities, purposes, status, principles of organisation and functions of the Bank of Russia.

    A 2- to 4-month course of full-time or part-time practical training (secondment) in the Bank of Russia regional branches in all of the functionally interrelated units of particular specialisation.

    A 3- to 5-week course of full-time special training in the subjects corresponding to the trainee's field of work:

    - legal regulation of banking activities;
    - foreign currency operations, foreign exchange regulation and foreign exchange control;
    - operations to counter the legalisation (laundering) of criminally obtained incomes and terrorism financing;
    - monetary regulation;
    - economics;
    - operations and current record keeping and accounting in cash settlement centres;
    - accounting and internal audit in the Bank of Russia.

    The general duration of vocational retraining is from 3 to 6 months (over 500 hours).

    Addresses of Banking Schools

    Kazan Banking School (college) of the Bank of Russia
    63 N. Yershova St., Kazan, 420061
    tel. (843-2) 73-09-03, E-mail: dir@kazbs.ru

    Moscow Banking School (college) of the Bank of Russia
    23 Signalny Proyezd, Moscow, 127273
    tel. (495) 401-51-22, tel./fax: 401-51-56, E-mail: mbs@mail.cbr.ru

    Omsk Banking School (college) of the Bank of Russia
    35 Krasnogvardeiskaya St., Omsk, 644099
    tel./fax: (381-2) 23-07-03, E-mail: obs@obs.omsk.ru

    Orel Banking School (college) of the Bank of Russia
    4 Gostinaya St., Orel, 302001
    tel./fax: (486-2) 54-05-35, E-mail: inf@obsh.orn.ru

    St. Petersburg Banking School (college) of the Bank of Russia
    123 Nab. Kanala Griboyedova, St. Petersburg, 190068
    tel. (812) 714-49-95, fax: 714-53-71, E-mail: bschool@comlink.spb.ru

    Khabarovsk Banking School (college) of the Bank of Russia
    175 Tikhookeanskaya St., Khabarovsk, 680054
    tel. (421-2) 74-12-91, tel./fax: 74-19-08, E-mail: college@college.rtzi.ru

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