Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation is the recognized leader of financial education in Russia. The graduates of the IFF make up the core of the financial and economic elite of the country and hold high posts in government financial institutions, in politics and business.

In the year of 2007 the Financial university has formed the International Finance Faculty (IFF) offering educational programs with a master and bachelor degree in International Economics. The form of education is internal. Upon the end of the students education (4 years for bachelor's and 2 years for master’s) they will receive a Financial Universtity diploma and have the opportunity to get a diploma from a foreign university in cooperation with the IFF.