The Plekhanov Russian University of Economics was founded in 1907. For more than 100 years, the university has always been closely linked to the national economy: the development of commerce and food production technology in the early 20th century, followed by the development of commodity science, the growth of the cooperative movement, the creation of state economic statistics and planning systems, economic reforms in 1965-1970, macroeconomic and sectoral research in the 1980s, facilitating the formation of market structures in the 1990s. Scientific school of the University (academicians L. Abalkin, A. Aganbegyan, V. Mayevsky, L. Grinberg, V. Makarov, P. Bunich, V. Ivanter, V. Kuleshov, Corresponding member R. Grinberg) has long been the core of the academic economic community of Russia. The high practical orientation of education and its connection with the realities of the economic situation in the country have been a unique characteristic of the university for many years. In 2012-2015, the Russian University of Economics was enlarged by joining Saratov State University of Socio-Economics, the Russian State University of Commerce and Economics and the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics.