1992 A joint Russian–Japanese program for teachers of secondary schools started at the Moscow State University School of Management. In this framework “Fundamentals of market economy and business” and “Methods of teaching business disciplines” were taught.
1993 On November 24 the MSU School of Management was transformed into a Business School, and became a part of the Faculty of Economics.
Bachelor’s degree program in “Management» was developed by managers and academic staff of the Business School.
1994 The construction of the school building had been started. The building construction was funded by the Japanese Government as part of the Japanese program promoting business education in Russia.
1995 One of the first Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs in Russia opened at the Moscow State University Business School.
1996 MSUBS and Business School of Keio University in Japan organized classes in strategy for managers twice a year
2000 On May 5 MSUBS became an independent faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
2001 On January 17 Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University Academician V.A. Sadovnichy and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Mr. Kono opened the building of the MSU Business School.
On May 3, the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program was accredited by the Ministry of Education. On the same date MSUBS was included in the list of universities MBA programmes granting the state diploma for the MBA graduates.
On July master program in “Management” was opened.
On October 10 Academician V.A. Sadovnichy, Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University, and Mr. M. Tamba, Ambassador of Japan, planted Japanese sakura trees in front of the Moscow State University Business School.
2002 Prof. Douglas Coulter (graduate of Harvard University and a lecturer at Harvard Business School) became a lecturer at the MSUBS.
2003 The MSUBS Alumni Association was established.
2004 During his visit to the MSUBS, Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz gave a lecture and presented his book.
Leading representatives of Russian and foreign business became a part of MSUBS Board of Trustees, headed by MSU graduate O.V. Deripaska.
In May PhD program (full-time and part-time forms) was opened.
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2005 Charles Lindblom, Professor of Economics and Political Science at Yale and Stanford Universities, held a meeting with MSUBS students.
MSUBS was among the Top 40 best business schools in Europe (QS Rating). The Lomonosov Moscow State University Business School became the only business school from Russia and Eastern Europe to be included in the list of “Top 100 Business Schools in the World” by the end of 2004.
In July a team of MSUBS graduate students participated in the international seminar “2005 Tokyo Seminar” at Aoyama Gaukin University, Japan.
2006 From June 24 to July 7, MSUBS Bachelor’s Degree students had an internship at Northeastern University in Boston.
Mikhail E. Shvydkoi, Head of the Federal Agency for Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, delivered a lecture to MSUBS students.
In December MSUBS hosted a meeting with Masaaki Imai, the founder and president of Kaizen Institute.
2007 Lomonosov Moscow State University Business School hosted the international student festival ABEST21, which was attended by students from Russia, Japan, China and South Korea.
Executive MBA program for top managers of Russian and international companies was opened at MSUBS.
2008 Lomonosov Moscow State University Business School took the 1st place in the ranking of “Sekret Firmy» magazine.
In July, first students graduated from MSUBS MBA program in the Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana). It was the first program conducted by MSUBS outside the Russian Federation.
2010 MSUBS was in TOP20 business schools in Russia and took the 2nd place in the EDUNIVERSAL ranking in the category of the best business schools known internationally.
The financial courses of MSUBS were accredited by CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants).
In October MSUBS together with “Delphi” Strategic Research Group held a seminar on «Will industrial production survive: the experience of Japan and Russia» with the participation of Prof. Akio Kavato, Prof. V.M. Zubov and A.V. Filatov, CEO of LLC «Russian Machines».
MSUBS launched a double degree program in cooperation with the University of St. Andrews (Great Britain).
2011 According to the Eduniversal ranking, the MSUBS became «the best business school known internationally» and was among the top three «best business schools in the Eastern Europe region».
MSUBS became a member of the Baltic Management Development Association
Bachelor’s Degree program of MSUBS was accredited by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) under the EPAS (European Program Accreditation System) system.
MSUBS joined the initiative «Principles of Responsible Management Education» (PRME) of the UN Global Compact.
2012 James Wumek, the Founder and President of Lean Enterprise Institute, held a seminar «Development Strategy» at MSUBS.
MSUBS joined Central and East European Management Development Association (CEEMAN)
MSUBS was re-awarded the highest status of «the school with the highest international influence»
2013 According to the Eduniversal ranking, MBA program MSUBS took 1st place among the MBA programs of business schools and universities in Eastern Europe
The Master’s program of MSUBS was among TOP5 Master’s programs in Eastern Europe
2014 Bachelor’s Degree program of MSUBS was included in the list of 84 best educational business programs in the world awarded with EPAS accreditation.
On June 30, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with graduates of MSUBS
2015 MSUBS confirmed the status of one of 100 best business schools in the world
2016 Master’s program of MSUBS was awarded with the international accreditation ABEST21
MSUBS again was in the TOP100 best business schools in the world and the TOP10 best business schools in Eastern Europe, according to Eduniversal.
2017 MSUBS with the intellectual support of the Basic Element Industrial Group and with the financial support of INGOSSTRAKH, launched a new one–year program «Doing Business — Entrepreneurship and Business Development».
MSUBS held a program on Sustainable Development in cooperation with representatives of the Fashion industry.
MSUBS became a member of AACSB
2018 The book «The time has come: notes on different things» of the dean of MSUBS Oleg S. Vikhanskiy was published
2019 BA and MA programs in Entrepreneurship were launched at MSUBS
2020 MSUBS in cooperation with Alumni Association initiated the mentorship programme for undergraduate and graduate students.
2021 In January 2021 MSUBS held the International Autumn School on Entrepreneurship and Business Engineering for the students of Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands.
MSUBS conducted a number of projects under the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) framework with the Pennsylvania State University
MSUBS in cooperation with the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University and Meijo University (Japan) run a series of online student projects for the Japanese companies Rei-Frontier Inc. and SAMI Company LLC.
2022 MSUBS enters the digitalisation era with equipping its classes with cutting-edge technologies. The new digital complex imbedded in MSUBS learning management systems provides various opportuinities for the hybrid learning.
MSUBS and SPLAT GLOBAL company launched the programme “Act Like an Owner” aimed at proving students with entrepreneurial skills based on successful company cases
2023 MSUBS conducted the first intake of students for the “Executive MBA: New Reality” programme
MSUBS master programme students took the 2nd place at the prestigious SIGMA Pitch Competition in Dubai
The project of MSUBS digital classes was awarded with the 1st prize at the PROIntegration Awards 2023 as the best integrational project in education.
