SIMON KUZNETS KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS.KhNUE is the leading higher education institution of the Eastern Ukraine which provides a full range of educational services, carrying out multistage training, retraining and upgrading experts' skills in 23 specialties, such as Economics and Entrepreneurship, Management and Administration, Informatics and Computer Engineering, Publishing and Printing Business, Service Sphere, State Administration. The university has about 12 000 students (including 800 foreign students), 780 faculty members and offers training primarily structured around the new teaching architecture of the higher education. There are 7 faculties, 34 departments, Correspondence and Distance Learning Centre, Centre of Post-Graduate Education, the specialized academic councils on the defence of theses for PhD in Economics, educational and scientific-research laboratories. Having a considerable experience in training Ukrainian students, KhNUE influences HR, scientific, technical and economic policy of industrial enterprises and organizations in the country. The University trains highly skilled economists familiar with modern information technologies and innovative model of behaviour. The University established a flexible system of quality specialists preparation management, based on continuous monitoring of KhNUE graduates' achievements. KhNUE is a member of National Educational Methodical Commission in CS & IS. Joint MSc Double Diploma Programs with University Lumiere Lyon-2 (France) (since 2005, more than 350 graduates). Member organization:• Magna Charta Consorcium, • Association Of Economic Universities Of South And Eastern Europe And The Black Sea Region (ASECU), • Association of European Border Regions, • European University Association (EUA), • Francophone University Association (AUF), • International Institute of Administrative Sciences and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Public Administration