The Siberian Institute of Management is an affiliated branch of the federal state-funded educational institution of higher professional education “The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration”

On December 16, 1991 Siberian Personnel Centre was created in Novosibirsk and in 1995 it was reorganized into the Siberian Academy of Public Administration. In 2010 in order to reorganize the training of professional managers for the state and municipal services, all regional Academies of Public Administration were merged into a single system under the authority of the Russian Academy of National Economy. Since 2012 the Siberian Academy of Public Administration has been named “The Siberian Institute of Management – branch of RANEPA” (SIM RANEPA).

SIM RANEPA is the youngest state higher educational institution in Novosibirsk region. At present, SIM RANEPA is the only special higher educational institution in Siberia which provides training, retraining and professional development of the state and municipal officials.

The structure of SIM RANEPA are 4 faculties, 16 departments, postgraduate studies, scientific library, educational and methodical office, information technology office, publishing, administrative and supporting entities. The Siberian Institute of Management has accumulated a significant amount of educational and scientific achievements.

Main areas of the Academy work:

• training and retraining of citizens for state and municipal service;
• professional retraining and professional development of the federal state officials, the state officials of the Siberian Federal District entities, and the individuals holding municipal positions;
• training of highly-qualified academic and educational research personnel;
• organizing and conducting scientific research based on the SIM RANEPA profile;
• providing consultative, information and analytical services, as well as academic and methodological services to the state and local authorities;
• implementing international cooperation according to the SIM RANEPA activity profile.

Employers of the graduates

Many graduates of SIM RANEPA take up leading positions in the system of state and municipal management not only in the Siberian Federal District. They work at the Executive Office of the RF President, the RF Federal Assembly, in federal and local authorities, in courts, at the public prosecution office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, in the RF armed forces, etc.

Many graduates achieved great professional success in business, in non-business enterprises, etc.

The Siberian Institute of Management provides the following levels of professional education:

• Bachelor's degree in intramural, blended and extramural forms of study;
• Specialist's degree in intramural and extramural forms of study;
• Master's degree in intramural and extramural forms of study;
• Postgraduate studies
• Top-qualification personnel training in intramural and extramural forms of study;