Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation (FinU)

Other name	FinU, FinUniversity, or literally Financial University
Former names	Moscow Institute of Economics and Finance, Moscow Finance Institute, State Finance Academy, Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation
Motto	Ценим прошлое, но основываясь на достигнутом, строим будущее! (Russian)
Motto in English	We appreciate the past, we look at what we've achieved, and we build the future!
Type	Public
Established	1919
Endowment	268 million RUB (2017) [1]
President	Mikhail Eskindarov
Rector	Stanislav Prokofiev[2]
Academic staff	2,999[3]
Students	45,666 (fall 2020)[4]
Undergraduates	29,494 (fall 2020)[4]
Postgraduates	4,192 (fall 2020)[4]
Doctoral students	340
Address	Leningradsky Prospekt 49 , Moscow , Russia 55°48′01″N 37°31′44″E / 55.8003°N 37.5289°E / 55.8003; 37.5289
Colors	Dark Turquoise[5]
Website	fa.ru

Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (FinU or Financial University; Russian: Финансовый университет при Правительстве Российской Федерации) is a public university located in Moscow, Russia. It was considered among top five universities in Russia in 2010 according to Forbes^[8] and RBC^[9] as well as one of the oldest Russian universities preparing economists, financiers, philosophers, bankers and financial lawyers.^[10]

FinU had several bygone names:

• Moscow Institute of Economics and Finance (1919–1946)
• Moscow Finance Institute (1946–1990)
• State Finance Academy (1991–1992)
• Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation (1992–2010)

Financial University consists of eight faculties, 40 departments, three institutes, two high schools, two research institutes, eight centers, two training – science laboratories, a network of regional offices – 11 branches and four offices open in seven regions of Russia.