September 29, 2017, Ural State University of Economics hosted a scientific and methodological conference "Open Education as a Strategic Direction of the University Growth." The conference is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of USUE.

Recently the Sports Palace of the Ural State Mining University hosted an Archery Tag among the teams of student sports clubs. The student sports club "SINH" (SSC "SINH") defended the honor Ural State University of Economics. In the team of our University were the activists of SSC "SINH" Kirill Mokeev, Denis Koreshkov, Kseniya Vdovina, Nadezhda Novikova, Maria Blinova, Ivan Molotkov, Abdulla Abdullayev, and Anastasia Podshindyalina.

Students of USUE institutes and College visited operating missile military unit 93401 in Svobodny. The students were accompanied by Sergey Voronin, Colonel of the Russian Armed Forces, Hero of Russia, and advisor to the USUE Rector.

September 26, 2017, students of Ural State University of Economics visited the Museum of Cosmonautics and Rocket and Space Technique subordinated to one of the leading enterprises of the space industry of the Russian Federation "NPO Avtomatiki" (Scientific and Production Association of Automatics).

September 26, Rector of Ural State University of Economics Yakov Silin and Vice-Rector for Social Work Roman Krasnov met with students who went to the Crimea, Kursk, Moscow and France for excursions and search activities. The students shared their impressions and talked about what they liked and best remembered.