October 26-27, a regional seminar "Days of Competition in Yekaterinburg" of the Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service for the Sverdlovsk Region was held in Yekaterinburg. On October 27, Ural State University of Economics hosted the seminar.

October 27, USUE Rector Yakov Silin and Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Roman Krasnov met with students to answer their questions and help solve problems.

The All-Russian educational action «All-Russian Economic Dictation» was held for the first time on October 12, 2017, at 637 sites in 80 regions of the Russian Federation, gathering more than 59 thousand participants. At USUE, 200 people checked their economic literacy. These are high school students of 9-11 grades, students of colleges and universities, and just residents of Yekaterinburg.

Director of the USUE School of Service and Hospitality Yana Starovoitova had passed competitive selection and participated in the Milan exhibition of hospitality «Host Milano».

The Division of Interaction with Employers and HR Development at the USUE Human Resources Department held an annual «Test Drive: Employer — School — Youth». The event is designed to improve the quality of interaction between universities, employers and young professionals.