In connection with the 100th anniversary of the Labor Technical Inspection within Trade Unions of Russia, a scientific and practical conference with international participation was held at Ural State University of Economics "100 Years of Struggle for the Life and Health of Workers". The conference was organized by the Federation of Trade Unions of Sverdlovsk Oblast.

The table tennis team of Ural State University of Economics took 2nd place in the Sverdlovsk regional Universiade -2018. The competition for high awards has got going among the best tennis players of 12 universities.

April 24-25, 2018, the USUE Office for Interaction with Employers organized the refresher courses "Forming Communicative Competence for Interaction with Disabled People ". At the courses, USUE staff learned to interact with people who have health restrictions and disabilities. Lectures and trainings were conducted by inclusion specialists of the Accessible Environment Center, Sverdlovsk Regional Special Library for the Blind, All-Russia Society of the Deaf, and psychologists. Masters of inclusion told how to build a dialogue with people who are in a wheelchair, deaf, blind or suffering from a mental illness.

The interregional organization of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, VEO of Russia and Ural Branch of VEO of Russia, as well as St. Petersburg State University and Ural State University of Economics issued a joint monograph "New Industrialization of Russia: Strategic Priorities of the Country and Possibilities of Urals".

The head of the selection point Stanislav Pivovarov told the students about the possibility of admission to the contract service instead of conscription service . Students learned about the places and conditions of service, earnings, benefits, and military mortgage.