May 18 and 19, 2018 in the dissertation council D 212.287.02 (technical sciences) at Ural State University of Economics, two doctoral dissertations (Veronika Trikhina "Integrated method of developing specialized products for the correction of nutrition of people working in harmful conditions" and Olga Musina " Scientific and applied aspects of the targeted combination of raw materials in the production of polycomponent dairy products") and one candidate's thesis Alisa Romanova ("Using physical methods to increase the shelf life of chilled fish") were defended.

May 15, the Center for National Unity of Chelyabinsk hosted the international roundtable "Problems of Adaptation of Migrants from Central Asia at Russian Universities" organized by the Eurasian Commonwealth Foundation and the youth student movement "Eurasian Express".

May 16, 2018, in Tashkent, the international scientific and practical conference of Russian philologists "XIV Vinogradov Readings" was held. This event, which has already become traditional, is one of the most outstanding events to promote the Russian language in Central Asia.

This year, the action "Night of Museums" in Yekaterinburg is dedicated to the 295th anniversary of the city. The event is of an unprecedented scale: at night, 113 sites throughout the city will invite guests. Ural State University of Economics has joined the cultural and cognitive project. Museum of USUE History today tells the history of the city in the context of the origination and formation of higher education.

May 17, the USUE Rector Yakov Silin will take part in the XI international scientific and practical conference "Economic Growth of the Republic of Belarus: Globalization, Innovation , Sustainability". The event is held in Minsk, at the Belarus State Economic University.