The textbook The Budgetary System of the Russian Federation prepared by a team of authors from the USUE Department of Finance, Monetary Circulation, and Credit, edited by Natalya Aleksandrovna Istomina, Doctor of Economics, associate professor, and Yulia Sergeevna Dolganova, Ph.D. in Economics, associate professor, has entered the top 50 regional publications according to the results of the competition "Best Books of the Year - 2019": TOP 50 BEST BOOKS OF REGIONAL PUBLISHERS held by the Association of Book Publishers of Russia in 2020.

Ural State University of Economics continues active preparation for the XI Eurasian Economic Youth Forum "Russia and Regions of the World: the Embodiment of Ideas and Economy of Opportunities." USUE Vice-rector for social work Roman Krasnov held a coordination meeting with representatives of USUE structural divisions and institutes on the organization of the main youth economic event in the Ural region. 

Ural State University of Economics hosted an international online conference dedicated to the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic for enterprises in Russia and Uzbekistan. The conference was organized jointly with the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (UWED) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

January 14, the first in 2021 press conference of USUE rector Yakov Silin took place.  The press conference was attended by journalists from TV companies of Asbest, Kamensk-Uralsky, and Polevsky, as well as journalists of the Economist magazine of Ural State University of Economics.

USUE began the calendar year 2021 with an Open Day, where it presented all levels of education at the University, including secondary professional education at the USUE College and recently launched specialist’s degree programs in Forensic Science with Economic Analysis specialty.