Students and teachers of Ural State University of Economics met with the executive director for manned space programs of the Roscosmos State Corporation, an academician of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky, Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Russian Federation, an aviation athlete and cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev.

Every year, during the celebration of the Great Victory, USUE takes part in the Immortal Regiment movement. The Museum of USUE History stores in its funds exhibits related to the Great Patriotic War, the participation of teachers and students in memorable events, and the reminiscences of veterans. Since last year, the Museum has been collecting artifacts concerning relatives and friends of teachers, employees, and University students and graduates who had gone through the roads of war.

Vladimir Elmanin, Chairman of the Management Board of Pervouralskbank, invited students of the USUE Institute of Finance and Law to undertake an internship at his bank with the possibility of further employment within the framework of the signed cooperation agreement with USUE.   

March 16-18, the IV international contest of student research-to-practice works "Russia in the Global World: Challenges of the XXI Century" is being held at USUE. The contest has been run by the USUE Department of Business Foreign Language since 2018. In 2021, students from USUE, RANEPA, and Petrozavodsk State University are taking part in it.     

Ural State University of Economics has joined the events dedicated to the Day of Crimea reunification with Russia. Within the framework of the national festival "Crimean Spring", 6th-grade pupils of school №91 in Yekaterinburg took part in a master class on cooking favorite dishes of Crimeans organized by the USUE Department of Nutrition Technology.