The dean of the Department of International Economic Relations Mikhail Mishkevich has three degrees of higher education. In 1976 he graduated from Minsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. In 1986 he defended the candidate thesis in Roman philology. In 1995 he  received the second higher education in the Higher School of Management and Business of the BSEU, having majored in International Economic Relations. In 1994 received the Bachelor degree in Economics (Maitrise in Economics), and in 1995 the Master degree from the University Paris - 1.

Mikhail Vatslavovich has been working at our university for more than 20 years. He started as a teacher of the French language, since 1988 he has been the head of the sub-faculty of foreign languages №1 of the BSEU. And since 1995 he has been the dean of the Department of International Economic Relations.

In his childhood Mikhail Mishkevich wanted to know as many foreign languages as possible and to become an interpreter, but having grown up he found himself in teaching, which he considers to be his calling. Now he is fluent in English, German and Polish. And French can be stated without exaggeration to be his second native language. The masterpieces by Leo Tolstoy are what encouraged him to learn this fascinating language. His favourite language is Belarusian. The dean loves theatre, music (his collection includes all the works by Bach, Mozart and Chaikovsky, as well as good modern rock). His favourite song is "Wind of Change" (Scorpions). Mikhail Vatslavovich is keen on sports. He considers himself an optimist, and a self-made man. From his point of view the main qualities a person should possess are decency, fairness, equity, inquisitiveness, keenness. He doesn't sympathise with a person losing his dignity. His main life principle is to act according to his conscience.

 Read Interview (December 2000)

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