Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service (Russian: Владивосто́кский госуда́рственный университе́т эконо́мики и се́рвиса), or VSUES (ВГУЭС), is a university located in Vladivostok, Russia.
The university was founded in 1967 as Far Eastern Technological Institute (Дальневосто́чный технологи́ческий институ́т), or FETI (ДВТИ). The university received full accreditation in 1996.
Today, the university offers a large variety of degrees, which include business, management, computer sciences, psychology, sociology, fashion, and others.
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