Samara State University of Economics is a large-scale scientific centre with fundamental and applied research continually being carried out. On the basis of this research theses for a Doctor's degree and for a Candidate's degree are defended; textbooks and educational supplies, monographs, scientific articles are published and scientific and methodological conferences are organized and held.

The main scientific schools and trends of scientific research in the University:

• Problems of forecasting and regulation in the sphere of economic and social development of the regions and inter-branch complexes in market conditions.
• Analyses of new forms of management and production relations in a market economy.
• Problems of social and economic development of production in the period of the transition to a market economy.
• Methodological problems of the present-day system of economic relations.
• Perfection of the methodology of complex statistical and economic analysis of the regions activities.
• Problems of the management mechanism development in the system of the agro-industrial complex.
• Legal regulation of market relations.
• New information technologies. The methodology of development and introduction of social systems of economic processes management.

The University carries out scientific research for organizations and enterprises in the following directions:

• Analysis of production and economic activities, and elaboration of schemes that improve financial enterprise in accordance with the existing normative basis.
• Creation and preparation of business plans, investment projects, feasibility study of credits.
• Market research and `market condition forecasting` for the production schedules of various enterprises.
• Analysis of personnel potential of an enterprise and working out of management organizational structure.
• Creation and preparation of minimization questionnaires and realization of concrete sociological research in the social and labour field.
• Creation and preparation of logistics investment projects and models of logistics expenses.