Research areas of the Department:

- Budgetary system of the Russian Federation;

- Development of social insurance;

- State support of small business in the Russian Federation;

- Public funding of physical culture and sports;

- Assessment of financial stability of market entities;

- Assessment of the effectiveness of budget expenditures;

- Development of the state financial control;

- Development of budget accounting and reporting in the Russian Federation;

- Management of national and municipal debt;

- Problems of budgetary policy of the Russian Federation and subjects of the Russian Federation

- Budget balance.

The Department supervises the masters' program in Public Law Entities Finance.