The Department of Analytical Economics and International Economics was established at the Faculty of Economics of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv in 2006 according to the order of the Rector of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv No. 4439 of November 9, 2006, through the division of the Department of Economic Theory. The main task of the department is to train highly qualified specialists in the international economy, to conduct research into the efficiency of the functioning of open economic systems and their interaction within the world economy.