UVM REES计划是全球和区域研究计划的九个研究领域之一，为学生提供基础广泛，跨学科的专业或未成年人，为学生提供在商务，政府，新闻，教育，国际等领域的众多职业机会的准备开发和非营利组织。主要和次要还为和平队和国际关系，人权和法律研究生课程的学生做准备。该学院由广泛发表的学者和屡获殊荣的老师组成，他们在俄罗斯和其他后苏联国家以及某些东欧国家（如波兰）具有生活，工作和旅行的多年经验。代表的学科包括俄语语言文学，政治学，人类学，商业，经济学，历史，数学，哲学和社会学。
The UVM REES Program, one of nine areas of study within the Global and Regional Studies Program, provides students with a broad-based, interdisciplinary major or minor that prepares them for a number of career opportunities in business, government, journalism, education, international development, and non-profit organizations. The major and minor also prepare students for the Peace Corps and graduate programs in international relations, human rights, and law. The faculty consists of widely published scholars and award-winning teachers who have many years of field experience living, working, and travelling in Russia and other post-Soviet states as well as certain Eastern European countries like Poland. Disciplines represented include Russian Language and Literature, Political Science, Anthropology, Business, Economics, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, and Sociology.