The Institute carries out educational activities in postgraduate education (postgraduate) in the specialty 08.00.05 "Economics and management of the economy: a theory of governance and economic systems, macroeconomics, economics, organization and management of enterprises, industries, complexes, innovation management, regional economics, logistics, economics labor economics Population and demographics, environmental economics, land management "in accordance with the license number 165113 of 10.02.2006, issued by the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science.

The annual reception at the graduate school an average of 5-7 persons, of whom 2.3 graduate student receives on the basis of budget financing, the rest on a paid contractual basis.

During the period from 1998 to 2008 at the Institute of Economics, KRC RAS, thanks to the success of the graduate school, prepared and defended 28 theses for the degree of candidate of economic sciences.
Defense theses held in the dissertation councils of the Institute of Regional Economy of RAS, Institute for Socio-Economic Problems of Population Sciences, St. Petersburg State Engineering and Economic University, St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, Petrozavodsk State University.