The history of the educational institution begins in 1953 year. More than 60 years have passed since the founding of the Kyrgyz Economic University. M. Ryskulbekova. During this time, the university has turned into a large educational center, which today is rightly proud of its glorious traditions and history. The Kyrgyz Economic University is the only state university with an economic profile that meets international quality standards. University with a developed material and technical base, telecommunications infrastructure, educational, methodological and research complexes. The University pays significant attention to the development of fundamental and applied research. Since 2004, the university has been teaching according to the principles of the Bologna process.

SRU KEU provides education in the following areas: economics, management, tourism, commerce, business management, business informatics, information systems and technologies, information security, business law, social work.

The mission of the university is to train highly qualified and highly educated specialists with internationally recognized diplomas and in demand in all sectors of the economy, specialists capable of practical implementation of acquired knowledge in economics, production and business.