According to the order of the Federation supervision service in the sphere of education and science N 937-721, of 23.05.2008 the Vedeneev VNIIG got the permission for activity of the integrated council DM 512.001.01 on DPhil and candidate theses defense in the following spheres:
In the period from 2000 to 2011 33 candidate and 14 DPhil theses were defended by the specialists of VNIIG and experts of other organizations of Russia.