On the obverse of the coin at the top there is a small State Emblem of Ukraine and a semicircle inscription UKRAINE; in the center on a mirror background is the large emblem of the Kiev National University of Trade and Economics, on the tape of which is the Latin motto: SCIENTIA DIFFICILIS SED FRUCTUOSA (`Science is hard but plidna`), to the right is the year of coining - 2016; at the bottom the denomination is TWO GRIVNES and on the left is the logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine.
The reverse of the coin shows the building of the university and the inscriptions: 70 years old (under the building) KIEV NATIONAL (in a semicircle above) TRADE ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY (below).
Devoted to the modern higher education institution, which defined its mission as: `We work for the present and the future pokolini`.