School of Statistics, Data Analysis and Demography

On May 24th – 26th the Samuel P. Huntington Memorial Symposium on Culture, Cultural Change and Economic Development took place at the HSE. It was organized by the Cultural Change Institute (the Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA) and the Higher School of Economics. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with the Symposium participants.

The School was founded in 2007 as part of the Faculty of Economics. Currently the School is the only educational department in the Russian higher education system which prepares statistical economists. Education at the School is geared towards world academic traditions of preparing analytic economists with in-depth knowledge of statistics. Apart from a basic fundamental education, students also get the specialized knowledge and skills necessary for successful practical work.