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Andres Puello from Colombia, a first-year student of the Applied Economics master program finds out from Irina Iakimenko, Strategic Corporate Finance'2020 and Erzhena Khobrakova, Applied Economics'2020 (both from Russia) how their dual degree programs with Humboldt University and Lancaster University worked out

Graduate of HSE University and University of Luxemburg Tobi Oladiran from Nigeria reflects on his experience and takeaways from the Master’s programme in Strategic Corporate Finance and the double track it offers.

Dmitry Smyslov earned his Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Social Sciences in 2004 and his Master’s from the Faculty of Economic Sciences in 2006. From 2006 until 2011, worked for MTS, becoming the youngest Department Director in company history. Over the past 10 years, has managed personnel for such major companies as Mail.ru, the Moscow Stock Exchange, Philip Morris International, and others. Awarded First Place for Financial Sector HR Directors in the Top 1,000 Russian Managers rating of 2017

International alum on his takeaways, study at HSE University, and career. Strategic Corporate Finance master program ‘2018 alum, Edoardo currently works in Brussels in a major energy company. This is a shortened script of his online Q&A session with current students edited for clarity.

Daria Matvienko, second year international student of the Economics: Research program and University of Luxembourg dual degree program, hold online meeting with the faculty of economic sciences master programs applicants and undergraduate students

Graduate of HSE University and UniLu Dual Degree Master programs Tobi Oladiran from Nigeria reflects on his experience and takeaway from the HSE University Master program Strategic Corporate Finance with Aigerim Omarbekova from Kazakhstan, also a first-year international student of the Strategic Corporate Finance program.

Nadia Kotova, Joint HSE/NES undergraduate program in economics '2016 alumna about her past in Russia and PhD program experience at Stanford GSB

Zaruhi Hakobyan earned her Bachelor’s degree in Yerevan, her Master’s from HSE University, and her PhD from both HSE University and the University of Luxembourg. She spoke to the HSE News Service about the differences in academic approaches at various universities.

Anton Urbanas graduated in 2012 from the Faculty of Economic Sciences at HSE University. Worked at McKinsey from 2012 until 2017. Launched his first startup in fintech with a business partner in 2014. In 2016, began developing an AI platform that generates PowerPoint slides. After moving to the U.S. in 2018, launched the DeckRobot startup that reduces the time required for making presentations to a minimum, saving time for office staff. In 2020, the DeckRobot project attracted $1.5 million of the $2.5 million total investment received to date.