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Daria Matvienko, Economics undergraduate program 2018, Economics: Research Program 2020 was awarded the best master thesis in eonomics and finance award.

The Faculty of Economic Sciences congratulates students and graduates on entering the most prestigious programs of globally leading universities

Second year master student of academic program "Strategic Corporate Finance" Baboucarr Samateh was addmitted to  D’Amore-McKim Full-Time MBA with prestigious (and generous) MBA Achievers Scholarship

The winners of the Student Research Paper Competition were given their awards at HSE University on Pokrovsky Boulevard. The ‘Outstanding Alumni Endowment’ scholarship was given to the authors of the best works in the ‘Economics’, ‘Sociology’ and ‘Political Science’ categories.

Strategic Corporate Finance Master’s Programme alumnus Edoardo Alberti (’18) currently works in Brussels, a major energy company. He spoke with HSE News Service about how his studies at HSE University prepared him for a career right after graduation.

In 2010, HSE University launched the Full-time Advanced Doctoral Programme, an innovative programme for doctoral students at that time. At the beginning of 2021, an alumna of the programme’s first cohort became the first programme graduate to earn her Doctor of Sciences degree: Elena Vakulenko, Assistant Professor at HSE University’s Faculty of Economic Sciences. In an interview with HSE News Service, the professor discussed her academic career.

On average, women in Russia earn 30-35% less than men. According to this indicator, Russia is ahead of many developed countries. The difference in earnings is primarily associated with the uneven distribution of men and women in different industries and professions, but economists cannot explain a significant portion of the discrepancy. Aleksey Oshchepkov, Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at HSE University, came to these conclusions after analyzing research materials and survey data. The results are published in a chapter of the volume, Gendering Post-Soviet Space, recently published by Springer.

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