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Maxim Gubarev, a 4th year student of ‘Economics and Statistics’ programme of the Faculty of Economic Sciences shares his experience on the exchange semester in Maastricht, Netherlands. The trip was enabled by the Endowment Fund of Higher School of Economics.

HSE staff members were awarded honour awards of the university and the Letter of Gratitude from the Government of the Russian Federation at the meeting of the Academic Council that was held on on February 1.

Vladimir Podolskii, Head of HSE’s Big Data and Information Retrieval School, and Elena Vakulenko, Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Economics, have both received awards for research in mathematics and labour studies, respectively.

HSE University has taken 22^nd place in THE Emerging Economies Rankings, improving its position from last year. This ranking includes a total of 35 Russian universities, with 18 of them participating in the 5-100 Project.

Beginning September 2019, the Faculty of Economic Sciences opens an English taught track for the Master’s programme in Applied Economics. Economics: Research programs becomes an English taught  program

Do you believe that your business ideas could change the world? For the first time, the university stage of the Hult Prize international social entrepreneurship case contest will be held at HSE Moscow. This means that you have a chance to win and pitch your strategy at the regional final in Paris, London, Madrid, and Oslo.

On December 20, the students of the International Preparatory Year programme at HSE’s Moscow campus got together to usher in the New Year in true Russian style. They all first arrived in Moscow this September with zero or very limited knowledge of Russian. So, their programme started with an intensive course of Russian as a Foreign Language. Now, three months later, they have already mastered enough Russian to make mini-presentations, perform sketches, take part in a Russian culture quiz, and solve Russian riddles.