Admission For Doctoral Studies Kicks Off

The first wave of applications has already started and will run until March 15, 2018.

https://www.hse.ru/en/news/admission/213136203.html

The applicants can apply to study in our PhD school. 

Since 2017, federal law has allowed us to hold exams and receive applications for doctoral programmes before students get their previous (MA) degree. As of today, the system has been finalized, and admissions to HSE doctoral programmes started on December 1.

As in the previous year, enrolment will take place in two waves. The first wave of applications has already started and will run until March 15, 2018. In 2017, the university implemented a similar two-wave procedure of entrance exams for the first time, and found that 80% of the slots were filled after the first wave. We assume that in May 2018, a list of students recommended for enrolment will be ready, but the final decision on enrolment will be made only after they submit the originals of their MA degree certificates. Those programmes that have vacant slots after the first wave has completed will announce a second wave of enrolment. Applications will be accepted, as last year, from August 1 to September 14, 2018.

The application procedure for the HSE doctoral programme is falling into line with the approach taken at many international universities, where applications for PhD programmes are accepted in autumn or winter. This allows senior MA students to select their further study trajectories and desired university in advance. This procedure is in place around the world, and previously, when we only accepted applications in summer, our enrolment was out of sync with the global flow. We hope that students finishing their studies at Russian or international universities will find this new procedure convenient, and that they will consider choosing a doctoral programme at HSE.