Requirements

Admission to the program is based on the results of a portfolio competition.

Portfolio consists of:

 1. Motivation letter in Russian or English (mandatory) (at least one page of typed A4 text), which should reflect the arguments of choice:

a) this professional direction;

b) this master's program;

c) professional track, expectations and plan of movement in the desired direction for the future;

2. Resume (CV) (required) in Russian or English; internships or work in companies (gained practical experience);

3. Letters of recommendation (required) in Russian or English. Letters of recommendation can be submitted from the place of study or from the place of work, or internship/internship. A letter of recommendation in Russian must be certified by a signature indicating the full name, position, academic degree, place of work, telephone number;

4. Testing in English or providing a certificate (mandatory). Testing is carried out on the SmartLMS platform in asynchronous mode;

5. Achievements of the applicant:

- Photocopies of published works (articles in scientific and / or professional and business journals, articles / abstracts in collections of papers, conferences, collections of student papers, etc.) indicating the full name of the author and the name of the publication, as well as - photocopies of the journal cover and page with the content and indication of the publisher, year of publication, issue number and other imprint of the publication;

- Nominal scholarships;

6. Study of training courses (certificates) (courses on the National Open Education Platform (NPOO), https://openedu.ru/: Microeconomics Principles, Macroeconomics, Econometrics), advanced training, trainings and etc. in finance and economics.

The portfolio, along with other required documents, must be submitted to the Admissions Committee in the applicant's personal account: https://admissions.hse.ru/en/graduate-apply/

 Preparation for training on the program:

"Securities market": a textbook for universities / N. I. Berzon [and others]; under the general editorship of N. I. Berzon. - 5th ed., revised. and additional - Moscow: Yurayt Publishing House, 2023. - 514 p. - (Higher education). — ISBN 978-5-534-11196-5.

 Recommended online courses:

 Berzon N.I. "Financial markets and institutions"

Microeconomics

Macroeconomics

linear algebra

Econometrics (basic level)

Analysis of investment projects and programs