General Information
The Practical training at Population and Development programme is realized in the form of Thesis (2nd year), Projects (1st and 2nd years) and Internship (2nd year) and has as a main target to form, learn, and design the main skills and competences of the programme. For example, the research methods usage, the business and academic communication skills, the analytical skills, the writing research texts skills.
Master's Programme 'Population and Development' includes the following elements of practical training:
|
Year of study |
Type of internship |
Element of practical training (PTE) |
Feature 11 |
Feature 22 |
Credit unitsper student |
Academic hours per student |
Internship period |
|
1 |
Project |
M |
F |
6 |
228 |
Module 1 2024-2025 – Module 4 2024-2025 academic year | |
|
2 |
6 |
228 |
Module 1 2023-2024 – Module 4 2023-2024 academic year | ||||
|
3 |
114 |
Module 1 2024-2025 – Module 4 2024-2025 academic year | |||||
|
2 |
Professional |
M |
F |
8 |
304 |
Module 3 2024/2025 academic year | |
|
2 |
Research-based |
M |
F |
13 |
494 |
2024/2025 academic year |
2 - F – Fixed time of completion during the study year
Population and Development Practical training regulations 2024/2025
The thesis defense is a mandatory part of the final state certification (FSC). More information about the thesis defense in the final state certification is available on the following website: Final Assessment
Regulations on Practical Training of Students under Core Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Programmes at HSE University
You can also read about the organization of practical training of students at the Higher School of Economics in the handbook of the educational process.