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International Students Can Now Apply to HSE through a Simplified Procedure
HSE’s Admission Rules for the 2017/2018 academic year have undergone some changes in regards to international admission. The admission track is now unified for students from both CIS and non-CIS countries. Thus, only two exams must be passed in order to be accepted into a given undergraduate programme, while competitions for Master’s programmes only require a portfolio and an interview. The rules for International Olympiad Competitions have also been changed. Registration for these competitions ends on October 18 (for some countries, deadlines may be extended).
Our Summer Studying Shamans, the Mayan calendar, and the Kaqchikel Language
Is it possible to learn a new language well enough in just two weeks to conduct linguistic research on it? This is an entirely standard practice for linguists, according to Sasha Kozhukhar and Liza Vostokova, both students in the Linguistic Theory and Language Description master’s programme. This past summer, Sasha and Liza went on an expedition to Guatemala to study Kaqchikel, an indigenous Mayan language.
New Program Features: Fieldwork and Language Diversity
In Russia, there are over a hundred minority languages. Some are on the verge of extinction, while some - few - are actually growing; and all require extensive documentation (click on the header to see more).
New Program Features: Russian Linguistics
One of the key research areas at School of Linguistics is Russian. We use various methods and approaches, from more traditional lexical semantics to lexical typology and variationist linguistics, covering a broad range of topics from paleography to sign language (click on the header to see more).