14%
of first-year HSE students this year have made achievements in dance, music, visual arts, literature, theatre, and other creative fields.
The proportion of students who made significant creative accomplishments is greatest in Perm and Nizhny Novgorod – 24% and 23% of all first-year students, respectively. On the Moscow and St. Petersburg campuses, the proportion of such students was 12% and 14%, respectively.
These data were obtained during a survey of first-year undergraduate students in 2014 that was conducted by HSE’s Centre for Institutional Research.
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International Partners' Week Starts at HSE University–St Petersburg
May 20
HSE Scholars Elected to Russian Academy of Sciences
May 30
University Representatives from Six Countries Agree to Create International Research Network
May 23
Forbes University Ranking: HSE Has Top Reputation among Employers
May 22
'Fashion Forward': HSE University-St Petersburg Holds Fashion Show of Young Designers
May 23
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Season Eight of HSE CREATIVE OPEN Competition Begins
HSE CREATIVE OPEN international online competition of the HSE Art and Design School opens the summer season featuring new categories: ‘Visual Research,’ ‘Game Design,’ ‘Motion Design,’ ‘Poster,’ and ‘Digital Product.’
5,856
first-year undergraduates will begin their studies at all HSE campuses today. This is 1,115 more people than last year.
HSE’s Courtyard Became a Piece of Art
On May 28th, 2015, the festival of children’s and youth art, ‘We Draw the World on the Pavement’, took place in Strogino. The participants spent four hours turning the 162-sq.m. area in front of the HSE MIEM building into a canvas united by the themes of peace, joy and spring.
25%
of first-year male HSE students have made achievements in sports. Among first-year female students, only 14% have made such accomplishments.
10
student creative groups are operated by the HSE Centre for Creative Production and Cultural Programmes.
Winners of Faculty of Design Competition Announced
The design competition held by HSE’s Faculty of Design has concluded. The competition is a supplementary test necessary for admission into the Faculty’s bachelor’s programme. Applicants’ work was evaluated by a selection committee consisting of well-known designers, including those from the Faculty itself and specialists invited to participate on the committee.