‘The City of Moscow Inspires Me with the Joy of Living’
The new academic year is gaining momentum at the HSE Preparatory Year, with students from over 40 countries currently enrolled. The HSE News Service talked to the new students about their first impressions and the challenges of studying at HSE University and living in Moscow, while teachers of the Prep Year extracurricular clubs shared their ideas and plans for future activities.
‘Today Data Is Processed and Interpreted at a Completely Different Level’
Additional enrollment in the online programme ‘Master of Data Science’ is now open. Daniil Kopylov, 1st-year student of the master's programme, told HSE News Service why an international financial specialist should study Data Science.
Applying to HSE University in 2023: What’s New and What to Prepare for
The Admissions Committee has published the rules of admission for bachelor’s/specialist’s and master’s programmes at HSE University for next year. Read on to learn more about the new programmes and the specifics of the admissions campaign for international applicants in 2023.
2023 Admissions Now Open
The 2023 Admissions Campaign has started at HSE University. The range of available courses includes 89 bachelor’s and 182 master’s programmes across the university’s campuses in Moscow, St Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Perm. Among them are 13 English-taught bachelor’s programmes and 40 English-taught master’s programmes in such fields as architecture, Asian studies, IT, arts, history, mathematics, politics, psychology, economics, management, physics, chemistry, biology, law, literature and many others.
How to Make the Most of a Double-Degree Programme
Ekaterina Zhizhina, student of the Master's programme 'Business and Politics in Modern Asia', shared her impressions of Ca' Foscari University (Italy) and the specifics of studying on a double-degree programme.
Applications for International Study Tour Experience Open Until October 31
Registration is now open for the international Study Tour Experience, which gives foreign master’s applicants an opportunity to spend two weeks living as HSE University students and choose a master’s programme for further study. The Study Tour Experience will take place from November 14–28 and is available both online and in-person. Russian- and English-taught tracks are available. Participants are selected based on motivation letters.
Pursuing a PhD in Russia: ‘Attractive and Exotic’
After getting his Master’s degree in Computer Science in Rome, Julio Carrasquel decided not to pursue a corporate career in IT, but to move to Moscow to get a PhD at HSE University. As a result, he received a scholarship on the Advanced Doctoral Programme, successfully defended his thesis, and was named one of the university’s Best Teachers. Julio talked with the HSE News Service about his path in academia and life in Russia.
‘I See that Senior Students and HSE University Staff Are the Kind of People You Can Rely on’
How do I find my way between numerous HSE campuses? How will I survive if I don’t speak any Russian? What is a polite way of addressing my professors? These are only a few of the questions international students have when they come to study at HSE University. At the beginning of the new academic year, HSE University is running a series of Orientation Sessions for new international students to address these questions and help them settle into their life in Moscow.
‘The Potential of Computer Vision Technologies is Hard to Overestimate’
Admission to Russia's first Master of Computer Vision online programme at HSE University has been extended until 20th September. The programme will be delivered entirely in English and has been developed by HSE researchers and leading experts from Huawei, Itseez3D, Intel, Harman, and Xperience.ai, who are all involved in cutting-edge research in the field of computer vision.
A Contemporary Education and a Multicultural Environment: International Student Life at HSE University
Arfa Amjad, from Pakistan, enrolled in the Master’s programme in Critical Media Studies at HSE University in 2021. In her interview, she talks about how her time at HSE University is an opportunity not only to dive deeper into her field, but to make friends and share cultures with students and lecturers from Russia and around the world.