Nikolay I. Berzon
- Director: Federal Methodology Centre for Financial Literacy in Primary and Secondary Education
- Academic Supervisor, Professor: Faculty of Economic Sciences / Department of Financial Market Infrastructure
- Programme Academic Supervisor: Financial Engineering
- Tenured Professor (2006)
- Distinguished Professor (2018)
- Nikolay I. Berzon has been at HSE University since 1994.
Responsibilities
Head of:
- the master’s programme ‘Financial engineering’
- the ‘MBA-Finance’ programme and a specialised unit in the Graduate School of Management
- the Federal Guidance Centre for Financial Literacy of the System of General and Middle Professional Education
- the Stock Centre for Training Financial Market Specialists
Education, Degrees and Academic Titles
Perm State University
Perm State University
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2019–2024, 2015–2017, 2013
Best Academic Supervisor in the category ‘Student Satisfaction with Degree Programme Quality’ — 2023–2024
Best Academic Supervisor in the category ‘Student Recruitment’ — 2023
Courses (2024/2025)
- Analysis and Evaluation of Investment Projects (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 1 module)Rus
- Analysis and Evaluation of Investment Projects (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
- Analysis of financial markets (fundamental analysis) (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Analysis of financial markets (fundamental analysis) (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
- Analysis of financial markets (technical analysis) (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
- Analysis of financial markets (technical analysis) (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
- Applied Financial Engineering Models Using Python Libraries (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Applied Financial Engineering Models Using Python Libraries (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
- Applied Models Using the Python Language (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Finance and Credit, field of study Finance and Credit; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Applied Models Using the Python Language (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
- Blockchain, Ffinancia Technologies and Cryptoeconomics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Blockchain, Ffinancia Technologies and Cryptoeconomics (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
- Construction of Structured Financial Products (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Finance and Credit, field of study Finance and Credit; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Construction of Structured Financial Products (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
- Corporate Governance and Behavioral Economics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Finance and Credit, field of study Finance and Credit; 2 year, 1 module)Rus
- Corporate Governance and Behavioral Economics (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
- Derivatives (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
- Derivatives (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
- Designing M&A Deals (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Designing M&A Deals (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
- English for Financiers (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Financial Markets and Institutions (Minor; Faculty of Economic Sciences)Rus
- Financial Markets and Instruments (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Finance and Credit, field of study Finance and Credit; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Financial Markets and Instruments (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Financial Markets:Problems and Decisions (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Finance and Credit, field of study Finance and Credit; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Financial Markets:Problems and Decisions (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Financial Risk Management (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Finance and Credit, field of study Finance and Credit; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Financial Risk Management (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
- Financial Risk Management (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
- Financial Risk Management (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
- Financial Statements Analysis (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Finance and Credit, field of study Finance and Credit; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Financial Statements Analysis (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
- Fundamentals of Quantitative Finance (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Eng
- Fundamentals of R for Financiers (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Finance and Credit, field of study Finance and Credit; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Fundamentals of R for Financiers (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
- Introduction into Python (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
- Investment Strategies for a Conservative Investor (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Investment Strategies for a Conservative Investor (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Investment Strategies on Debt Capital Markets (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Investment Strategies on Debt Capital Markets (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
- Mentor Seminar Financial Market and Investment Management (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Mentor Seminar Financial Market and Investment Management (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Personal Money Management (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 1 module)Rus
- Personal Money Management (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
- Private Finance Management (Minor; Faculty of Economic Sciences)Rus
- Research Seminar "Contemporary Problems of Development of Finacial Markets" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Finance and Credit, field of study Finance and Credit; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- SQL Basics for Finance Professionals (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Finance and Credit, field of study Finance and Credit; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
- SQL Basics for Finance Professionals (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Eng
- Strategy of Investing in Real Estate (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 1 module)Rus
- Strategy of Investing in Real Estate (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
- Structural Product Design (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 2 module)Rus
- Structural Product Design (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
- Structuring of Transactions on Mergers and Acquisitions (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 2 module)Rus
- Structuring of Transactions on Mergers and Acquisitions (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
- Theory of Finance (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Finance and Credit, field of study Finance and Credit; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Theory of Finance (Mago-Lego; 2 module)Rus
- World Financial Markets (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Finance and Credit, field of study Finance and Credit; 1 year, 4 module)Eng
- World Financial Markets (Mago-Lego; 4 module)Rus
- or "Investments in Financial Markets" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
- or "Investments in Financial Markets" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Объединенный учебный план (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 1 module)Rus
- Объединенный учебный план (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Financial Markets and Institutions (Minor; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Private Finance Management (Minor; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2022/2023)
- Financial Markets and Institutions (Minor; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Financial Markets and Institutions (Mago-Lego; 1 module)Rus
- Financial Markets and Institutions (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
- Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Finance and Credit, field of study Finance and Credit; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Mentor Seminar Financial Market and Investment Management (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Private Finance Management (Minor; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Financial Market and Investment Management" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2021/2022)
- Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Contemporary Problems of Development of Finacial Markets" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Financial Markets and Financial Instruments (Minor; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 1 module)Rus
- Institutional Financial Markets Basics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Private Finance Management (Minor; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Project Seminar (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Contemporary Problems of Development of Finacial Markets" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- World Financial Markets (Mago-Lego; 3, 4 module)Rus
Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses
- 1A. Khassanov Cross-country analysis of companies valuation in developed and emerging markets based on the Ohlson model, 2022
- 2E. Tarassov Exchange traded funds (ETF) and closet indexing of the Russian mutual funds, 2019
- 3N. Lysenok The system of construction and securitization of structural products using a scenario algorithm
HSE University and Sberbank Charitable Foundation Sign Cooperation Agreement
On September 8th, 2022, HSE University signed a cooperation agreement with the Sberbank Charitable Foundation ‘Investment to the Future’ as part of the Moscow Financial Forum. The agreement was signed by Nikolay Berzon, Director of the Federal Methodology Centre for Financial Literacy in Primary and Secondary Education, and Pyotr Polozhevets, Executive Director of the Foundation.
Creative Industries, Social Protection Measures, and Research Income: HSE in 2022
A regular session of the HSE Academic Council considered the key aspects of university’s operations in 2022. In particular, the business plan for 2022 and the planning period of 2023 and 2024 was approved, the decision to rename the Faculty of Communications, Media and Design to the Faculty of Creative Industries was made, and the Regulations on Organization of Interim and Ongoing Assessment of Students were approved.
HSE Marks 5th Year of Teaching on Coursera
On February 24, 2014, HSE launched its first course on the Coursera online education platform. Along with St. Petersburg State University and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, HSE was one of the first Russian universities to host a course on the platform. Now HSE ranks among the top ten universities with the highest number of courses available on the platform, offering 91 courses which have garnered 1.6 million subscriptions.
HSE Marks 5th Year of Teaching on Coursera
On February 24, 2014, HSE launched its first course on the Coursera online education platform. Along with St. Petersburg State University and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, HSE was one of the first Russian universities to host a course on the platform. Now HSE ranks among the top ten universities with the highest number of courses available on the platform, offering 91 courses which have garnered 1.6 million subscriptions.
HSE Staff Members Awarded Status of Tenured Professor
On June 22, several HSE lecturers and staff members were awarded the status of Tenured Professor at a meeting of HSE Academic Council. Sixteen HSE staff members became Distinguished Professors at the Higher School of Economics for the first time.
HSE Creates Department of Financial Market Infrastructure with the Support of Moscow Exchange
HSE and Moscow Exchange are founding a joint Department of Financial Market Infrastructure at the Faculty of Economic Sciences. It will bring together HSE lecturers and Moscow Exchange staff. Students will be offered new courses and will also have the opportunity to participate in project work and undertake internships at the Exchange.
HSE Trains Lawyers to Understand Modern Financial Markets
In 2018, a new Master's programme, ‘Lawyer on the Global Financial Market’, will be launched at the Higher School of Economics. The programme’s Academic Supervisor, Anton Selivanovskiy, and the Chairman of the Academic Council, Oxana Oleynik, explained how it came about and what it will offer students.
Celebrating 4 Years with Coursera: HSE’s New Online Courses
By early spring, HSE will have launched a range of new courses on Coursera in psychology, computer language analysis, economics, media and international relations.
‘HSE Offers Solutions Aimed at the Future…’
On November 27, the HSE Academic Council held an awards ceremony dedicated to the university’s 25th anniversary. The meeting saw the participation of representatives of the Russian President, members of government, and members of the Russian Federal Assembly. Governmental awards were given to a number of HSE employees for their tremendous accomplishments.