HSE University Life

With HSE turning 25 this year, The HSE Look will be telling more about HSE’s outstanding projects, and in its 33rd issue we are focusing on International College of Economics and Finance (ICEF), which is perhaps best known for its successful double degree Bachelor’s programme with the University of London. In addition to the interview with ICEF Director, Sergey Yakovlev, in which he speaks about ICEF history, achievements and future plans, the readers will also learn about ICEF team, its study programmes, research, special opportunities for talented students, as well as about the extracurricular work with students and international cooperation.

On the 11th March London University held its graduation ceremony for the International Programmes. Several of the best graduates of the International Centre for Economics and Finance 2014 were at the ceremony - Elizaveta Elizarova, Anastasia Terentieva, Arina Chokati, Evgeny Mityukov, Vasily Kosov, Kiryll Chudnovets.

ICEF BSc graduate 2007 Eyno Rots defended his PhD thesis in Economics at the Boston University (USA).Topic: 'Essays on Unsecured Credit, Uncertainty, and Learning'.

This year’s best ICEF students participated in a summer school course at the London School of Economics (LSE). Each year, ICEF students with the highest grades are given the opportunity to study on an ICEF scholarship at the London School of Economics and Political Science’s Summer School. Students Dmitry Kazantsev, Pavel Taranin, Vasily Bogdan and Ruslan Durdyyev give us their impressions of the course.

Bart Taub, Professor in Finance (Economics) at the Adam Smith Business School of  the University of Glasgow, who will be visiting ICEF during 2014-2016, spoke to the HSE news service about his research and collaboration with ICEF HSE.