Summary of Degree Programme
41.04.04 Political Science
No
2 года 
Full-time, 120
ENG
Instruction in English
Master
No
Не задано
2024/2025 Academic year
Public Policy Analysis
KER-1 Designs basic and applied research, including that carried out by a team, with a focus on the latest PoliSci methodologies and overarching academic approaches
KER-2 Draws up analytical summarizing materials (reviews, memos, reports, recommendations, etc.) and proposals for persons engaged in political decision-making.
KER-3 Employs up-to-date communication technologies in English and other languages to interact with academic and expert communities, public authorities and administrative bodies (including for the purpose of presenting results of theoretical and applied research to different audiences)
KER-4 Employs up-do-date databases, academic literature in scholarly and professional activities and applies appropriate methods to undertake academic and applied studies in an interdisciplinary manner
KER-5 Analyzes empirical data (from political, economic and sociological research) relying on the latest qualitative and quantitative methods and with the use of the relevant software
Students of the Programme are trained to perform the following professional activities :
- Research and Teaching;
- Administrative Activities;
- Expert and Analytical Activities;
- Project Activities;
- Communications and Consulting
List of professional competencies of the graduate includes the following:
- Able to design basic and applied research, including that carried out by a team, with a focus on the latest PoliSci methodologies and overarching academic approaches
- Able to use modern empirical databases (including foreign resources) in one’s academic and project activities, as well as independently develop databases for research and practical purposes
- Able to analyze social and political processes in individual countries of the world and in the world as a whole using the methodology and methods of modern social sciences
- Able to independently develop strategies for presenting the results of one’s professional activities, including public presentations, through selecting the relevant communication and information technologies and channels for disseminating information.
- Able to employ up-to-date communication technologies in English and other languages to interact with academic and expert communities, public authorities and administrative bodies (including for the purpose of presenting results of theoretical and applied research to different audiences)
- Mandatory courses
- Electives
- MagoLego module - courses for self-selection of students
- Key seminars
- Research practice - term paper and graduation paper
- Student projects
Politics. Economics. Philosophy
KER-1 Designs theoretical and applied research, including that conducted in teams, based on theories and methods of political science and economics while maintaining sensitivity to ethical and normative aspects of a subject area; conducts original interdisciplinary theoretical and applied research
KER-2 Analyzes social processes in individual countries of the world and in the world as a whole based on modern social sciences’ achievements
KER-3 Employs up-do-date databases, academic literature in scholarly and professional activities and applies appropriate methods to undertake academic and applied studies in an interdisciplinary manner
KER-4 Prepares, on an individual or group basis, analytical materials (reviews, notes, reports, recommendations, etc.) and recommendations for decision-makers based on results of interdisciplinary research
KER-5 Employs up-to-date communication technologies in English and other languages to interact with academic and expert communities, public authorities and administrative bodies (including for the purpose of presenting results of theoretical and applied research to different audiences)
Students of the Programme are trained to perform the following professional activities:
- Research and Teaching;
- Administrative Activities;
- Expert and Analytical Activities;
- Project Activities;
- Communications and Consulting
- Able to design theoretical and applied research, including that conducted in teams, based on theories and methods of political science and economics and to maintain sensitivity to ethical and normative aspects of a subject area; able to conduct original interdisciplinary theoretical and applied research
- Able to analyze social processes in individual countries of the world and in the world as a whole using the methodology and methods of modern social sciences
- Able to employ up-to-date databases, academic literature in scholarly and professional activities and to apply appropriate methods to conduct academic and applied research in an interdisciplinary manner
- Able to prepare, on an individual or group basis, analytical materials (reviews, notes, reports, recommendations, etc.) and recommendations for decision-makers based on results of interdisciplinary research
- Able to employ up-to-date communication technologies in English and other languages to interact with academic and expert communities, public authorities and administrative bodies (including for the purpose of presenting results of theoretical and applied research to different audiences)
- Mandatory courses
- Electives
- MagoLego module - courses for self-selection of students
- Key seminars
- Research practice - term paper and graduation paper
- Student projects
Russian Studies: Russian Politics and Society in Comparative Perspective
KER-1 Designs theoretical and applied research, including that conducted in teams, based on modern theories and methods of political science; conducts original theoretical and applied research
KER-2 Analyzes social and political processes in Russia (also accounting for the international context) based on modern social sciences’ achievements
KER-3 Employs up-to-date databases, academic literature in scholarly and professional activities and applies appropriate methods to conduct academic and applied research on Russian issues
KER-4 Prepares, on an individual or group basis, analytical materials (reviews, notes, reports, recommendations, etc.) and recommendations for decision-makers based on results of interdisciplinary research
KER-5 Employs up-to-date communication technologies in English and other languages to interact with academic and expert communities, public authorities and administrative bodies (including for the purpose of presenting results of theoretical and applied research on issues of Russia’s development to different audiences)
Students of the Programme are trained to perform the following professional activities :
- Research and Teaching;
- Administrative Activities;
- Expert and Analytical Activities;
- Project Activities;
- Communications and Consulting
List of professional competencies of the graduate includes the following:
1. Able to design theoretical and applied research, including that conducted in teams, based on modern theories and methods of political science; conducts original theoretical and applied research
2. Able to analyze social and political processes in Russia (also accounting for the international context) based on modern social sciences’ achievements
3. Able to employ up-to-date databases, academic literature in scholarly and professional activities and applies appropriate methods to conduct academic and applied research on Russian issues
4. Able to independently or on a group basis prepare analytical materials (reviews, notes, reports, recommendations, etc.) and recommendations for decision-makers based on results of interdisciplinary research
5. Able to employ up-to-date communication technologies in English and other languages to interact with academic and expert communities, public authorities and administrative bodies (including for the purpose of presenting results of theoretical and applied research on issues of Russia’s development to different audiences)
- Mandatory courses
- Electives
- MagoLego module - courses for self-selection of students
- Key seminars
- Research practice - term papers and graduation papers
- Student projects
2023/2024 Academic year
Public Policy Analysis
KER-1 Designs basic and applied research, including that carried out by a team, with a focus on the latest PoliSci methodologies and overarching academic approaches
KER-2 Draws up analytical summarizing materials (reviews, memos, reports, recommendations, etc.) and proposals for persons engaged in political decision-making.
KER-3 Employs up-to-date communication technologies in English and other languages to interact with academic and expert communities, public authorities and administrative bodies (including for the purpose of presenting results of theoretical and applied research to different audiences)
KER-4 Employs up-do-date databases, academic literature in scholarly and professional activities and applies appropriate methods to undertake academic and applied studies in an interdisciplinary manner
KER-5 Analyzes empirical data (from political, economic and sociological research) relying on the latest qualitative and quantitative methods and with the use of the relevant software
Students of the Programme are trained to perform the following professional activities :
- Research and Teaching;
- Administrative Activities;
- Expert and Analytical Activities;
- Project Activities;
- Communications and Consulting
List of professional competencies of the graduate includes the following:
1 Able to design basic and applied research, including that carried out by a team, with a focus on the latest PoliSci methodologies and overarching academic approaches
2 Able to use modern empirical databases (including foreign resources) in one’s academic and project activities, as well as independently develop databases for research and practical purposes
3 Able to analyze social and political processes in individual countries of the world and in the world as a whole using the methodology and methods of modern social sciences
4 Able to independently devise strategies for presenting the results of one’s professional activities, including public presentations, through selecting the relevant communication and information technologies and channels for disseminating information.
5 Able to employ up-to-date communication technologies in English and other languages to interact with academic and expert communities, public authorities and administrative bodies (including for the purpose of presenting results of theoretical and applied research to different audiences)
- Mandatory courses
- Electives
- MagoLego module - courses for self-selection of students
- Key seminars
- Research practice - term papers and graduation papers
- Student projects
Politics. Economics. Philosophy
KER-1 Designs theoretical and applied research, including that conducted in teams, based on modern theories and methods of political science and economics and adhering to interdisciplinary approach; conducts original interdisciplinary theoretical and applied research
KER-2 Analyzes social processes in individual countries of the world and in the world as a whole based on modern social sciences’ achievements
KER-3 Employs up-do-date databases, academic literature in scholarly and professional activities and applies appropriate methods to undertake academic and applied studies in an interdisciplinary manner
KER-4 Prepares, on an individual or group basis, analytical materials (reviews, notes, reports, recommendations, etc.) and recommendations for decision-makers based on results of interdisciplinary research
KER-5 Employs up-to-date communication technologies in English and other languages to interact with academic and expert communities, public authorities and administrative bodies (including for the purpose of presenting results of theoretical and applied research to different audiences)
Students of the Programme are trained to perform the following professional activities :
- Research and Teaching;
- Administrative Activities;
- Expert and Analytical Activities;
- Project Activities;
- Communications and Consulting
1 Able to design theoretical and applied research, including that conducted in teams, based on modern theories and methods of political science and economics and adhering to interdisciplinary approach; able to conduct original interdisciplinary theoretical and applied research
2 Able to analyze social processes in individual countries of the world and in the world as a whole using the methodology and methods of modern social sciences
3 Able to employ up-to-date databases, academic literature in scholarly and professional a
- Mandatory courses
- Electives
- MagoLego module - courses for self-selection of students
- Key seminars
- Research practice - term papers and graduation papers
- Student projects
Russian Studies: Russian Politics and Society in Comparative Perspective
KER-1 Designs theoretical and applied research, including that conducted in teams, based on modern theories and methods of political science; conducts original theoretical and applied research
KER-2 Analyzes social and political processes in Russia (also accounting for the international context) based on modern social sciences’ achievements
KER-3 Employs up-to-date databases, academic literature in scholarly and professional activities and applies appropriate methods to conduct academic and applied research on Russian issues
KER-4 Prepares, on an individual or group basis, analytical materials (reviews, notes, reports, recommendations, etc.) and recommendations for decision-makers based on results of interdisciplinary research
KER-5 Employs up-to-date communication technologies in English and other languages to interact with academic and expert communities, public authorities and administrative bodies (including for the purpose of presenting results of theoretical and applied research on issues of Russia’s development to different audiences)
- Research and Teaching;
- Administrative Activities;
- Expert and Analytical Activities;
- Project Activities;
- Communications and Consulting
List of professional competencies of the graduate includes the following:
- Able to design theoretical and applied research, including that conducted in teams, based on modern theories and methods of political science; conducts original theoretical and applied research
- Able to analyze social and political processes in Russia (also accounting for the international context) based on modern social sciences’ achievements
- Able to employ up-to-date databases, academic literature in scholarly and professional activities and applies appropriate methods to conduct academic and applied research on Russian issues
- Able to independently or on a group basis prepare analytical materials (reviews, notes, reports, recommendations, etc.) and recommendations for decision-makers based on results of interdisciplinary research
- Able to employ up-to-date communication technologies in English and other languages to interact with academic and expert communities, public authorities and administrative bodies (including for the purpose of presenting results of theoretical and applied research on issues of Russia’s development to different audiences)
- Mandatory courses
- Electives
- MagoLego module - courses for self-selection of students
- Key seminars
- Research practice - term papers and graduation papers
- Student projects
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For many decades, the social sciences have rewarded narrow specializations in both topic and methodology, believing this to be the best way to achieve results. The established systems of higher education have also strongly supported this trend through the development of stand-alone departments. However, today, the task of addressing real-life economic, social, political and environmental problems and designing appropriate policy responses requires a combination of approaches and bodies of knowledge across different sciences and intellectual traditions. Real-world problems like climate change, pollution, crime and disease recognize no state borders, so the tradition of insulating disciplines, methodologies and geographic areas of expertise is harmful because it allows disciplinary biases and blind spots to obscure needed solutions. Faced with these challenges, academics, activists, and policymakers should build on a growing trend towards research and policymaking that promotes creativity and sustainability by explicitly working at the interdisciplinary crossroads of the social sciences and humanities and within teams of open- minded individuals from diverse intellectual backgrounds.
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The Master’s Programme “Politics. Economics. Philosophy” offers training that cuts across three core disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. Our programme combines the attention to modern problems and an emphasis on rigorous methods of research and evidence-based policy advice and expertise in Political Science and Economics, with sensitivity to normative and ethical issues required to implement policy in the real world that derives from Philosophy. In this respect the Master’s Programme “Politics. Economics. Philosophy” follows in the traditions of the great thinkers of the past (“standing on the shoulders of giants”) and the spirit and purpose of the Oxford-style Politics, Philosophy, and Economics programs to address the pressing issues of today.
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The “core” of the program is supported by blocks (modules) of disciplines aimed at developing specific competencies and allowing students to develop systematic ideas about the interconnections between political and economic processes in modern society and to become fully prepared to solve complex problems in multidisciplinary and international teams.
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The Master’s Programme “Politics, Economics, Philosophy” encourages students to do research into the political, economic, and moral dimensions of real-life social problems of various origins and to integrate tools and insights from its three core disciplines with an eye on changing the world for the better.
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The student body consists of individuals with diverse national and educational backgrounds.
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The Programme welcomes international student mobility. Among our partners are PPE Programme at Witten/Herdecke University, Germany; Philosophy & Economics Programme at Bayreuth University, Germany.
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Cooperation with centres and labs in the Higher School of Economics where students can take part in research and applied projects. The list of partners includes Laboratory for Monitoring the Risks of Socio- Political Destabilization, the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development, Joint Department with Centre for Political Technologies, etc.
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Agreements for students’ internship placements with research centres in HSE and external research organizations, including the Centre for Political Technologies, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, etc.
Students of the Programme are trained to perform the following professional activities as stated by the Educational Standard of Higher Education of National Research University Higher School of Economics in Political Science (Master’s Degree Level):
- Research and Teaching;
- Administrative Activities;
- Expert and Analytical Activities;
- Project Activities;
- Communications and Consulting.
List of professional competencies of the graduate includes the following:
- has the capacity to use up-to-date research findings in Political Science and the cognate disciplines, to apply Political Science’s approaches to practical tasks in one’s professional activities;
- has the capacity to work with up-to-date academic literature and to analyze the state-of-the-art and rising trends in Political Science;
- has the capacity to use up-to-date empirical databases in one’s academic and project activities, as well as to develop databases for research and practical purposes independently;
- has the capacity to analyze empirical data (from political, economic and sociological research) relying on the latest qualitative and quantitative methods and with the use of the relevant software;
- has the capacity to build and analyze mathematical models for socio-political systems and processes;
- has the capacity to design academic and applied research, including research carried out by teams, with a focus on the most up-to-date methodologies, methods and approaches employed by Political Science, Social Sciences and the Science in general;
- has the capacity to plan and organize political (advocacy) campaigns;
- has the capacity to organize and carry out political analysis of socially significant projects;
- has the capacity to establish professional communications with the authorities and municipal administrations;
- has the capacity to independently draw up analytical materials (reviews, memos, reports, recommendations, etc.) and proposals for participants of political decision-making.
Programme’s tracks share a similar structure. Each track offers students the following modules:
Core Courses for all Tracks:
- Methodology and Research Methods of Political Science and Economics or Methodology and Research Methods of Political Science)
- Data Analysis in the Social Sciences
- Modern Political Science
Key Seminars:
- Research Seminar
- Mentor’s Seminar
Project Internship
All-university Pool MAGOLEGO Courses
Track Specific Elective Courses
Core courses for “Politics. Economics. Philosophy”
- Contemporary Economics
- Intellectual History (Economic, Social and Political Thought)
- Political Ethics
- Philosophy of New Social Movements
- State and Economy
Core courses for “Public Policy Analysis”
- Foundations of Public Policy
- Policy Analysis in Theory and Practice
- Global Actors in Public Policy
Core courses for “Russian Studies: Russian Politics and Society in Comparative Perspective”
- Explaining Contemporary Russian Politics: Institutions and Practices
- Russia in the Global World: International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia
- Regional Dimension of Russian Politics
This degree programme of HSE University is adapted for students with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities. Special assistive technology and teaching aids are used for collective and individual learning of students with SEN and disabilities. The specific adaptive features of the programme are listed in each subject's full syllabus and are available to students through the online Learning Management System.
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Vice Rector Sergey Yu. Roshchin
Summary of Degree Programme 'Politics. Economics. Philosophy'