Faculty of Economics

HSE University in Nizhny Novgorod has hosted Hack Summer, an annual festival for students of the International Bachelor's in Business and Economics. The event helps first-year students learn more about the university and prepare for busy academic life. In addition to the entertainment programme, special attention was paid this year to the development of skills necessary for today’s students.

On March 2, an HSE Open Day for prospective undergraduates and specialist students will take place — one of the largest and most significant events for applicants, their parents, and the entire university. Visitors will have the opportunity to speak with students and representatives of educational programmes, plan their admission process, and immerse themselves in the HSE University atmosphere for a day. The event will be held in Russian.

HSE University has been awarded ‘Gold’ status in the Times Higher Education (THE) Online Learning Rankings 2024 alongside 10 other global universities. A new subset of the Times Higher Education World Rankings, the Online Learning Rankings (OLR) are focused on global universities that develop online education.

The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) has presented an analytical report entitled 'Electronic Internationalisation Ranking of Russian Universities (2023).' One of its components is a ranking of English-language websites of Russian universities, with HSE University maintaining the top position.

How does one choose the most suitable programme? Is it difficult for first-year students to become acclimated at HSE University? Nikita Anisimov, HSE University Rector, answered these and other questions on the eve of the university-wide Open Day for prospective students of bachelor's and specialist programmes.

The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) has published their latest analytics on the digital internationalisation of Russian universities. This year, the English version of HSE University web portal topped the list.

On September 1st, a new season of the open Student Research Paper Competition (SRPC) started. This competition is aimed at developing the potential of university students who are interested in academic activities. Students, as well as 2023 graduates of Russian and foreign universities, can submit their papers for the competition until October 15^th, 2023. This year SRPC turns 20 years old, throughout the competition’s history, Vadim Radaev, HSE University’s First Vice Rector, has been the chair of the organising committee. In today’s interview, he talks about the history of the competition and the key stages in its development.

"Academic Supervision of the programme is a creative process that requires logical thinking and ingenuity, it vitally needs curiosity and a desire for research from the supervisor," Valeria Lakshina, the new academic supervisor of the master’s programme in Economics at HSE – Nizhny Novgorod, said about the competencies that would enable future graduates to be endowed with various modern knowledge.

On March 10, students of the Faculty of Economics participated in the online practical training "Information Technologies in Audit and Consulting. MS Excel as the main tool for working with data" organised by KPMG company. The practical training was conducted by senior specialist of the Audit Department of KPMG Lyudmila Lukyanova.

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