A dual degree programme with the University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy) has opened at the undergraduate Business Management program at the Nizhny Novgorod campus of National Research University Higher School of Economics

From the academic year 2022/23, students of bachelor's program "Business Administration" in the Nizhny Novgorod Campus will start studying at the Tuscia University (Viterbo, Italy) and will be able to obtain a second European-style Diploma in Firm Economics.

Strong partnerships with Tuscia University have been established a long time ago in the implementation of master's program of double degrees.

In the area of bachelor's programs, this is the first example of cooperation. It makes this program unique.

Svetlana Y. Savinova

Programme Academic Supervisor "Business Administration"

"It was important for us to harmonise the content of the three-year Italian bachelor's degree and our four-year one, to understand what specific knowledge our students will receive while studying in Italy. We succeeded!
The double degree programme creates great opportunities for students: first of all, long-term mobility, which allows them to acquire new knowledge and experience and immerse themselves in a new cultural and linguistic environment. It is a very good chance to build an international career. Participants in the double degree program will be able to learn unique disciplines aimed at studying integration processes in Europe in economics, politics, business, digital transformation in management, international finance, and will get an opportunity to delve into the particularities of Italian business".

Anna Shilovskaia

Department Head of International Relations Office HSE — Nizhny Novgorod

 "It's a great start for further work in international companies or to study for a master's degree abroad and at leading universities in Russia".

The first students will go to Italy in the next academic year.

Now they are second year students of Business Management program. First, they study the disciplines offered by Business Management program for two and a half years. These subjects will be counted towards the European Diploma.   And from February 2023, they will begin their studies at an Italian university. In order to successfully development of disciplines, our pioneers are already learning Italian languige, as it will become the main language for communication with teachers and other students. They will spend the last year and a half in Italy, studying the pool of disciplines offered by Italian University. In addition, two final qualification works will be defended, one in Russia and the other in Italy.

Pavel V. Malyzhenkov

Associate Professor of Department of Information Systems and Technologies, Coordinator to working between HSE University - Nizhny Novgorod  and Tuscia University

"The development of double degree program is a very important event for HSE University - Nizhny Novgorod. Above all, it is precedent – up to, we worked at the field of master's programs, and now we will be able to expand it to other programs HSE University. We hope that this experience will be successful".

The first meeting between our students and representatives of the International Department - Felicetta Ripa  took place. There were many questions and discussions. There was an optimistik, friendly atmosphere of mutual understanding and joy of communication. 

There were many questions and discussions. There was an upbeat, friendly atmosphere of mutual understanding and enjoyment of communication.

Denis A. Fomenkov

Dean Faculty of Management, Deputy Director of the Branch HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod 

“Any new opportunity to gain international experience while studying is extremely important. Now we are talking about a very intensive and deep cooperation with Tuscia University. At the end of this program, students receive two diplomas, full immersion in the context of another country, an additional foreign language and baggage of modern professional competencies. Needless to say, students will thus be able to significantly increase their value in the labor market. I would like to wish our students buona fortuna!….»