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10 October 2025

‘Between Two Worlds’: How Psychologists Help International Students to Adapt in Russia

Language anxiety, crumbling of the usual ‘self’–practically every international student faces these and other challenges. On October 10, the World Mental Health Day, psychologists from HSE University-St Petersburg Tatiana Kazantseva and Ksenia Kashentseva shared how they help students overcome difficulties and adapt to life in a new country.

Student Handbook

Student Handbook is intended to help you adapt to a new environment and cope with day-to-day activities

 

Obligatory medical examination, fingerprinting, and photographing

All international students and workers arriving in Russia must within 90 days provide fingerprints and undergo an obligatory medical examination

HSE University – Saint Petersburg aims to maintain its status as a player in the international academic community. We are constantly developing modern educational programmes and expanding opportunities for academic mobility.

The International Office is responsible for admissions of international students for full-degree programmes, assisting incoming and outgoing student mobility, as well as development of liaises and agreements with international academic partners and other agents.