Do you know that there is a perfect chance just around the corner this year? If you want to start a new life or open yourself for new opportunities, you can do it at HSE University! What could be better than studying and living in another country for a full year? Through academic mobility, you will not only study abroad but also will have a chance to meet new people, see a different culture and most importantly discover something new that you haven’t even thought of before. Besides, it will build a strong resume for your future career.

The HSE University community is surprisingly diverse and includes people from different countries and continents, who can share their cultural experiences and generate novel ideas with their never-ending creativity and love for art. The Master's programme 'Arts and Culture Management' welcomed several students from Nigeria last year. Today, they are happy to share their sources of inspiration and expectations for the programme and their future life.

On March 16, the results of the Open Doors International Olympiad for master’s and doctoral applicants were announced. The competition is organised by the Association of Global Universities with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia and the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo). HSE University is one of the Olympiad’s organisers and the site of its distributed project office.

Yesuigen Tsogjavkhlan, a student from Mongolia, reflects on her experience of being an international student who is majoring in ‘Public Policy and Analytics’ at HSE University-St Petersburg. Today she would like to share her story of coming and staying in Russia.

Irina Bakareva is a professional in the field of HR. She has vast professional experience in large international and Russian companies: from the coordinator of training and development programmes (1998) to an HR Director in companies such as Heineken and Tikkurila. Since 2021, as a guest lecturer, Irina has joined the HSE University team and taught the course ‘HR Management in International Companies’ course for 2nd-year students of the Master’s programme ‘International Business’. Irina Bakareva tells about her experience in HR and her impressions from classes with HSE University students.

Already for six months, Ekaterina Khozyainovaа and Elizaveta Chesnokova, 2nd-year students of the Master's programme 'Arts and Culture Management', have been studying in Italy under the double-degree programme with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart: they immerse themselves in the industry, visit cultural places of Milan (for example, the opera house La Scala), and enjoy the art. Read more about the students' thoughts and impressions in the article.