A delegation headed by Anna Tyshetskaya, director of HSE – St. Petersburg, visited the leading universities of the Republic of Uzbekistan. During the working visit, agreements were reached on broad educational and scientific international cooperation in a number of areas. The first step towards formalizing the partnership was the cooperation within the framework of the consortium and the Centre for Russian Education, which was launched on April 28 at Samarkand State University. The next face-to-face meeting between the parties will take place in June during the HSE Partner Week in Moscow.

At HSE – St. Petersburg, we have a master's programme called 'Strategic Management in Logistics', at which students receive training on logistics and supply chain management. In this interview, Vladislav Lukinsky, academic supervisor of the programme, talks about its main features, what makes the programme relevant in today’s changing world, and why students from any educational backgrounds are welcomed to apply.

Master’s programme 'Master in International Business' is going to welcome its first graduates at the end of 2022 academic year. We asked international students and lecturers to share some thoughts and impressions about the programme and to reveal the subjects combination within the programme nowadays.

Students of the HSE – St Petersburg Master's programme ‘Arts and Culture Management’ conducted a study of visitors’ experience based on an exhibition of artworks by Salvador Dalí, which is held at the Fabergé Museum. The results of this and other joint projects with the museum are to be included in the programme’s curriculum.

A study of the digitalisation process of Russian museums has been conducted by the Laboratory for Management in Culture and Tourism at the HSE – St. Petersburg, with the support of the Russian Committee of the International Union of Museums (ICOM Russia). The results of the study provide information on factors that contribute to failure or success in the museum digitalisation efforts and reveal its prospects, raise questions on tools that could be applied for attracting more visitors, as well as touch on possibilities for monetising museum online product range.

The Master’s programme in Finance has been held at HSE – St Petersburg since 2009. The programme actively cooperates with small and medium-sized enterprises, and its graduates get jobs in large companies—Severstal, a well-known Russian steel company, among others. In this interview, we asked Professor Elena Rogova, Academic Supervisor of this Master’s programme, what skills are required to become a successful financier and how this programme can help to acquire them.