The first semester will come to an end soon. The students have already met their groupmates and lecturers, faced the first exams and got their first grades. We talked to our international first-year students and asked them about their impressions of the university and educational programmes.

One of the most important deadline for the HSE students of each educational programme is the one for choosing the topic for term papers. For some people, it might be hard to define the area of their research interests due to the great variety of theories, events, and approaches. Others most likely have no idea what to write about. We will tell you what political scientists prepared the papers about last year and help to sort out the potential topics.

We talked to Anastasia Telichko, a 2022 graduate of HSE University-St Petersburg. Anastasia completed the Bachelor's programme 'International Business and Management Studies' (since 2022, the programme has been changed and is currently implemented as ‘International Bachelor's in Business and Economics’). Now she is open to new impressions and experience. Nowadays, the graduate is developing her career in the government of Primorsky Krai, engaging in the sustainable development issues. Read about her memories of the studies, a trip under the exchange programme and a very useful skill of asking yourself questions in this article.

Nikita Barsukov graduated from the Bachelor's programme 'Political Science' in 2019 and the Master's programme 'Big Data Analytics for Business, Economics and Society' in 2021. During the Bachelor's senior years, thanks to the minor course, Nikita found his calling in software development. He is currently building his career in this field. The graduate shared his vivid impressions of the student years, told about his way of finding the job to his liking and introduces us to the corporate culture of Tinkoff.

The Admissions Committee has published the rules of admission for bachelor’s/specialist’s and master’s programmes at HSE University for next year. Read on to learn more about the ways to apply, the number of state-funded places, the new programmes and the specifics of the admissions campaign in 2023.

On November 1, HSE University-St Petersburg started the international admissions campaign for the 2023/24 academic year. This year, the university offers 13 Bachelor's and 25 Master's programmes, four of which are new. We talked to the academic supervisors of the new programmes and asked about the kind of students they expect to see and what future prospects graduates will have.