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Md Naoshad Jaman Chowdhury, 31, from Dhaka, Bangladesh, obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance and an MBA (International Business) from Dhaka University and graduated from the Master’s Programme in Management and Analytics for Business of HSE University in St Petersburg. Now he works as an HR Analyst at Brain Station 23 PLC, a prominent software company in Bangladesh. Naoshad Jaman talked to the HSE News Service about his career path, the skills he acquired during his studies at HSE University, the challenges he faced while learning Russian, and his plans to become an academic—complete with a big cup of coffee and professor jokes.

On September 17-20, Toulouse hosted the conference EAIE devoted to the internationalisation of higher education. During the meetings, experts from 110 countries discussed the prospects of partnership in the sphere of higher education. HSE University-St Petersburg and key universities in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation. The delegation from HSE University-St Petersburg will visit the higher education institutions in these countries during the academic mission to Latin America planned for the middle of October.

Annually, HSE University provides students of Asian and African Studies with opportunities to participate in mobility programmes in the countries of studied languages. Long-term academic mobility helps not only upgrade language proficiency but also dive into a completely different culture and understand it from the inside. Tatiana Shlychkova, student of the Department of Chinese, Southeast and South Asian Research, spent her fourth year of studies in Shanghai, having passed the selection to one of the most high-ranking universities in China—the Fudan University. The scholarship covered tuition and accommodation. In addition, Tatiana received a monthly allowance for personal expenses.

HSE Saint Petersburg International Summer School is in full swing—right now, international students from 12 countries are actively attending lectures and enjoying the cultural programme. We talked to some participants about their most vivid impressions.

Madam Delphine Edith Emmanuel Adouki, the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology Innovation of the Republic of the Congo, visited HSE University-St Petersburg to get to know its educational programmes. The meeting was held at the initiative of the Congolese side following the negotiations with Denis Sassou Nguesso, the President of the Republic of the Congo.

‘HSE — Saint Petersburg International Ambassadors’ is a project where HSE University students work with the International Office to promote the university amongst prospective applicants. This competitive selective project is aimed at improving students' communication, leadership ability, and creative skills.

In November 2023, a representative office of HSE University opened in Indonesia. This new educational hub is designed to help students from the Asia-Pacific (APAC) who are planning to study in Russia. The representative office is based at Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) in the city of Surabaya. The office is headed by Bima Yatna Anugerah Ramadhani, HSE University-St Petersburg graduate of the Master’s programme ‘Management and Analytics for Business’. In the interview, Bima Ramadhani reflects on his studies at HSE campus in St Petersburg, talks about his work at the State University of Surabaya and elaborates on the further activities of the HSE University representative office.

Varvara Gurko is a fourth-year student of the Bachelor's programme 'Philology'. This year, under the international academic mobility programme, she went to Indonesia where she spent a semester at the Universitas Indonesia. Find out which course was the most memorable for Varvara, how she was studying Indonesian in Indonesian and what places she managed to visit in the interview.