Practical training

The programme provides one educational Science and research internship in the 3rd module of the 2nd year of study.
According to the study plan, the duration of this internship is 228 hours of which 2 hours are contact.
Science research internship is conducted from 09.01.2023 to 25.02.2023 . 

Internship Supervisor 
 

Anastasiia Pleshkova
Senior Lecturer

Place of internship           

The place of the internship must be set by December 13. Place of internship is approved with internship supervisor.

There are the following ways to find a place of internship:

1. Get assistance from Career Development Centre. Each year, the CDC forms a base of places for internship, which will be provided by our partners for students. 

2. Your internship supervisor can help to find a place of internship.

3. Internship can be done in the laboratories and research centers of the Higher School of Economics, in this case you need to contact the heads of the respective structural units.

4. If you are employed, and the field of the work meets the goals and objectives of the internship, you can do the internship at your work. In this case, it is necessary to provide a contract with the organization for internship.

5. Find a place of internship yourself.

Providing a signed internship agreement to internship supervisor and uploading it to LMS - not later than December 25.

Internship guidelines 

For students of intake 2021

 Internship regulations MAB_2021-22

Internship Reporting

1. At the beginning of the internship, together with the internship supervisor, students draw up an individual assignment for the internship and the schedule of internship. Depending on the place of internship, these documents can be provided both in Russian and English. They are filled in during the internship and signed by internship supervisors from the HSE and the company. After the internship is completed, an individual task and a internship schedule are presented together with the internship report on the day of defence. In the absence of these documents or the absence of the necessary signatures in them, the student will be denied admission to the defense. 

Individual task for the internship in English Individual internship assignment 
Individual task for the internship in Russian Индивидуальное задание 
Filled in example of individual task for the internship Individual internship assignment-Example 

Schedule of the internship in English Intermship schedule
Schedule of the internship in Russian  График прохождения практики 
Filled in example of schedule of the internship Internship schedule-Example

2. Before December 25, it is necessary to sign an agreement. If the student is doing internships through the Career Development Centre or at the HSE structural unit, no agreement is required. The argeement number must be registered at the by internship supervisor
Agreement template in Russian: Договор разовый (РУС) СПб ШЭМ (DOCX, 42 Кб)

Agreement template in English: Agreement for Practical Training of Students (DOCX, 43 Кб)

Offer Letter - Acceptance Letter (DOCX, 45 Кб)

Письмо оферта - акцепт разовый (РУС) СПб ШЭМ (DOCX, 38 Кб)

3. After the end of the internship, internship supervisor from company writes a review. The review can be provided in both Russian and English.
Review in English: Internship Regulations, Appendix B  
Review in Russian Отзыв 

4. During the internship, students write a report. The report must be conducted in English. A sample report structure and the title page are given in Internship Regulations, Appendix A. 
The report is submitted in electronic form before the defence of the internship for verification by the dissertation supervisor and the supervisor of the internship. 

Internship defense

Internship defence is conduted with the board during exam period of the 3rd module. To the defense student brings a printed report, completed and signed individual assignment and schedule of the internship, review from the company.
Students who do not complete the internship program without valid reason or who have received an unsatisfactory grade are considered to have academic failure.

Q: I am already employed, can I do internship in the workplace?
A: Yes, you can, if your work meets the goals and objectives of the internship.

Q: Is it possible to provide my employment contract as an internship contract?
A: No, because the employment contract does not certify that you are doing the internship at the workplace. In this case, an individual agreement for internship is needed.

Q: How do I know if an agreement has been made between the organization where I am going to have internship and the HSE?
A: You can look at the list of current agreements on the website of the Career Development Centre or check this information in the study office.

Term Paper guidelines are described in the Practical Training Programme: Internship Programme MiM&A 2022 (Appendix A).

Term paper topics (i.e term paper titles) are selected using the LMS system through the module "Thesis/Term paper topics" ("Couse themes").
You can apply for a topic from those proposed by faculty members or propose your own topic. Please note that it is important to contact the supervisor and discuss the final topic.

The request for changing the term paper topic/title is submitted through the LMS system using the module "Thesis/Term paper topics" ("Couse themes").

FAQ about Term paper preparation

Regulations on Checking Student Papers for Plagiarism and the Publication of Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Theses on the HSE Corporate Website

Plagiarism in written assignments

The level of originality of your paper cannot be lower 80%!