State Final Certification
Final State Certification Info-2027:
Orders on conducting the State Final Certification in 2027 will be published within the timeframes established by the HSE LNA.
Faculty Appeal Committee for the Final State Certification:
Secretary – Nadezhda E. Oreshenkova, Deputy Dean, St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences
Documents:
- Regulations For State Final Certification Organization
- Procedure for Appealing the Results of State Final Certifications
- Regulations on Checking Student Papers for Plagiarism and the Publication of Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Theses on the HSE Corporate Website
Final State Certification Programme-2026:
How to apply for a Term paper/Thesis topic:
Please note that the Term Papers and Theses topics approval has been moved to the LMS system! You need to talk about your topic with the supervisor and then make a topic request via LMS Course Themes Module.
Please do not forget that your request shall be approved by your Supevisor via his/her LMS account.
How to change the Term Paper/Thesis topic:
Please note that the Term Papers and Theses topics change requests has been moved to the LMS system! You need to talk about your topic with the supervisor and then make a topic request via LMS Course Themes Module.
Please do not forget that your request shall be approved by your Supevisor via his/her LMS account.
Thesis Request Forms:
Thesis Deadlines 2026/2027:
| Module | Deadline | Event |
| 2nd module | November 28 | Deadline for Theses Topics Applications via SmartPro system |
| November 28 | Subject of MA Thesis and supervisor approved by the Academic Supervisor | |
| December 1 | Subject of MA Thesis and supervisor approved by the Academic Council of MA Programme | |
| Decemebr 25 | Deadline for the submission of the Master Thesis proposal to the scientific supervisor | |
| 3-rd module | February 9 | Deadline for the submission of the extended project proposal to the academic supervisor |
| March 9 | Defense of the Project Proposal within research seminar | |
| 4th module | April 1, 18:00 | Deadline for submission a request for changes in the title / supervisor change of the master thesis |
| April 4, 18.00 | External Reviewer Appointment | |
| April 10, 18.00 | Deadline for submission the first version of thesis for the Preliminary defense | |
| April 20 | Preliminary defense of MA Thesis | |
| May 8 | Deadline for the submission of the final version of the Master thesis text to the supervisor | |
| May 15, 18.00 | Final draft of MA Thesis submission to SmatPoint system | |
| May 22 | Deadline for placing the Theses' Supervisors' Reviews | |
| May 25 | Deadline for placing the Theses' and External Reviewers' Reviews | |
| June 4 | Defense of MA Thesis |
