State Final Certification
Final State Certification Info-2024:
- State Exam Committee for the Final State Certification (Programme 'Business and Politics in Modern Asia'):
State Examination Board (DOCX, 20 Kb)
- Head of the State Exam Committee for the Final State Certification (Programme 'Business and Politics in Modern Asia'): Yana V. Leksiutina, Doctor of Political Sciences, professor, chair of American studies, Saint-Petersburg State University
- Final State Certification Schedule:
Schedule (DOCX, 16 Kb)
- Faculty Appeal Committee for the Final State Certification:
Chairperson – Polina E. Yakovleva, senior lecturer, Department of Public Administration
Committee members:
- Dr. Mariia V. Rubtсova, Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Department of Public Administration, St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences
- Dr. Dmitry Goncharov, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Affairs,St. Petersburg School of Social
- Natalia V. Kolesnik, Candidate of Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology,St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences
Secretary – Nadezhda E. Oreshenkova, the Head, Undergraduate Programmes Curriculum Support (Public Administration), 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-2024:
Guidelines for preparation and defense of theses for students of the programme (DOCX, 50 Kb)
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 since this academic year! 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 sine this academic year! 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 2023/2024:
| Module | Deadline | Event |
| 2nd module | November 1 | Deadline for Theses Topics Applications via LMS system |
| November 8 | Subject of MA Thesis and supervisor approved by the Academic Supervisor | |
| November 20 | Subject of MA Thesis and supervisor approved by the Academic Council of MA Programme | |
| December 13 | Deadline for submitting the first version of the first chapter (at least 30000 characters) to the supervisor | |
| 4th module | April 8, 18.00 | External Reviewer Appointment |
| April 8, 23.59 | Deadline for submission the first version of thesis for the Preliminary defense | |
| April 12, 15, 16 | Preliminary defense of MA Thesis | |
| April 22, 18.00 | Deadline for submission a request for changes in the title / supervisor change of the master thesis | |
| May 17, 18.00 | Final draft of MA Thesis submission to LMS system | |
| May 24 | Deadline for placing the Theses' Supervisors' Reviews | |
| May 28 | Deadline for placing the Theses' and External Reviewers' Reviews | |
| June 10 , 11, 13 | Defense of MA Thesis |
Previous Years Final State Certifications:
FINAL STATE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMME-2023:
Guidelines for preparation and defense of theses for students of the programme (PDF, 629 Kb)
State Exam Committee (DOCX, 20 Kb)
Appeal Committee (DOCX, 24 Kb)
Schedule of final state certification (DOCX, 17 Kb)
FINAL STATE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMME-2022:
Guidelines for preparation and defense of theses for students of the programme
FINAL STATE CERTIFICATION-2022 INFO:
State Exam Committee (DOCX, 19 Kb)
Appeal Committee (DOCX, 24 Kb)
Schedule of final state certification (DOCX, 16 Kb)
Final State Certification Programme-2020:
Final State Certification-2020 Info:
- Due to the remote form of State Final Certification in 2020, Special Temporal Rules (see below) were implemented.
- Temporal Rules For State Final Certification Organization (in Russian)
- State Examination Committee members
- Exam Schedule and Students' Distribution
- Appeal Committee Members