State Final Certification
Final State Certification Info-2020:
- The Thesis Defense will be held in June 3-4, 2020, remotely (with remote study technologies). Please see the final state certification schedule for more details.
- Final State Certification Schedule: thesis defense schedule
- State Exam Committee for the Final State Certification (Programme 'Business and Politics in Modern Asia'): State Examination Committee Members
- Head of the State Exam Committee for the Final State Certification (Programme 'Business and Politics in Modern Asia'): Sergey N. Abashin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor, Faculty of Anthropology, European University in Saint Petersburg
- Faculty Appeal Committee for the Final State Certification: Appeal Committee Members
- Faculty Appeal Committee Head : Elena A. Vandysheva, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science
- Faculty Appeal Committee Secretary: Oleg Y. Semyonov, Head of Curriculum Support Office for Undergraduate Programmes in Asian and African Studies
- Faculty Appeal Committee Secretary Address: Saint Petersburg, Naberezhnaya Kanala Griboedova, 123, room 323. Working Hours: MO-FR 10.00-17.00
Documents:
- Regulations on Final State Certification of Students of Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Programmes
- Regulations on the State Exam Committee Work (in Russian)
- Regulations on the Appeal Committee Work (in Russian)
- Procedure for Appealing the Results of State Final Certifications
- Regulations for Term Papers and Theses
- 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-2020:
How to apply for a Term paper/Thesis topic in Year 2019/2020:
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.
Thesis Request Forms 2019/2020:
Thesis Deadlines 2019/2020:
| Module | Deadline | Event |
| 2nd module | October 15 - November 15 | Discussion of the MA Thesis research proposal at Research Seminar |
| November 15 | Deadline for Theses Topics Applications via LMS system | |
| November 20 | Subject of MA Thesis and supervisor approved by the Academic Supervisor | |
| November 27 | Subject of MA Thesis and supervisor approved by the Academic Council of MA Program | |
| December 10 | Revised draft of the MA thesis research proposal (no less than 30 000 characters) | |
| December 15-20 | Discussion of the revised draft at open Research Seminar | |
| 4th module | April 3, 18.00 | External Reviewer Appointment |
| April 6, 23.59 | Deadline for submission the first version of thesis for the Preliminary defense | |
| April 13 апреля | Preliminary defense of MA Thesis | |
| April 14 | Preliminary defense of MA Thesis (2nd part) | |
| April 14, 18.00 | Deadline for submission a request for changes in the title of the master thesis | |
| May 14, 23.59 | Final draft of MA Thesis submission to LMS system | |
| May 20 | Deadline for submutting the Theses' Supervisors' Reviews | |
| May 25 | Deadline for submutting the External Supervisors' Reviews | |
| May 27, 18.00 | Deadline for Thesis Printed Version Submission (to the Office) | |
| June 3-4 | Defense of MA Thesis |