Practical training

General information

Practical training is a form of educational activity during studies under a given degree programme, with learners completing certain types of tasks, related to their future professional activities and aimed at building, consolidating, and developing practical skills and competencies specific to the respective degree programme. The goals and objectives of practical training shall be attained through the implementation of PTEs. The implementation of practical training for HSE students is provided in the module of the study plan of the educational programme, that is titled "Internship".

The procedure for organising and conducting PTEs of HSE students is regulated by Regulations on Practical Training of Students under Core Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Programmes at HSE University.

You can also read about the organisation of internship at the HSE in the academic handbook at the link.

Conditions and features of the implementation of PTEs provided by the curriculum of the study plan of the educational programme "Master in International Business" are described in Internship Programme:

Internship Programme intake 2022

Conditions and features of the implementation of PTEs provided by the curriculum of the study plan of the educational programme "Master in International Business in the Asia-Pacific Region" are described in Internship Programme:

Internship Programme intake 2023

You can learn more about the preparation of Master's dissertation in the document "Guidelines for Master Dissertation" on the page "Final State Certification".

Practical training elements (PTEs):

For students of 2022 intake:

Year	PTE	Number of ECTS credits and academic hours	Period of realization
1	Term paper	5 (190 ac.h.)	Modules 2-4
1,2	Project	3 (114 ac.h.)	Not later than Module 3 of 2nd year of study
2	Work Experience Internship	9 (342 ac.h.)	Module 3
2	Master's dissertation (preparation)	11 (418 ac.h.)	Modules 2-4 Final version upload in mid May, defence in June

For students of 2023 intake:

Year	PTE	Number of ECTS credits and academic hours	Period of realization
1	Term paper	4 (152 ac.h.)	Modules 2-4
1,2	Project	3 (114 ac.h.)	Not later than Module 3 of 2nd year of study
2	Work Experience Internship	8 (304 ac.h.)	Module 3
2	Master's dissertation (preparation)	15 (570 ac.h.)	Modules 2-4 Final version upload in mid May, defence in June

*The mandatory project activity is 3 ECTS credits. All additional projects will be counted as optional (on top of the main programme of 120 ECTS).

Work Experience Internship (for 2022 intake)

Internship Period: 15 January 2024 - 16 March 2024

Internship Supervisor: Natalia Khazieva (nkhazieva@hse.ru)

Internship Placement

The placement must be approved by the internship supervisor.

You need to submit a request for internship via LMS. Deadline is to be confirmed.

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 completed 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.

Internship Agreement

Before the beginnig of an internship, it is necessary to sign an agreement, unless an agreement already exists. If the student is doing internships through the Career Development Centre, partner company or at the HSE structural unit, no additional agreement is required. In other cases an argeement must be finalized and verified via the help of internship supervisor.

Internship Guidelines

Internship Guidelines are provided in Internship Programme, Appendix B Guidelines for Work Experience Internship

Internship Reporting

1. Students draw up an individual assignment for the internship and the schedule of internship together with the internship supervisor from the university before the start of an internship. Depending on the placement, these documents can be provided both in Russian and English. They are refined during the internship if needed and signed by internship supervisors from HSE and the company not later than 2 weeks before the defence. Individual task and a internship schedule are presented together with the internship report on the day of defence. If students fail to provide these documents with all the required signatures, they will be denied admission to the defense.

2. After the end of the internship, internship supervisor from the company writes a review. The review can be provided in both Russian and English.

3. During the internship, students write a report. The report must be completed in English.

All reporting documents must be provided 2 weeks before the planned defence or before the deadline for providing documents.

Internship Defence

Internship defence is held with the board during the exam period of the respective module when the internship is undertaken.
Students who do not complete the internship programme without a valid reason or who have received an unsatisfactory grade are considered to have academic failure.