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HSE has topped the list of universities in the Russian Academic Excellence Project 5-100 once again, having been ranked in 13 subjects and 3 subject areas in the QS World University Rankings. The university has entered the top 100 in ‘Sociology’ and ‘Political and International Studies’ categories, as well as the top 100 in ‘Social Sciences and Management’.

Director of HSE University Saint Petersburg, Sergey Kadochnikov, spoke to us about the value of study abroad experiences and how students can benefit from participating in international exchange programmes.

The results of the 2017 Best Student Scientific Research Competition (NIRS) have been announced. We take this opportunity to name and honour the winners, the runners-up, and their academic supervisors.

The scope of academic programmes of HSE St. Petersburg in 2018-2019 includes brand new Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees open for international students, who are welcome to apply from mid-November 2017.

HSE’s progress in the global rankings in 2017 can also be seen in the QS BRICS regional ranking, where HSE is now 39^th among all universities, moving up 23 positions as compared to last year.

Master programmes in Comparative Politics of Eurasia and Applied and Interdisciplinary History «Usable Pasts», jointly with Political Science Department, HSE-SPb and History Department have launched a new project – a series of interdisciplinary seminars «Global Energy Politics and History»in actual issues in modern politics, society and history, particularly in energy policy, environmental and technical history.

Call for applications for the 2018 IPSA-HSE Summer School for Methods of Political & Social Research has been launched with the updated version of the School website.