On Campus

Students of HSE University - St. Petersburg participated in the Supply Chain Summer Camp 2019, an educational campus organised annually by Gazprom Neft. To gain admittance to the camp, students were required to submit a resume, solve an analytical case, and pass a test demonstrating their ability to work with numerical and verbal information.

The Director of HSE University - St Petersburg Sergey Kadochnikov welcomes first-year students on their first day of university.

The Summer School of the Francophone Organisation on European Studies and Education in Social Sciences (OFFRES - Organisation francophone pour la formation et la recherche européennes en sciences humaines) was held at the beginning of July 2019 in St. Petersburg with the support of HSE University. The school brought together 60 researchers from almost 20 countries. Over the course of a week, school participants organised lectures and seminars around the theme, 'Empires: Centre and Periphery' in 5 areas: cinema, literature, philosophy, history, and political science.

Head of HSE University - St Petersburg Sergey Kadochnikov spoke with HSE News Service about the new opportunities that await this year's first-year students and assured that all students will be provided dormitory accommodation in St Petersburg.

The Student Sports Club and the Department for Physical Education received a grant from the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs to host the Students EURO CUP 2020, which will coincide with the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship.

The graduation ceremony for the HSE SPb graduates of 2019 took place on June 29. The guests of honor were presented their diplomas by Sergey Kadochnikov, Director of the Campus, as well as their academic supervisors and teachers. The celebration overflowed with emotions, well wishes, and rousing music—what more do you need for a memorable commencement?

On June 24-28, HSE University – St Petersburg will be hosting HSE Fest, an international festival featuring university startups. 22 teams from 10 countries, including the HSE SPb team, ‘Sphere’, will be competing for grants in support of tech startups.

This year's theme of the International Partners Week held this past May was ‘Nurturing Global Citizens for a Global World’. Participants gathered to discuss common issues that universities face in regard to internationalisation, exchange approaches to implementing the Global Citizens concept, visit the university’s facilities, acquaint HSE SPb students with universities overseas, and, of course, enjoy St Petersburg’s White Nights.