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Maksim Todinov, 2nd-year student of the Master’s programme ‘International Business’, went to the University of Trento, Italy, under the academic mobility programme. There, he took come courses in management and finance, tracelled a lot in his free time and immersed himself in the activities of local leather manufactories. In the interview, Maksim explains how the studies at the Italian unviersity are structures, and shares five pieces of advice for those who plan to go on an exchange.

Aleksandra Buksha, a fourth-year student of the Bachelor's programme 'Philology', tells about studying under the mobility programme at the University of Trento in Italy.

This academic year is gradually coming to an end. There are two Bachelor's programmes for which it was the first one. We talked to the students of 'International Bachelor's in Business and Economics' and 'Media Communications' about their studies, favourite subjects and gained skills.

Galina Drumova graduated from the Bachelor's programme 'Economics' in 2018 and the Master's programme 'Finance' in 2020. Being interested in various spheres since childhood, Galina has already managed to try herself in retail, audit and IT.
In the end, Galina became the head of the Product Analytics Office in the Exploration and Production Unit at LLC 'Gazprom Neft-Digital Solutions'. The graduate told us with special cordiality about extracurricular activities and events at HSE University, looked at the female career through the eyes of a mother and shared her impressions of what it is like to be a head in the sphere of IT in a large company.

There are a lot of opportunities for international students to come to St Petersburg for a semester under the mobility programme. Anh Ngo Quang is an exchange student from Foreign Trade University in Vietnam who is currently studying International Economics at HSE University-St Petersburg. In his interview, he talks about his impressions of the St Petersburg campus, HSE students and teachers, how Russian and Vietnamese education differ, and his plans for improving relations between Russia and Vietnam.

In the latest part of a series exploring St Petersburg and the Leningrad region with HSE professors, art historian Ksenia Malich talks about why it is hard to see the Twelve Collegia as an administrative building, which library sceptics of modernism should see, and which poet you can meet in the city centre.

HSE University-St Petersburg actively continues to develop ties with Indian universities, expanding the pool of its partners for mobility and academic exchange programmes.

Gyulbike Talibova, 3rd-year student of the Bachelor's programme 'History', shared her first impressions of studying at the University of Trento on an Erasmus+ scholarship. In her interview, she also talks about Italian students, the language barrier, travelling to northern Italy, and much more.