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Illustration for news: HSE – St. Petersburg School of Design Come Out on Top at the St. Petersburg Young Design Contest

HSE – St. Petersburg School of Design Come Out on Top at the St. Petersburg Young Design Contest

Students of the HSE – St. Petersburg School of Design took part in St. Petersburg Young Design – a contest for young designers and artists. Alexandra Arsentieva clinched first place in the ‘Community’ special project, Ksenia Gernik won second place in the ‘Recycle Sea’ nomination, and another unique project by HSE students was a finalist in the ‘Saint-Petersburg Merchandise’ nomination. The participants also got a chance to learn new things at a unique poster workshop curated for the competition by Mitya Kharshak, Head of the School of Design.

Illustration for news: Angel Barajas: 'We Focus on Finding Practical Solutions to Business Problems'

Angel Barajas: 'We Focus on Finding Practical Solutions to Business Problems'

The Master's programme 'Management and Analytics for Business' is designed to instruct students on how to make independent managerial decisions on the basis and with the aid of analytical tools. Its academic director, professor at the St. Petersburg School of Economics and Management, Angel Barajas, revealed to our editorial board what tools and methods are used to train in-demand specialists and why there is no Bill Gates among the programme's professors.

Illustration for news: Life Beyond Campus: Trip to Scandinavia With Russian Soul

Life Beyond Campus: Trip to Scandinavia With Russian Soul

On the 14th of November, HSE – St Petersburg students visited one of the pearls of Northwest Russia – a small, still instantly picturesque medieval town called Vyborg. Together with the Erasmus Students Network (ESN) team we travelled hundreds of years back in time, saw a real European knight’s castle (yeah, the one with granite walls, a tower, and not built for tourists!), a market square, a town hall, walked narrow cobblestone streets, explored hiking routes and enjoyed a romantic moonlight stroll in the famous English garden Mon Repos.

Illustration for news: In-person Classes Return after Winter Break

In-person Classes Return after Winter Break

Classes to be held on campus in Module 3

Illustration for news: The Arrival: Performative Lectures in the Liminal Space Between States and Cultures

The Arrival: Performative Lectures in the Liminal Space Between States and Cultures

From December 1 to 17, Dr Margarita Kuleva, head of the Department of Design and Contemporary Art at the Higher School of Economics – St Petersburg will give a series of performative lectures dedicated to changing relations between space, body, and culture in the context of new travel. The project is structured around auto-ethnographic experiences and a historical investigation of 19th-20th century Russian culture in motion. The lectures will  be held in the English Channel Tunnel, an aircraft hangar, and Pushkin House in London, with access to live streaming.

Illustration for news: Consul General of Finland Visits HSE University – St Petersburg

Consul General of Finland Visits HSE University – St Petersburg

On November 10, 2021, a delegation from the Consulate General of Finland in Saint Petersburg paid a visit to HSE University – St Petersburg to meet the team of the university and discuss opportunities for promoting student academic mobility, expanding cooperation with Finnish researchers and business partners, and other collaboration prospects.

Illustration for news: ‘I Finally Got a Chance to Learn Python’

‘I Finally Got a Chance to Learn Python’

In 2021, HSE University – St. Petersburg for the first time launched an admission campaign for the following master's programmes: ‘Data Analytics for Politics and Society, ‘Computational Biology and Bioinformatics’, and ‘Language Technologies in Business and Education’. With nearly half of the academic year being over, we decided to ask the master’s students about what impressions they have of the programmes so far.

Illustration for news: HSE University Appears in Twice as Many Top 100 Subject Rankings as Last Year

HSE University Appears in Twice as Many Top 100 Subject Rankings as Last Year

The publication of the latest Times Higher Education subject rankings in the Arts and Humanities concludes the annual cycle of the three main ranking agencies: THE, QS, and ARWU. Since last year, HSE University has managed to double the number of top 100 subject rankings it appears in, growing from 6 to 12.

Illustration for news: HSE Students Explore the Canals of St Petersburg and a Cradle of Ancient Russia

HSE Students Explore the Canals of St Petersburg and a Cradle of Ancient Russia

In the first weeks of October, HSE international students embarked on two exciting adventures. We gathered together on a boat tour along the picturesque St Petersburg’s canals and made a day trip to explore the medieval architecture of Veliky Novgorod. Here’s a quick recap of the outings.

Illustration for news: ‘Studying Abroad Broadens Horizons’: Nikita Sidorov on His Exchange Semester in the UK

‘Studying Abroad Broadens Horizons’: Nikita Sidorov on His Exchange Semester in the UK

Nikita Sidorov is a fourth-year student of the Political Science and World Politics programme. Recently he went on an academic exchange and spent a semester at one of the most prestigious universities in the world – University College of London (UCL). In this interview, he shared with the editorial board his impressions on the exchange semester.