
Student of HSE Art and Design School Becomes Finalist of Italian Film Festival
The work by Sofia Fedotova, 4th-year student of the Bachelor's track 'Communication Design', has made it to the final of the MAX3MIN 'very short' film festival in Italy.

‘You Should Be Open to New Things and Constantly Learn’
Natalia Khazieva is a senior lecturer at the Department of Management at the School of Economics and Management. She teaches two important courses in the Master's programme in International Business in the Asia-Pacific Region: 'Strategic Management' and 'Digital Business Transformation'.

‘Students Start Seeing the Connection between the Knowledge They Gain and Real Life’
From next year, students of the Bachelor's programme 'Political Science and World Politics' will be able to develop their project skills in a specialised seminar and a course of projects based on a 'project service learning' method. Magdalena Gaete, Head of the Laboratory for Reputation Management in Education (RepLab), will deliver the project seminar and coordinate projects. We talked to Prof. Gaete about what students should expect from the programme and why participation in projects is useful.
'City Legends': Lawyer Yaroslav Boldinov on His Favourite Places in St Petersburg
Today, we will roam about grand and unvarnished St Petersburg with Yaroslav Boldinov, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Financial Law. He spent all his childhood in the Petrogradka district—at the corner of Krasnogo Kursanta Street and Maly Prospect, often walked near 'Kamchatka' and the house of Basevich and later became a regular guest of the Senate Square. Find out where you can find atmospheric organ recitals, where rock musicians bought vinyl records and cassettes at the Karpovka and the mansion of Shroeter says—in the interview.

Exploring Thailand: Anastasia Kuprishkina on Her Exchange Experience
Academic mobility is an amazing opportunity not only to study abroad but also explore another country. Anastasia Kuprishkina, graduate of the Bachelor’s programme ‘Political Science and World Politics’, had a chance to go to Thammasat University and experience life in Thailand. Anastasia shares her impressions and memories of the trip in this interview.

‘All Week, We’ve Been Singing Along to the Guitar’. HSE University First-Years Share Their First Impressions
A week has passed since the start of the new academic year on September 1. The HSE University-St Petersburg editorial office talked to first-years about their first impressions of the university, independent life, and the city.

‘Any Event is Firstly About Emotions, for Both Me and the Participants’
Classes at the Hermitage, internships at the New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre, cooperation with Sevkabel Port—all these things are part of student life on the Master's programme 'Arts and Culture Management'. Over the last year, Alisa Chernova, second-year student of the programme, has managed to study Dutch art in St Petersburg's main museum, attend the New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre, and help organise the CIBA-2023 cultural event. Find out about these and Alisa's dream project in this interview.
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Anastasia Milkova on Chinese Policy in Europe
HSE University alumni continue to share the results of their master's projects. Today, Anastasia Milkova talks about her extremely interesting paper on the ways China promotes its political and economic interests in Europe.

Results of HSE St Petersburg Summer School 2023
In August, the HSE University-St Petersburg Summer School came to an end. The participants attended courses in political science, Russian, and finance given by professors of HSE University-St Petersburg, got to know the city, and saw the sights as part of the cultural programme. The summer school hosted students from nine countries: China, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Germany, Uzbekistan and Russia.

‘I Simply Need to Want It—And Everything Will Be Within Reach’
In her fourth and final year, Veronika Gareeva, a student of the Bachelor's track 'Environment and Interior', studied at Politecnico di Milanо under the academic mobility programme. She did so while working on her thesis project at the HSE Art and Design School and, as a result, enrolled in a master's programme at the Italian university. In this interview, Veronika talks about her studies in Italy and shares her personal story.

