The Best of Student Research Competition 2017 Awarded
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.
Consul General of France Visited HSE St Petersburg
M Hugo de Chavagnac, Consul General of the Republic of France has given a visit to HSE University in St Petersburg this week, December 12, 2017. The Higher School of Economics in St Petersburg is among the first sites of official visiting for his new assignment.

HSE Saint-Petersburg to Train Experts in Online Service Development
Nowadays there is an online service or an app for every business challenge or a household chore. Rapidly emerging multi-user services and systems lead to significant changes within many areas of computer science and informatics. In 2018 HSE Saint-Petersburg launches a new master’s programme in Information Systems and Human-Computer Interaction.
HSE Becomes CIMA Academic Partner
The Institute of Continuing Professional Education at HSE in St. Petersburg has been certified as an Academic Partner of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
Protecting Human Rights
Professor Alexander Sungurov was awarded a medal «for the protection of human rights in the Republic of Ingushetia».

International Council Recognizes HSE as Leader in Project 5-100
The Higher School of Economics was recognized as a leader among Project 5-100 universities following a recent session held by the Council on Competitiveness Enhancement of Leading Russian Universities among Global Research and Education Centers. The session took place in Yekaterinburg on October 27-28 and was chaired by Olga Golodets, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.
HSE — Saint Petersburg takes a leading position in quality of admissions
Higher School of Economic – Saint Petersburg took the 6th position in quality of budget-funded admission in the country in 2017 according to the data gathered in the 8th annual monitoring regarding quality students enrolled into Russian higher educational institutions based on the results of Unified State Exam (USE) and Olympiads in 2017 – informs International Information Agency ‘Rossiya Segodnya’.
HSE Saint-Petersburg Will Teach PMI Project Management
Higher School of Economics in Saint-Petersburg is now recognized as a registered education provider (R.E.P.) of the Project Management Institute (PMI).
New Partnership of the Center for Historical Research
In July 2017, the HSE Center for Historical Research has joined the European Information and Research Network on Parliament History. The Center for Historical Research is the only research organization from Russia among the network members.

HSE St. Petersburg School of Economics & Management Becomes Member of AACSB
On July 21, 2017 HSE represented by HSE St. Petersburg School of Economics & Management joined the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), one of the major professional associations of business schools and became part of its extensive global network.