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HSE University–St Petersburg and Renmin University of China applied to implement a joint project focused on the 'cultural gene' of Russian and Chinese cities. At the II International Scientific and Practical Conference ’Information Technologies in the Preservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage,’ Song Yangyang, Deputy Director of the Institute of Creative Industries Technology at Renmin University of China, spoke about cooperation prospects and how heritage and digital communications shape a city's image.

The Gulf of Finland, a sunny autumn day changing to a downpour and a rosy-coloured sunset... This is the scenery of the official initiation of first-year HSE University-St Petersburg students. At the festival, guests went sailing in a sea of extracurricular activities, heard city legends, and built lighthouses to illuminate an unexplored university path. Read on to find out how the festival went.

In September 2026, HSE University–St Petersburg welcomed more than 2,500 first-year bachelor's and master's students. Deans and alumni welcomed the newcomers and shared their wishes and advice on how to make the best use of their university years.

HSE University-St Petersburg International Partners' Week continued with the Academic Day. Experts from different countries and researchers from HSE University held more than ten strategic sessions and discussed the ethics of AI use, the development of diplomacy in the age of multipolarity and new formats of university cooperation.

It is the third time that HSE University-St Petersburg has become a centre for a global academic dialogue. Dozens of lectures and workshops by researchers from China, Brazil, Mexico, India, Japan, Serbia, Tunisia and other countries: the programme of the HSE St Petersburg International Partners' Week started with the Student Day. The venue for the global academic dialogue was the Rope Shop Educational Space.

Leonid Issaev, professor of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs at the School of Social Sciences at HSE University-St Petersburg, was awarded the Order of Burkina Faso. The state award is given for the contribution to the development of Russian-Burkinabe relations in the sphere of culture and education.

At the international conference on computational linguistics (EACL), the team from the Linguistic Convergence Laboratory at HSE University-St Petersburg presented a unique dataset for neurorehabilitation of patients with the speech disorder—aphasia.

Professors from HSE University–St Petersburg and researchers from Mexican universities discussed vectors for the development of higher education. The experts highlighted the important role of the academic community in promoting people's well-being.