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From July 27 to August 7, HSE University – St Petersburg hosted the international summer programme New Economic Drivers for Company for students of the VNU University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-UEB). The academic programme was developed and delivered by faculty members of the Department of Finance at the School of Economics and Management.

Boris Lodiagin, a lecturer and doctoral student at the Department of Finance of HSE University in St Petersburg, participated in the 29th Air Transport Research Society World Conference. Held in Beijing from 1 to 4 July 2026, the conference brought together researchers and aviation industry professionals from around the world. ATRS is one of the leading international platforms for discussing current issues in air transport economics, management, and development.

Alina Baranova, graduate of the Master's programme 'Arts and Culture Management', spent a semester at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. In Italy, she studied among monuments and passed oral exams on a 30-point scale. Read on to find out about the peculiarities of academic mobility, the opportunities available to HSE University-St Petersburg students and Alina's professional plans.

Olga Alekseeva, lecturer and PhD student at the Department of Finance of HSE University – St. Petersburg, took part in the SIBR 2026 Osaka Conference on Interdisciplinary Business & Economics Research, held on July 2–4, 2026 in Osaka, Japan. The event was organized by the Society of Interdisciplinary Business Research. The conference’s academic program brought together research in the fields of corporate finance and governance, capital markets, entrepreneurship, international business, sustainable development, and digital transformation of companies.

In 2026, Kirill Li graduated from the Bachelor's programme 'International Programme in Business and Economics' at HSE University–St Petersburg. During his studies, he undertook an internship in fintech and, as a result, became a digital product manager at Alfa Bank. Read on to find out how to choose your professional sphere and combine studies and work.

Students of the Master's Programme "Arts and Culture Management", under the supervision of Academic Supervisor Elena Mikhailovna Zelenskaya, worked for four months on a strategy for the creation and development of a Producer Center for the State Literary Museum "XX Century".

The 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2026), held from June 3 to 6 at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre, confirmed its reputation as one of the most important platforms for global economic dialogue – a forum that has been called the "Russian Davos" and which has grown since its founding in 1997 into a gathering that drew over 24,500 participants from nearly 140 countries this year. As a student of International Business, attending SPIEF was not merely an extracurricular activity – it was, in the most direct sense, a live seminar on the forces reshaping the global economy.

The interns executed limited audit of the group daughter companies through analysis of financial statements and the companies financial position, verification of financial indicators with documents, analytical audit procedures checking correctness of information, oral and written communication with the companies, preparation of the official documents, holding the terms. Students received first working skills from passing an interview till the full responsibility for the project ; and the experience of the side by side work with the professionals of the highest level in the company - leader.

On May 16, 2026, as part of the X International Scientific and Practical Online Conference of Students, Undergraduates and Postgraduates "Business Transformation: Challenges and Solutions", a large-scale master class "Financial institutions and technologies of the future: a joint view of Russia and India" was held. The moderator was Varvara Vadimovna Nazarova, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Head of the Finance Department and Academic Director of the Finance Master's program.

On May 19, Artur Kaitmazov, a leading specialist of the department of international debt markets of the financial information agency Cbonds, gave a guest lecture as part of the course "Sustainable Finance" (lecturer O.V. Makarova).