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As the new academic year kicks off at HSE University in Saint Petersburg, local student Andrei Kustyshev is stepping up to help international students navigate their new environment. To foster connections among the first-year students in the Master of Data Analytics for Business and Economics program, a weekend tour is organized to introduce newcomers to the city’s iconic landmarks while enhancing the bond between classmates.

HSE University-St Petersburg will remember September 13 as the loudest and happiest day as this Friday, we had the most heartwarming autumn festival—HSE SPB Day. Students, professors, partners and friends of the university met at 'Sevkabel Port' as a big HSE family to celebrate the start of the new academic year with energetic music, have fun with student clubs and welcome the main characters of the evening—first-years. Find out which impressions this emotional day left in this article.

Aleksandra Averyanova graduated from the Bachelor's programme 'International Business and Management' in 2024 but already now, she is working as a coordinator of internal training at the IT company 'ecom.tech'. The graduate started working on her career back at the university—when she joined the Career Centre and then was hired at 'Setters Education'. We talked to Aleksandra about her studies and career path in the sphere of online education.

One life is too short to get to know HSE University-St Petersburg thoroughly. But to get acquainted with it well, one HSE SPB Day will be enough. On September 13, we invite the first-years and everyone interested to 'Sevkabel Port' for a kaleidoscope of pleasant emotions and impressions. We will show you how eventful and interesting university years will be and introduce you to the professors, business partners and other active students. Find out what other surprises we have prepared in the article.

Daniyar Rakhimberdinov is a graduate of the School of Economics and Management of 2024. During the four years of the Bachelor's programme, Daniyar spent very vividly: studied artificial intelligence and founded a student club devoted to breakthrough technologies. He set his heart on the dream to establish his own business and started his career path in a large IT company. Daniyar attended a summer school in Italy and joined the Student Council. Find out how the graduate sees his future development and what events he will remember with warmth in the interview.

In June, as part of the Financial Management course (taught at the International Business and Management program), an open lecture was held with the participation of Olga Nikolaevna Voronova, Head of the Marketing Department of JSC Lengiprotrans. Practical aspects of working with investors and creditors were discussed at the lecture. Great attention was paid to preparing for pitching - presenting investment projects in the format of short presentations. The recommendations made during this open lecture were then applied by the students as part of the defense of projects that took place in the format of a 5-minute pitching.

On June 30, HSE University-St Petersburg gathered almost 5000 guests at KSK 'Arena' for the main event of this summer—graduation 2024. Bachelor's and master's students were congratulated by their friends and family, professors and faculty deans as well as HSE University-St Petersburg trustees. The diplomas of HSE University-St Petersburg were awarded to more than 1400 people, and 280 of them received the diplomas with honours. Find out what we will remember this festive day for in the article.

The master's programme 'Finance' at HSE University-St Petersburg has confirmed its international accreditation of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) for five years. Now, the programme graduates can skip several exams when joining ACCA. The qualification gives the alumni a competitive advantage when seeking employment in top Russian and international companies for positions related to finance and accounting.

The Master's programme "Finance" (direction 38.04.08 "Finance and Credit") has successfully confirmed accreditation by ACCA for the next 5 years.

A research group of students from the HSE campus in St. Petersburg: Andrey Shirshov and Ekaterina Kukovenko (BP International Business, 4 d year), led by Associate Professor of the Department of Finance, Ph.D. Elizaveta Igorevna Markovskaya studied how the adaptation strategies of Russian small and medium-sized businesses, applied in response to sanctions from the United States and the European Union after the start of the special military operation, influenced the performance of firms in the short-term period.