The ranking, compiled by the ‘MBA in Moscow and Russia’ web portal, was based on the assessment of graduates of MBA and Executive MBA programmes. This year, 1,290 graduates from 35 business schools in Russia participated in the survey.

In August, the CPD Centre of the HSE Faculty of Computer Science hosted the summer school 'Cardiogenetics: From Sequencing to Constructing a Cardio Panel,' organised in collaboration with the RAS Institute of Analytical Instrumentation, the RAS Institute of Spectroscopy, and the Syntol company.

The HSE Faculty of Computer Science and Yandex Education are launching their first joint AI competition, Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis Olympiad (AIDAO), for students from around the world. Participants will tackle challenging tasks in science and industry and interact with experts from HSE and Yandex. The winners will receive cash prizes.

Nikolay Bogdanov, from Bulgaria, graduated from the HSE Faculty of Social Sciences in 2022. Currently, he is based in the Netherlands, where he pursues a master's degree and works as a life coach. In an interview with the HSE News Service, Nikolay shares his professional challenges and achievements, as well as the importance of teamwork, persistent curiosity, and self-improvement.

Researchers at HSE ISSEK have released the third ranking of megacities based on their innovation attractiveness—HSE Global Cities Innovation Index 2024. Moscow ranks ninth, while London, New York, and Tokyo lead the ranking. In addition to Moscow, 25 other Russian cities are among the top 1,000, including St Petersburg and Novosibirsk.

A group of scientists at HSE University have discovered how anxiety and depression can be diagnosed by analysing heart rate. It turns out that under mental stress, the heart rate of individuals with a predisposition to mental health disorders differs from that of healthy individuals, especially when performing more complex tasks.

HSE University International BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre and the Competition Policy and Assessment Centre founded by the State Administration for Market Regulation of China signed a cooperation agreement. The parties agreed to come up with proposals for the development of exchange trade in goods and raw materials between Russia, China, and the BRICS countries.

Topic models are ML algorithms designed to analyse large text collections based on their topics. Scientists at HSE Campus in St Petersburg compared five topic models to determine which ones performed better. Two models, including GLDAW developed by the Laboratory for Social and Cognitive Informatics at HSE–St Petersburg, made the lowest number of errors. 

During a working trip to the Kyrgyz Republic, Galina Volodina, Director of HSE University–Perm, met with representatives of ministries and educational organisations, and presented a new project for schools. The district will become a platform for discussing current issues and implementing advanced practices to improve the quality of education. It will offer advanced training for teachers, free preparatory courses for final-year students, and cooperation with the HSE Lyceum.