MEET HSE

It's easy to learn about the academic opportunities that await you at HSE. Thanks to HSE Day, it’s very simple. After all, it is a festival where lyceum and university students alike can more deeply immerse themselves in HSE life, while prospective students and their parents can sample it for a day.

HSE Open House for Prospective Students

Ranking among the Top 10 Russian universities, HSE employs about 7,000 lecturers and researchers, teaches 40,000 students, and has an alumni community that has grown to approximately 72,000 since its founding in 1992. HSE Day is the only day of the year when we bring together students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the university in an event that showcases the Moscow campus’s 52 bachelor’s and 128 master’s programmes. The event also showcases how our university’s growth (take the science faculties, for example, which have added 2 faculties to HSE’s repertoire this year alone!). HSE Day is a place where you can interact with students and faculty, exchange experiences, become a part of the HSE family, and choose a potential programme of study for the coming year.

Location: Venue 1 on the map

The Legend of HSE Lyceum

Those interested in the HSE Lyceum are invited to the Pushkin Waterfront (Pushkinskaya Naberezhnaya). In addition to the traditional lyceum student initiation ceremony, lyceum students will put on a theatrical performance about the legend of the Lyceum. The performance will portray how the college preparatory school was created and what values unite all its students. The event will conclude with a conference in TED format, where lyceum students and teachers will share their stories:

14:00 – 14:40
Lyceum Student Initiation Ceremony (Grade 9) and concert

14:40 — 15:30
TED-talk conference: mini-lectures of 5-10 minutes on significant topics related to the lyceum

Location: Venue 7 on the map

Parents' Meeting

Entrance exams, and therefore all the anxieties and worries linked with them, are behind. At least that’s what students think. But the parents of first-year students continue to worry for many other reasons. How will their child adapt to the new environment and pass four sessions in a year? Who will teach students what? How is the educational process organized in the HSE? What will their child eat? These and other questions during the Parents' Meetin' will be answered by Vice-Rector Sergei Roshchin and Senior Director for Basic Educational Programs Anna Korovko.

Location: Venue 3 on the map

Time: 17:00 — 18:30

PhD Party by the Faculty of Economic Sciences

The HSE Faculty of Economic Sciences invites everyone who is thinking about pursuing a PhD in economics to this event. At the meeting, guests will learn how the faculty engages student in research and prepares them for academic careers. The meeting will be attended by Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sciences Sergey Pekarsky, Head of the Graduate School of Economics Olga Demidova, international experts from the Faculty of Economic Sciences, and consultants of the joint HSE and RES Center for Writing and Communication.

Location: Venue 6 on the map

I'm a Professional

At the ‘I’m a Professional’ competition tent, organizers will discuss the new contest areas and companies supporting the project this year. By the way, HSE is an organizer of the contest in eight areas of focus. Location: number 8 on the map

Location: Venue 8 on the map

#HSESTUDLIFE

Extracurricular life at HSE is dynamic and diverse; there is something for everyone. Life at HSE is by and for students: students take up a variety of creative and academic activities, they volunteer, they put on large-scale campus events, and they organize student media that informs the news of the day. No matter what your interest is, you will find like-minded students who are ready to pursue it with you further.

HSE StudLife Student Organizations Alley

HSE has more than 180 student organizations on campus and counting. Come to #HSEStudLife Alley to see for yourself the variety of activities HSE has to offer. Participate in the Meet StudLife Quest and win amazing prizes!

Location: number 9 on the map

HSE StudLife Lounge

Visit the HSE StudLife Lounge, where a lecture hall, creative interactive areas, and student master classes await.

Location: number 10 on the map

First-Year Quest

The First-Year Quest is a thrilling game that will help first year students learn everything about HSE, prepare for the academic year, and more while hanging out in Gorky Park. Using the HSE Day app, participants can make their way through all of the quest points and win special prizes at the end! Get the HSE Day app in the AppStore or Google Play. Information about the Quest can be found in a special tab in the app menu. For those who are more old school, a printed version of the map will be available at the information desk and in the prize tent.

Location: number 11 on the map and all over the park

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Special for lovers of technological innovation, HSE University will again offer a Science and Technology venue again. HSE’s Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, the Faculty of Physics, the Faculty of Chemistry, and the School of Psychology will demonstrate experiments, optical illusions, brain-computer interfaces, and other student projects, which will be available for testing.

The Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience invites everyone to participate in visual experiments with an eye tracker – a device that detects eye positioning and movement during visual stimuli perception – and learn what a computer brain is and how it works.

Students and staff from the Faculty of Physics will be happy to demonstrate real physics experiments and explain them from a scientific perspective. Researchers from the RAS Institute for Physical Problems will use liquid nitrogen to demonstrate the unexpected behaviour of some everyday objects when they are chilled.

The HSE Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) will present exhibits from their engineering showroom developed by third-year students. The guests will be able to test a ‘Bioelectrically Controlled Manipulator’, which manipulates a prosthesis by reading signals from human brain. Another unique exhibit is the Ex-vivo Dissection. This is a software product for virtually reconstructing the spatial structures of human brain pathways.

In addition, researchers from the Faculty of Chemistry and the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology will demonstrate various experiments with explanations on how certain reactions take place.

Location: Venue 2 on the map.

Meditation pavilion, designed by the Shukhov Lab Summer School students. The project invites visitors to consider the sound environments of large cities and their impact on urban dwellers.

At 4 pm, HSE Research Professor Dmitry Vetrov (School of Big Data and Information Retrieval, Faculty of Computer Science) will give a talk on the current problems in machine learning at Samsung Galaxy Studio, opposite Science and Tecnology tent.
Register to attend.
The talk will be in Russian.

THE WHOLE WORLD AT HSE

This event will not only introduce you to fellow guests, but to other cultures, as well. The venue will have a Russian Tea Room, where international students can enjoy traditional Russian tea and baranki (crunchy bread rings). Here you will be able to learn about study abroad opportunities and enjoy performances by some of HSE’s diverse student folk ensembles that celebrate the many cultures of HSE’s student body.

Location: Venue 29 on the map.

14:00 – 18:00
Russian Tea Room

Here guests can partake in the myriad Russian tea-drinking traditions, which date back to the Russian nobility and merchant classes of several centuries ago: pour yourself some tea from a real samovar and nibble on some crunchy biscuits and baranki. And more important – participate in some Russian culture quizzes and games!

14:00 – 18:00
Study Abroad

In the Study Abroad zone, you can learn about study abroad opportunities at HSE partner universities, talk with students who have already participated in the programmes, and make new friends with international HSE students. You can also choose what country or university strikes your fancy and learn about how you can apply for a scholarship.

14:00 – 18:00
Multicultural Chamber

HSE’s Multicultural Chamber (Chamber of Nationalities) is a student organization that works in variety of spheres to foster multicultural dialogue at HSE. At HSE Day, the Chamber of Multiculturalism welcomes you to join workshops, musical activities, and games that will acquaint participants with different cultural traditions. Join the Chamber VK group to be informed.

14:00 – 18:00
International Students' Association

International Street is an interactive space where you can meet HSE community members from a wide range of countries and cultures, taste different world cuisines, and participate in culture-related games. Join the International Students' Association community in VK.

LECTURES BY HSE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS

Since 2013, the university has been holding open lectures on various topics, from cinema to marketing, antique history to game design. Attending lectures by HSE professors at HSE Day has become a good tradition for many festival guests. This year, in addition to lectures, we are expecting a surprise by HSE’s popular scholarly magazine IQ.hse.ru! Loсation: Education Center of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art number; Venue 15 on the map.

14:00 – 15:30
Performance 'Body Knowledge and Immersion in the Era of Mass Soviet dance' (in Russian)

Irina Sirotkina, PhD, Leading Researcher, Institute of the History of Natural Sciences and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer at Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities

15:30 – 16:30
Middle Ages Without Suffering (in Russian)

Oleg Voskoboinikov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Full Professor at HSE University

16:30 – 17:30
Millennials: What Is the Difference between Young Adults and Older Generations (in Russian)

Vadim Radaev, First Vice-Rector, Professor, HSE University

17:30 – 18:30
The Changing Paradigms of the General Plans of Moscow (in Russian)

Oleg Baevsky, Professor at the Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism, Academic Supervisor of the Urban Planning Bachelor's Programme.

HSE OPEN TALKS

Every year HSE welcomes new international faculty members who hold PhDs from the world’s leading universities. HSE Day gives guests the opportunity to get to know HSE’s diverse English-speaking professors and researchers. Our scholars from all over the world working in a variety of fields will discuss their work and be happy to chat and answer any questions. Loсation: Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Lecture Hall; Venue 16 on the map.

15:00 – 15:30
Sweet Enemies: Understanding the EU and Russia’s troubled relationship

Iain Ferguson, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences

15:30 – 16:00
Auctions and Market Inefficiencies

Emiliano Catonini, Assistant Professor, ICEF (International College of Economics and Finance)

16:00 – 16:30
Talking about Academia in Crisis

Jan Surman, Research Fellow, Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities

16:30 – 17:00
The X-ray View of the Sky

Natalia Lyskova, Research Fellow, Faculty of Physics

17:00 – 17:30
Does Environmental Policy Really Work?

Tim Jaekel, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences

17:30 – 18:00
Tigers, Diamonds, and Rio Tinto: Environmental Mobilizations against Extractive Capital in Central India

Arnab Roy Chowdhury, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences

#HSE E-LEARNING

HSE University is everywhere—including in the virtual world. eLearning at HSE provides students and lecturers a special learning format to help navigate the educational process, which is not always easy.

But it’s not just HSE students who can take advantage of HSE’s online courses. We make education available for students from other universities, help our partners develop eLearning resources all over Russia, and share our expertise in a range of subject areas to the public on the Coursera platform.

At HSE Day, the HSE University eLearning Office will reveal several secrets of its work, as well as delight guests with mental exercises, gifts, and prizes.

Programme:

14:00 — 14:30
Online: The Future in the Present

Speaker: Evgenia Kulik, Director for eLearning, HSE University

14:40 — 15:30
Online Achievements: Rewarding the Winners. Ten Nominations for Winning Faculties

15:40 — 16:00
UU4U: HSE and its Regional Partners

Speaker: Elena Guseva, Head of the Proctoring Centre

16:10 — 16:30
Online Exams: Technical Aspects and Practical Application

Speaker: Sergey Kirienko, Manager of the Proctoring Centre

17:40 — 18:00
What Do Digital Logs Say about You?

Speaker: Daria Kravchenko, Deputy Head of the Centre for Psychometrics in eLearning

Photo Marathon

Be a star! Get your photo taken in front of a chroma key (a green screen that isused for creating special effects). Select your background, strike a pose, and receive your photo via email.

Quiz

At 18:10 we invite everyone to a win-win quiz on the most popular HSE courses – ‘Cultural Studies’, ‘What Do Philosophers Argue About?’, ‘Introduction to Neuroeconomics: How the Brain Makes Decisions’, and ‘Game Theory’.

‘REDISCOVERING RUSSIA’ EXPEDITIONS (IN RUSSIAN)

This venue is dedicated to a student expedition project, ‘Rediscovering Russia’, which was launched at HSE in 2017. Since then, HSE University students and lecturers have visited Russia’s small towns and villages to conduct research. They have examined daily life first-hand in the Russian provinces from Kaliningrad to Chukotka, and they will be sharing their experiences with festival guests. Location: Venue 4 on the map.

I`M SOMETHING OF A SCIENTIST MYSELF (IN RUSSIAN)

At this venue, you’ll learn about how HSE University students get involved in research, become members of the academic community, and realize their research potential. We’ll demonstrate how an HSE University student can use academic research as a source of inspiration. Location: Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Atrium; Venue 5 on the map.

IT-ЛЕКТОРИЙ ФКН И САМСУНГ

SBERBANK SPACE

Sberbank is the general partner of HSE Day 2019. The banking industry is a highly technological one, and it is therefore always changing to implement the latest high tech developments.

A significant number of professions of the future involve IT. Sberbank is forward-looking and aims to offer the most cutting-edge solutions in order to stay competitive with advanced tech companies. The success of the companies of tomorrow will be determined not only by good strategic decisions, but by their staffs, who will be able to deal with huge flows of information and keep pace with the changing trends. On September 5, young and promising guests of the festival will get a chance to boost their careers. At the Sberbank Space tent, students will be able to attend talks on the most relevant fields in IT, win useful prizes, and, of course, apply for an internship at the bank. Before visiting the tent, you’ll be able to pass an online career guidance test, which will help determine what field suits you best. Interns will be enrolled in the following six fields: Java, Java sct, Data Science, Analytics (SQL, VBA), Cybersecurity, and Economics & Finance.

14:00 – 14:30
What Are the Risks of Introducing Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and How to Deal with Them?

Lecturer — Roman Tikhonov, Senior Managing Director, Validation Department

14:30 – 15:00
What Are the Risks of Introducing Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and How to Deal with Them?

Lecturer — Alexey Masyutin, Executive Director, Validation Department

15:00 – 15:30
The Jobs We Will Lose to AI

Lecturer — Igor Barkhatov, Executive Director, Department of Tools and Models

15:30 – 16:00
Career in Data Science

Lecturer — Igor Shcherbakov, Project Manager, Office of Tools and Models 

16:00 – 16:30
Java Server Side: The Invisible Part of the Iceberg

Lecturer — Julia Solomina, Chief Development Engineer, 'Digital Platform' IT Management

16:30 – 17:00
SQL for Data Analysis: Basic Tasks and Advanced Analytics

Lecturer — Georgy Ratushny, Chief of Engineering, Development 'Corporate Clients 360' Division Technology 

17:00 – 17:30
Lessons from Stanford — Teamwork Trends and Cases from the Silicon Valley

Lecturer — Andrey Bakalenko, Head of Direction, 'Mass Personalization' Division

17:30 – 18:00
Do You Need a University Degree to Work in IT?

Lecturer — Alexey Levanov, Leading Technology Expert, 'Digital Platform' IT Management

18:00 – 18:30
Career Path: Innovations in Cybersecurity

Alina Svetlova, Team Lead at Cybersecurity Lab

HSE UNIVERSITY LIFE

HSE is a family. Our event offers fun activities for our littlest members and well as our experienced ones. HSE kids can participate in an animation programme, new tutors can learn about the Teach4HSE programme, and participants of the academic and staff development programme will meet to discuss plans for the coming academic year.

HSE Family

HSE Family zone welcomes our littlest HSE Day guests and their parents to Gorky Park’s Green School, which will be transformed into a diverse playground where you can meet your favourite cartoon characters, participate in various activities and workshops, or even create your own cartoon! In the children’s area of the Green School guests can play with LEGOs or join a workshop on robotics or T-shirt decorating. Outside the school guests are invited to visit a theme park or watch an illusion show.

Time: 14:00 – 18:00

Location: Green School of the Gorky Park (Venue 12 on the map)

Teach4HSE

The Teach4HSE platform invites you to celebrate the beginning of new academic year. The aim of the Teach4HSE project is to introduce new HSE teaching staff to professional development resources and effective teaching methods. We do this by discussing case studies and sharing our own experiences. Participants will come away from the event with a portfolio full of professors' livehacks as well as a lot of positive energy for the coming year. The platform will be organized in a blended format - bring your smartphones, laptops, and other gadgets with you.

Time: 15:30 – 17:00

Location: Venue 13 on the map

Academic Stories Cafe

The Academic Stories Café is back! It's the place where HSE staff, faculty, and managers can mingle in an informal environment!

Time: 14:00 – 18:00

Location: "Vremena Goda" Restaurant (Venue 14 on the map).

HARD 007: SYMBOLS AND CODES

The HSE Art&Design school student fashion show

Students of the HSE Art & Design School’s programme in Fashion invite you to their third annual fashion show. This year’s HARD project presents a cycle of student team fashion shows inspired by youth subcultures of the last few decades. Studying the culture, language, and style alterations from the 1970s to present day, HSE’s young designers created pieces that convey a statement about youth and fashion. The HARD 007: SIGNS AND CODES fashion show presents the best pieces of art united in one collection.

With support from adidas.

Time: 19:30 – 20:30

Location: under the bridge on Pushkinskaya Riverfront (Pushkinskaya Naberezhnaya). Venue 30 on the map.

HSE. CAREER. START

HSE. Career. Start is an interactive zone where every guest can try their future career on for size, learn the secrets of success from top company representatives, and even find their dream job! Visit HSE.CAREER.START to run your success track.

This is HSE Career Start’s second time at HSE Day, and our interactive zone will be even bigger and better than last year’s. Our expanded presence this year will allow us to address the needs of both parties involved in student job searches: we will help students determine the fields and jobs they are best suited for, and we provide employers the opportunity to observe and evaluate dozens of potential job candidates as they complete a range of specific tasks.

Time: 14:00 – 18:00

Location: number 31 on the map

ПРЕПОДАЕМ В ВЫШКЕ / TEACH4HSE

HSE SPORTS

What? There aren’t any phys. ed. courses at HSE?! It’s true. But that doesn’t mean we don’t play sports. And on September 5, when we meet at Gorky Park, we will hold sports tournaments and master classes for the whole HSE family. We will also acquaint you with all the sports you can play at HSE. But we’ll warn you off the bat – there are a lot of them! If you have any questions, you can get in touch with the official HSE sports club.

Football

Location: Football field of Neskuchnyi sad (Neskuchnyi Garden). Venue 19 on the map.

The biggest student football league - with more than 40 teams and 4 divisions! At HSE Day we are kicking off the new football season with the all-HSE tournament.

Information:

• 5x5 game, 2 halves (10 minutes each)
• 7-10 people per team in the team (at registration and on the field)
• ball size 5
• All HSE students, alumni, lyceum students, and staff members are invited to join
• The goalie may be a league member (and not from HSE)

Volleyball

Location: volleyball field (no. 23 on the map)

If you have ever been to Gorky Park, you certainly couldn't have missed the volleyball field. This is the place where we will meet on September 5 for a grand volleyball tournament. By the way, there are both male and female volleyball teams - don't miss your chance to join!

Information:

• both male and female divisions consist of 8 pairs
• ournament is play-off format; participants are divided into 16 teams, with 8 teams making it to the play-offs
• 3 male and 2-3 female players can participate in team play, with 4 of them simultaneously on the field and 2 subs. There can be no more than 2 female players on the court at one time. Before each shift, every team must make sure that there are an equal number of men and women on the court
• Games last up to 15 sets or when a team wins 2 sets in a row

Table Tennis

Location: 21 (see the map)

In the last season of the Moscow Student Sport Games, the HSE team took second place with only MSU of RE ahead. Join the team, learn how to play table tennis, and enjoy some good company at HSE Day.

Information:

• Division info: 64 male participants; 32 female participants; 32 team pairs for doubles
• Winners win the ‘best of 3’ (whoever wins 2 sets first wins the game. Up to 11 sets can be played with 2 serves

Basketball

Location: 24 (see the map)

The basketball league is one of the youngest and fast-growing leagues at HSE. We have 8 teams, a regular championship, play-offs, and even all-star matches. The start of the new season will be held at HSE Day in Gorky Park, and we welcome all students, alumni, lyceum students, and faculty members!

Ultimate

Location: 25 (see the map)

Ultimate is the treasure of HSE athletics since we have one of the best teams in the country. Do you want to take some lessons from ultimate Frisbee professionals or show everyone what you can do? We can't wait to see you at HSE Day!

Information:

• workshop "ultimate for newbies"
• flabbergats tournament, freeplay

Chess

Location: 20 (see the map)

One of the most spectacular events of the previous academic year was the HSE Grand Prix in partnership with World Chess (the prize fund was 11,000 rubles). HSE chess players won first place in the National Club Tournament. We will be glad to see you in the HSE Chess Community and at the HSE Day tournament.

• 110 game tables
• fast chess tournament rounds

Workshops

Location: 22 (see the map)

• Yoga
• Cheerleading
• Capoeira
• Wushu
• Rhythmic Gymnastics
• Floorball

HSE HEARTBEAT RACE

We’ve got our fingers on the pulse of HSE University, Moscow, Russia, and the whole world! The HSE Day 5K race will commence at 2 PM on the Puhkinskaya Riverfront (Pushkinskaya Naberezhnaya). Sponsored by adidas.

Last year, the race drew 500 participants who showed us what it’s like to be an HSE superhero who perseveres in the face of a challenge and a pressing deadline. This year we will take things up a notch and show that nothing can get in the way of the rhythm of an HSE student’s heartbeat.

The second HSE Race will take place on 5 km route down the Pushkinskaya Naberezhnaya and Andreevskaya Naberezhnaya riverfront paths – from the Green Theter to River to Luzhnetskiy Bridge.

Information about the competition rules and how to register coming soon.

Let’s keep our fingers on our pulses and run with HSE!

Location: number 18 on the map

HSE LAND

HSE Land, an entertainment zone created by Ingroup StS, is an annual HSE Day tradition. HSE Quiz, SoulMating, and Mafia are just a few of the games and activities that guests can play here. This year we chose the most beloved activities from previous years so that there will be something special for everyone, regardless of taste! Join the group to follow the updates.

14:00 – 18:00
HSE Quiz

HSE Quiz – is a team game, where erudition, logic, and intelligence help you win. Knowledge about HSE buildings, our cafeterias, and other secrets of our alma-mater help, too. Test yourself and your friends on your knowledge in a wide variety of areas, including life at HSE!

14:00 – 18:00
Soulmating

HSE is about people. And all you need to be convinced of this is to visit the Soulmating tent. In a short period of time you can meet not only like-minded people and new friends, but also play the game, ‘Speed Chat’, where texting (one of the most important skills of the 21st century) will help you find a date for the evening, and maybe even true love.

14:00 – 18:00
Workshops

Embroider your favorite song lyrics on a T-shirt, make an original cardholder for your student ID, customize your clothes… These are just a few of the things you can do in HSE Day’s workshop zone, located on the riverfront. Make something unforgettable with your own hands!

14:00 – 18:00
Quest in a Tent

Can you work in a team while being deprived of your senses? Can you solve riddles and puzzles, unravel a web of intrigue, and figure out how to escape from a tent? If you are a quest fan, then this is for you.

14:00 – 18:00
Non-Stop Games

Take a break on the grass and get to know HSE by playing board games with our organizers – the games will be ongoing all day!

14:00 – 18:00
Activities

Complete the HSE Student Day obstacle course, play tic-tac-toe, play life-size Battleship, put together a giant puzzle… These are just a handful of the activities you can join to make the most of HSE Day. Join our Activities area!

14:00 – 18:00
Improvisation

Are you the funniest person you know? Can you make a joke with no preparation and in unexpected contexts? What if you also have to solve a mini-quest and answer tricky questions? Believe in yourself and compete with others at Improvisation.

14:00 – 18:00
Triviador

Become the protagonist of a popular computer game in the real world. Answer questions, think through your strategy, capture HSE campuses and attract new allies – dare to become the conqueror of HSE.

14:00 – 18:00
Mafia

Imagine that you are suddenly in a classroom taking a 72-hour exam. Imagine that there are other students taking that exam, too. And that among them there is a group of conniving classmates who are ready to make you look bad at any moment in order to be the best performing students of the class. You have an invaluable treasure – your knowledge. And this treasure is in danger. Save yourself and other students by identifying the true mafia of HSE.

HSE MUSIC

You can spend your whole day attending lectures, workshops and sport events, but music will nontheless have the last word. Music, after all, is what shapes the vibe and energy of celebration to HSE Day. Let's get loud!

Acoustical Music Platform

The Acoustical Music Platform provides a space for musicians to perform and music lovers and to enjoy some acoustic music, relax, and mingle. Over 30 of HSE’s own musical talents will be there singing covers of their favorite songs by both Russian and foreign artists.

Location: Dance floor (location 27 on the map)

Time: 14:00 – 19:00

HEROES' ARENA

Challenge yourself at the Heroes' Arena on the Gorky Park Riverfront! Ninja OCR World Championship track will be open to HSE University students free of charge.

Open from 11 am to 10 pm on September 5. Don't forget to take spare clothes to change after the race - you might get a bit wet. But we are absolutely sure you will not regret it!

Venue: number 33 on the map