Bachelor 2025/2026

External Examinations on Digital Skills. Final Level

Type: Elective course (Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication)

Delivered by: Digital Skills Development Unit

Where: Faculty of Computer Science

When: 3 year, 2 module

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Tatiana Perevyshina

Language: English

Contact hours: 2

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The External Assessment of Digital Competencies (EADC) is embedded in all HSE University degree programmes and is mandatory for second-year undergraduate students enrolled in Russian-taught programmes. The EADC Final Assessment determines the student's final level of digital competency attainment. The EADC Final Assessment is administered using proctoring procedures and lasts 180 minutes. It comprises a test component and a practical component. In the practical component, students address a problem scenario by selecting one of several possible courses of action. The final result is converted to a 1-10 scale. Scores below 4 are rounded down by discarding the decimal part; scores of 4 or above are rounded to the nearest whole number. Failure to obtain a passing result in the External Assessment of Digital Competencies within the prescribed timeframe does not give rise to academic debt. However, failure to take the assessment is treated as academic debt until the assessment has been completed.