Practical Training

Practical training of students is a form of organizing educational activities in the development of an educational programme in the conditions of students performing certain types of work which related to future professional activities and aimed at the formation, consolidation, development of practical skills and competencies in the profile of the corresponding educational programme.
The procedure for organizing and conducting practical training of HSE students is regulated by the Regulations on Practical Training of Students under Core Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Programmes at HSE University.

Practical Training on the educational programme "Modern Asian and MENA studies'" is implemented full-time and sets the main goal of studying modern socio-economic, political, cultural, and historical processes taking place in Asian countries. Participation in such elements of practical training as coursework, final qualification work, research practical training, and project work contributes to the formation, consolidation, development of practical skills and competencies in the profile of the educational programme.

Ptactice programm 2024 (DOCX, 43 Кб)

Practice programm 2025 (DOCX, 47 Кб)

Scientific Research Internship Syllabus of Master's Programme "Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia"

Elements of Practical Training of the programme "Modern Asian and MENA studies""

Term Paper

Research Internship

Projects

Projects are an integral part of Master’s Programme “Modern Asian and MENA studies”, implemented in the 1st and 2nd year of study and include 9 credits. Projects aim to involve students in educational, research or professional projects carried out both at the university and beyond.

Types of projects:

The following types of projects are conducted, depending on their goals and project results:

research projects refer to projects concentrated on research work conducted to generate research or applied research materials as the project result (e.g., articles/publications, reports, analytical surveys or notes, research grant applications, or teaching and learning guidelines, etc.);
practical (applied) projects refer to projects focused on solving applied tasks, as a rule, at the request of external clients; the results of such projects may be developed as substantiated project solutions, business plans or business cases, or products created upon the client’s request, etc.;
service projects refer to projects focused on solving certain official tasks under the framework of a project assignment or providing support to HSE’s ongoing activities and/or those of related subdivisions which, in turn, may be conducive to the development of students’ organizational and communicative competencies.

The following types of projects are conducted:

individual, group, short-term, long-term,
external projects are implemented at the request of the University’s external customers;
internal projects are implemented upon the request of the University’s subdivisions and academic staff.

Control points

Project selection	1 modul 1st year – 2 modul 2nd year
Providing of the interim results	Determined by the project supervisor
Providing of the report and grade sheet	After the project ends,but not later than the end of the 3rd modul of ths 2nd year

Projects may be proposed and selected through a common University-wide mechanism of interaction between project initiators, clients, and prospective participants, - a special “Project Fair” (in Russian: «Ярмарка проектов») section on the HSE corporate website (portal), as well as via other project work services and tools proposed by the given Degree Programme or Faculty. Project activities are monitored and regulated by the academic supervisor and the academic council of the programme.

Project report form (DOCX, 27 Кб)

Project grade sheet (DOCX, 20 Кб)

Course	Type of Practical Training	Element of Practical Training (EPT)	Attribute 1 (compulsory/ optionally)	Attribute 2 (fixed/flexible)	Volume in Credit Units per 1 Student	Volume in Academic Hours per 1 Student	Implementation Period
1	Scientific Research (Track 1 and 2)	Term Paper	Compulsory	Fixed	6	228	1^st year of study deadline 10th of June
2	Scientific Research (Track 1 and 2)	Internship	Compulsory	Fixed	3	114	4 module of 2^nd year of study (01.04.2026-15.04.2026)
1,2	Project/Scientific Research (Track 1 and 2)	Projects	Compulsory	Flexible	9	342	1 module of the 1^st year of study – 3 module of 2 years of study
2	Scientific Research (Track 1 and 2)	Preparation of Student Graduation Thesis	Compulsory	Fixed	18	684	2^nd year of study (1st modul – 4th modul Diploma defense in June

Master’s Programme 'Modern Asian and MENA studies'

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