Education
Finance practitioner courses for ICEF MSc students: Risk Management II
January 9, ICEF master’s students received the first lecture in a series of Risk Management course lectures, delivered by Senior Vice-President, Chief Risk Officer at PAO Sberbank Dzhangir Dzhangirov.
Student exchange programme at the University of Porto (FEP School of Economics and Management) to launch for ICEF MSc students
A call for applications for an exchange programme at the University of Porto (FEP School of Economics and Management) in Portugal is open.
Selection for CFA Institute Research Challenge Starts
Fourth year Bachelor’s students and first or second year Master’s students are invited to take part in CFA Institute Research Challenge, an annual international competition in financial analysis held by CFA Institute among student teams.
ICEF Taught Me to Sort Out Priorities
Olga Balakina graduated from the ICEF master’s programme in 2011, and in May she successfully defended her PhD thesis in finance at Bocconi University, Italy. This autumn Olga continues her academic career at one of Northern Europe’s oldest universities, Lund University, Sweden. Olga spoke to the HSE news service about her memories, chocolate, and non-stop work.
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HSE Enters 13 QS Subject Rankings
The Higher School of Economics has made it onto 13 subject and two subject area rankings in the QS World University Ranking thanks to the university’s achievements as part of the Project 5-100. In addition, HSE was in the top 100 ranking for three subjects – Economics & Econometrics, Politics & International Studies, and Sociology – and it was the only Russian school in the Accounting & Finance 101-150 ranking. As for total number of subject rankings, HSE was third in Russia.
“I try to find time for everything – both work and play”
Ksenia Kushner graduated from the Master’s Programme at ICEF in 2015, and later that year joined the team at XENON Capital Partners, one of the leading financial investment consultancies.
“While your brain is working, you have to learn as many things as possible”
Vladimir Shmarov graduated from the Master’s Programme in Financial Economics in 2015 and went on to complete a summer internship at Barclays in London. He now works there full-time as an ESG quant. Vladimir tells us not only about his studies and work in the bank, but also about teaching, dancing and how useful sitcoms can be.
Interview with Svetlana Bryzgalova, ICEF MSc Programme Graduate for HSE portal
In 2007, Svetlana graduated from the undergraduate programme in Economics at HSE Nizhny Novgorod with a major in Mathematical Methods in Economics. In 2009, she completed the Master’s programme in Financial Economics at the International College of Economics and Finance and was recommended for further study in the postgraduate programme at the London School of Economics. Since receiving her PhD at LSE, she has been an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.