Master in International Management

The programme’s curriculum aims to give students international experience, teach them to think globally, and give them the ability to identify prospects for business development on a global scale. Additionally, it aims to impart a long-term vision of digital transformation and its role in changing business models, advanced competences in leadership and people empowerment, and analytical skills and digital competencies required for strategic decision-making.

Designed to give students the knowledge and skills required to work as professional managers in a highly competitive digitalized world, the programme’s curriculum is based on three interrelated modules:

• Global strategies and operations
• Digital transformation and new business models
• CSR and sustainable development

Students enrolled in the programme take a combination of required core courses—International Economics, Global Strategic Management, and Research Methods in Management—as well as a series of elective courses. Through the programme, students gain expertise and practical experience in four key areas:

• International business strategy and regional markets
• Managing the development of organizations and talent in a digital world
• Business analytics and financial management
• Marketing and operations in modern multinational companies

Taught entirely in English, the programme requires students to study abroad at a leading international business school, such as ESCP Europe (Paris, France), Lancaster University Management School (Lancaster, UK), WU - Vienna University of Economics and Business (Vienna, Austria), or ESSEC Business School (Paris, France) and many other others. This requirement enables students to enhance their educational experience and jumpstart their professional and personal development.

The programme’s faculty have extensive experience in teaching business administration in English at the Master’s level at top business schools, inside and outside of Russia.

The majority of professors hold MBAs and EMBAs, having attended advanced training at leading schools like the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Harvard Business School, London School of Economics, Duke's Fuqua School of Business, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley and many others.

The programme is conducted in strong collaboration with corporate partners of HSE’s Faculty of Business and Management, including L’Oreal, BM, SAP, BCG, Oracle, PwC, Sberbank, VTB Bank, and Lanit, among others.

Internships and business projects in these companies, including the preparation of term papers and a Master thesis, will enable programme graduates to successfully start their careers as professional managers in leading companies.

The application process for Fall 2020 for international students is open from November 1, 2019 until August 14, 2020. Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent and provide proof of English proficiency. Applicants are considered for admission based on their application portfolio meeting the programme’s requirements.

More information about the application process can be found here.