General Information
Master's Programme 'Politics. Economics. Philosophy' includes the following elements of practical training:
|
Year of study |
Type of internship |
Element of practical training (PTE) |
Feature1 |
Feature 22 |
Credit unitsper student |
Academic hours per student |
Internship period |
|
1 |
Project |
M |
O |
3 |
114 |
Module 1 2025-2026 – Module 4 2025-2026 academic year | |
|
2 |
6 |
228 |
Module 1 2024-2025 – Module 3 2025-2026 academic year | ||||
|
1 |
Research-based |
M |
F |
6 |
228 |
2025/2026 academic year | |
|
2 |
Research-based |
M |
F |
15 |
570 |
2025/2026 academic year |
1 - M – Mandatory for completion as part of the study plan
2 - F – Fixed time of completion during the study year; O – Open choice of period when to complete the practical element
Key dates of the elements of practical training in the 2025/2026 study year:
| Module | Activity | Dates |
| Module 2 | Topic Application Term Paper/Master’s Thesis (submission to the Study office) | before 9th of November 2025 |
| First draft of Master’s Thesis submission | March 2026 | |
|
Module 3
Module 4
| Preliminary defense Master’s Thesis | Research Seminar mid-term exam (end of March 2026) |
| Project evaluation | end of module 3 (2nd year) / end of module 4 (1st year) | |
|
Finalized Master’s Thesis Finalized Term Paper |
15th of May 2026 mid-June 2026 | |
|
Defense of Term Paper / Master’s Thesis |
late May - early June 2026 (Thesis) June 2026 (Term paper) |
Politics.Economics.Philosophy Practical training regulations 2025/2026
Table form of the practical training elements of the 2025/2026 study year
The thesis defense is a mandatory part of the final state certification (FSC). More information about the thesis defense in the final state certification is available on the following website: Final Assessment
Regulations on Practical Training of Students under Core Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Programmes at HSE University
You can also read about the organization of practical training of students at the Higher School of Economics in the handbook of the educational process.