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General Information

Practical training of students is a aimed at the formation, consolidation, and development of practical skills and competencies in the profile of the relevant educational program. The achievement of the goals and objectives of practical training is carried out through the implementation of practical training elements.

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

Project

M

O

3

114

Module 1 2024-2025 – Module 4 2024-2025 academic year

2

6

228

Module 1 2023-2024 – Module 3 2024-2025 academic year

1

Research-based

Term paper

M

F

6

228

2024/2025 academic year

2

Research-based

Thesis preparation

M

F

15

570

2024/2025 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  2024/2025 study year:

ModuleActivityDates
Module 2    Topic Application Term Paper/Master’s Thesis (submission to the Study office and LMS)before 1st of November 2024
First draft  of Master’s Thesis submissionMarch 2025

Module 3

 

 

Module 4

 

   

Preliminary defense  Master’s ThesisResearch Seminar mid-term exam (end of March 2025)
Project evaluationend of module 3 (2nd year) / end of module 4 (1st year)

Finalized  Master’s Thesis (LMS submission)

Finalized  Term Paper  (LMS submission)

15th of May 2025 

mid-June 2025 

Defense of Term Paper / Master’s Thesis

late May - early June 2025 (Thesis)

June 2025 (Term paper)

Politics.Economics.Philosophy Practical training regulations 2024/2025 


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.