Summary of Degree Programme
27.04.05 Innovation Management
No
2 года 
Full-time, 120 з.е.
RUSENG
Instruction in Russian with some courses in English
Master
No
With online tools
2026/2027 Academic year
Corporate Research, Development and Innovation Management
KEO – 1: Students have developed the knowledge, skills, and abilities to identify and analyze current issues in the operations of Russian and international innovative companies and organizations.
KEO – 2: Students have developed the knowledge, skills, and abilities in the field of organizing and conducting research aimed at identifying, defining, and solving practical problems in the operations of Russian and international innovative companies and organizations.
PC – 1: Capable of critically analyzing contemporary problems in innovation science, verifying and assessing the completeness of information during professional activities, filling in and synthesizing missing information when necessary, and working under conditions of uncertainty; capable of presenting the results of scientific research.
PC – 2: Capable of supervising practical, laboratory, and research activities, and organizing the work of a creative team.
PC – 3: Capable of assessing the economic potential of an innovation and the costs of implementing a research project.
PC – 4: Capable of developing a plan and program for organizing the innovation activities of a research and production unit, conducting a technical and economic feasibility study of innovative projects and programs, taking into account the requirements for quality, cost, deadlines, competitiveness, and environmental safety.
1. Key Seminars
- Research Seminar "Master's Degree Research Work";
- Scientific and Research Seminar "Modern Problems of Innovatics";
- Mentor's Seminar.
2. Internship
- Internship at organizations and their departments directly involved in entrepreneurial, scientific, technical, and innovative activities, or those related to innovation infrastructure, as well as at the relevant departments of HSE University or other analytical and research organizations. Format options: on-site, off-site (field-based), or online. For students with disabilities, internship locations are selected in accordance with accessibility requirements for these categories of students.
- Project activities of master's students, which include participation in project seminars where the challenges and outcomes of entrepreneurial projects involving students are systematically discussed, as well as the implementation of an applied innovation project.
- Work Experience Internship.
- Term Paper.
- Preparation of the Final Qualifying Work.
3. Major
Includes the following Program disciplines, which are mandatory for students and delivered predominantly in a synchronous format:
- Corporate Innovation;
- Critical Thinking;
- Methodology and Practice of Innovation Activity in Modern Conditions;
- Entrepreneurial Workshop;
- Innovation Theory;
- Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ);
- Technologies for Working with the Future;
- Management of Innovative Projects, Programs and Risks;
- Intellectual Property Management;
- Innovative Engineering;
- Production Systems and Operational Efficiency;
- Strategic Management of the Company's Innovative Development;
- Financial Models and Investment Management;
As well as elective disciplines:
- Business Communications and Negotiations;
- Design Thinking;
- Cases of Russian Innovative Companies;
- Decision-Making.
4. Magolego
An elective discipline from the university-wide Magolego course pool.
5. Final State Certification (FSC)
Includes the public defense of the Final Qualifying Work before the State Examination Board.
2025/2026 Academic year
Corporate Research, Development and Innovation Management
KEO – 1: Students have developed the knowledge, skills, and abilities to identify and analyze current issues in the operations of Russian and international innovative companies and organizations.
KEO – 2: Students have developed the knowledge, skills, and abilities in the field of organizing and conducting research aimed at identifying, defining, and solving practical problems in the operations of Russian and international innovative companies and organizations.
PC-1: Capable of critically analyzing contemporary problems in innovation science, verifying and assessing the completeness of information during professional activities, filling in and synthesizing missing information when necessary, and working under conditions of uncertainty.
PC-2: Capable of supervising practical, laboratory, and research activities.
PC-3: Capable of applying, adapting, improving, and developing innovative educational technologies.
PC-4: Capable of organizing the work of a creative team to achieve a set scientific goal, and of finding and making managerial decisions.
PC-5: Capable of assessing the economic potential of an innovation and the costs of implementing a research project.
PC-6: Capable of finding (selecting) optimal solutions when creating new science-intensive products, taking into account the requirements for quality, cost, deadlines, competitiveness, and environmental safety.
PC-7: Capable of developing a plan and program for organizing the innovation activities of a research and production unit, and conducting technical and economic feasibility studies of innovative projects and programs.
PC-8: Capable of assessing the quality and productivity of labor, as well as the costs and outcomes of a research and production team's activities in the process of innovation.
PC-9: Capable of analyzing the results of a scientific experiment using appropriate processing methods and tools.
PC-10: Capable of presenting the results of scientific research, including by preparing a publication and/or a conference presentation.
1. Key Seminars
- Research Seminar "Master's Degree Research Work";
- Scientific and Research Seminar "Modern Problems of Innovatics";
- Mentor's Seminar.
2. Internship
- Internship at organizations and their departments directly involved in entrepreneurial, scientific, technical, and innovative activities, or those related to innovation infrastructure, as well as at the relevant departments of HSE University or other analytical and research organizations. Format options: on-site, off-site (field-based), or online. For students with disabilities, internship locations are selected in accordance with accessibility requirements for these categories of students.
- Project activities of master's students, which include participation in project seminars where the challenges and outcomes of entrepreneurial projects involving students are systematically discussed, as well as the implementation of an applied innovation project.
- Work Experience Internship.
- Term Paper.
- Preparation of the Final Qualifying Work.
3. Major
Includes the following Program disciplines, which are mandatory for students and delivered predominantly in a synchronous format:
- Corporate Innovation;
- Management Consulting and Organizational Development;
- Methodology and Practice of Innovation Activity in Modern Conditions;
- Entrepreneurial Workshop;
- Innovation Theory;
- Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ);
- Technologies for Working with the Future;
- Management of Innovative Projects, Programs and Risks;
- Intellectual Property Management;
- Innovative Engineering;
- Production Systems and Operational Efficiency;
- Strategic Management of the Company's Innovative Development;
- Financial Models and Investment Management;
As well as elective disciplines:
- Business Communications and Negotiations;
- Design Thinking;
- Cases of Russian Innovative Companies;
- Decision-Making.
4. Magolego
An elective discipline from the university-wide Magolego course pool.
5. Final State Certification (FSC)
Includes the public defense of the Final Qualifying Work before the State Examination Board.
Practice-oriented approach: training is built around solving tasks that arise in students' professional activities;
Project-based approach: 90% of the course material is delivered through the development and execution of research, consulting, and entrepreneurial projects commissioned by companies and enterprises, as well as students' own projects;
Interdisciplinarity: training is conducted at the intersection of engineering, economics, and management disciplines;
Case studies of Russian innovative companies: students develop case studies on Russian innovative companies/projects based on the methodology of the "HSE Case Factory";
Immersion in the profession: the availability, development, and use of business contacts with Russian technology companies, scientific, design-engineering, and engineering centers in Russia, and systems supporting entrepreneurial activity;
Networking: the student group, as well as the community of faculty and alumni, serves as an expert resource for each student.
This degree programme of HSE University is adapted for students with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities. Special assistive technology and teaching aids are used for collective and individual learning of students with SEN and disabilities. The specific adaptive features of the programme are listed in each subject's full syllabus and are available to students through the online Learning Management System.
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Vice Rector Sergey Yu. Roshchin
Summary of Degree Programme 'Corporate Research, Development and Innovation Management'
