Practical training of students

Place

The hosting organization of the RI can be an ISSEK research department, another HSE University department or an external organization (under an agreement with a legal entity). The research internship can be done either on-site or online.

Content

The internship should have an academic content (academic theoretical/conceptual base, scientific method applied, scientific discussion developed, etc.). Purely analytical-, technical-, editing-, marketing-, HR-work, or similar is not enough.

Duration and start date

The duration of the RI cannot be less than 10 weeks (official non-weekend holidays cannot be included into this period; respective extension is required).

All internships must be started (considering the RI start date) not earlier than the 1st day of the 1st module, and must be completed (considering the RI end date) before the examination period of the 3rd module.

The start date of the RI is strongly recommended to be the beginning of modules 1, 2 or 3 of the 2nd year of studies.

Language

The internship application, the internship assignment, the internship report and all the working materials must be submitted in English only.

Before RI starts:

   1. Internship agreement is a must for those whose place of internship is outside HSE University. You should arrange an official agreement between the internship organization and HSE University. Address Lidia Gribanova for the most recent template and advise. Start preparing it in advance (~1 month before the RI starts), considering possible bureaucratic delays.  

   2. Internship application

Template_Application (DOCX, 15 Кб)

• 3 weeks before - send the draft RI application to Dr. Stanislav Zaichenko for revision (multiple revisions can take place)
• 2 weeks before - get the final approval of the RI application by Dr. Stanislav Zaichenko
• 2 weeks before - HSE RI supervisor is appointed to the student

   3. Internship assignment

Template_Assignment (DOCX, 18 Кб)

• 1 week before - send the draft RI assignment to the HSE RI supervisor with a copy to Dr. Stanislav Zaichenko for further revision (multiple revisions can take place)
• 1 day before - get the final approval of the RI assignment by the HSE RI supervisor and Dr. Stanislav Zaichenko.

   4. Hard copies of the documents submission to the study office

• 1 day before - submit approved and signed documents (internship agreement,if applicable, internship application and internship assignment) to the study office (= Lidia Gribanova).

Submission of any RI document by a student means that the student prints this document, collects all necessary marks and signatures on the hard copy, and brings the filled / signed hard copy to the teaching office respecting the specified deadline.

After RI starts:

   5. Preliminary (draft) RI report

• 10-15 days before the RI end date (as specified by the student in the assignment form) - send the draft report with working materials to your HSE RI supervisor by e-mail (copy to Dr. Oxana Bondarenko); the report and all the working materials must be in English (or translated into English)

   6. Final RI report

Template_Report (DOCX, 14 Кб)

• before the RI end date (as specified by the student in the assignment form)- send the final RI report with enclosed final working materials to your HSE RI supervisor via e-mail (copy to Dr. Oxana Bondarenko); the report and all the working materials must be in English
• within 3 working days - get a final assessment for RI from your HSE RI Supervisor and Dr. Oxana Bondarenko on the basis of the final report

   7. Hard copy of the final report submitted to the study office

• 2 weeks after the RI end date - submit the final RI report signed and assessed by the HSE RI supervisor and Dr. Oxana Bondarenko with enclosed final working materials to the study office

Check the Internship programme to get more details:

• on the roles of the RI Council, Supervisor at the internship organization, HSE RI supervisor, Student and Study office
• RI grading
• on the RI in general

The main goal of Project Seminar
The aim of this course is to consolidate, expand and exercise theoretical and practical skills for successful implementation of projects from start to finish by developing business plans of innovative projects.

The main tasks of Project Seminar
1.   Students will prepare and develop practically applicable business plan for an innovative project.

2.   Discussion of business plans of innovative projects, including market analysis and competition, identification of resources needed, etc.

3.   Students will be able to develop planning skills of the project and its presentations.

The overview of Project Seminar
The course is accompanied by seminars that introduce new approaches to understand and further elaborate different facets of innovation thinking and to provide participants with practical training as well as ready to use state of the art knowledge. Besides, students will present on a regular basis the development of their business plans of practical oriented innovation projects. At last, students will be asked to defend their developed business plans of projects with consideration of discussed aspects.

The Project Seminar consists of four major topics:
1.   Project introduction 
2.   Project environment
3.   Project assessment
4.   Project presentation

Project introduction includes an introductory session where students will understand how to apply specific tools and models in innovation project management, as well as how to manage teamwork. Also during this topic, the ideas of projects will be introduced with taking into account appropriate cases of specific projects across different industries. The session ends with the choice of core stream for which students will be asked to prepare a project.

Project environment allows students to learn market analysis, including identification of current trends in the industry by using suitable strategic planning tools, and evaluating external/internal risk factors. In addition, the competition analysis and the estimation of risks in innovative projects will be introduced.

Project assessment provides understanding and practical knowledge of assessment and forecasting of potential markets by using various approaches within the innovation project management, as well as cost analysis and assessment of the impact of innovation on the cost structure.

Project presentation assumes that students will apply learned knowledge and skills by developing business plans of innovation projects, its discussions and presentations. An oral defense will be held at the last class (final colloquium), in which students present the developed business plan of the innovation project with consideration of addressed issues.

The assessment of the Project Seminar
The final grade will be calculated in accordance with the syllabus of this course. Students are expected to develop and gradually improve their business plans of innovation projects with regular presentations of interim results. Apart from that, by the end of the course students are supposed to submit their final version of business plans of projects as an essay. The oral defense of group project will be held on the final colloquium.

The assessment of the Project
The activities on the Project Seminar classes and developed projects are assessed separately. Students form groups of 3-5 members in order to develop business plan of practical innovative project plan i.e. project. According to HSE regulation the “project is specifically organized, self-motivated students’ activity with the aim to solve practical or theoretical oriented problem. This activity should be done in the form that can be seen, comprehended and applied in real life”.[1] Therefore, the result of the Project Seminar is the developed business plan of innovation project that is submitted with consideration of received feedbacks after the oral defense.

The policies of the Project Seminar
This course is designed for the second year master students and covers two modules. It takes place once or twice a week according to the schedule. Attendance is needed for the learning process. Unsatisfactory results of the Project Seminar is equal to unsatisfactory results of regular classes. 

 [1]Regulations for HSE Student Project Work, Research and Internships

According to the Educational Standard for Management Profile Students of the Master's Programme submit:

• Term Paper during their 1st year of studies;
• Master Thesis as Graduation Paper in the end of the 2nd year of studies.

Preparation and Defense are governed by Regulations on Final State Certification of Students in Bachelor’s, Specialist and Master’s Degree Programmes at National Research University Higher School of Economics  

Deadlines and preparation schedule for academic year 2025-2026: 

Requirements for writing Term Paper/Master Thesis:

Template for Term Paper&Master Thesis

Requirements for Term Paper and Master's Thesis 

Term Paper Supervisors&Topics:

Master's Thesis Supervisors&Topics: