Russian Sociological Review is Becoming International
The HSE’s academic journal, Russian Sociological Review, has started publishing articles in English and French. Alexander Filippov, editor-in-chief, explains the changes.
New Structure of the HSE
The Higher School of Economics will undergo a number of structural changes in spring 2014. ‘Big’ faculties, which will provide educational programmes, are being created as part of the university. The faculties will include departments and schools, as well as research centres and departments of continuing education. The new university structure is part of the roadmap aimed at improving the HSE’s global competitiveness.
The HSE in Saint Petersburg Has Switched on to Oriental Studies
Academics at HSE St. Petersburg are convinced that oriental studies as a field of humanities is becoming more topical every day, and create new educational and research departments.
Innovative Applied Social Psychology Master’s Programme Will Prepare Graduates to Compete on the Russian, Dutch, and Global Labour Markets
A new master’s programme in Applied Social Psychology is set to launch at the HSE in 2014. Nadezhda Lebedeva, Head of the programme, and Marcel Zeelenberg, Professor of Economic Psychology, and Academic Director of Tilburg Institute for Behavioral Economics Research, took turns telling us about its specifics.
HSE Pioneers Master's Education in Science, Technology and Innovation
The HSE is launching a new Master's Programme ‘Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation’ . We spoke to the head of the programme Dirk Meissner, Deputy Head of the Laboratory for Science and Technology Studies at HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge about this opportunity.
Academic Council Approved HSE Statement of Values
On December 6, the Academic Council of the Higher School of Economics approved the HSE Statement of Values, which represents the university’s mission and its most important principles of work and study.
New International Cooperation in Leadership in Education
The HSE Institute of Education Center for Leadership in Education has signed a partnership agreement with the international Asia Leadership Project. Now Russia has also joined the project.
HSE Gets Closer to English Readers
The Higher School of Economics has created an official Facebook page in English for foreign student applicants and teachers who are considering work or study in Russia.
An ‘International Buddies Club’ Has Been Created at the HSE
Friendship clubs exist worldwide in almost all universities that participate in international exchange programmes. They help new international students adapt to their new country and find friends.
How to Become the Recipient of a Scholarship from the Federal Chancellor of Germany
Andrey Yakovlev, a board member of the Russian Association of Fellows of the Federal Chancellor of Germany and Director of the HSE Institute for Industrial and Market Studies, told us about the German Chancellor Fellowship Program for young leaders which is implemented by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Application period: until May 20, 2026