29%
of Russians expect the economic situation to deteriorate in the next 12 months. In the previous quarter, the share of negative assessments was only 22%.
24%
of first-year students at the HSE this year were winners of Academic Olympiads in school.
152
arrows were broken during the year in exercises by Spiritum Saeculorum, the HSE historical reenactment club.
0.314
is the index of gender inequality in Russia. In a country that has achieved full equality between men and women, this figure would be zero; however, no such countries exist in the world.
12
optional courses are offered by the Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities for the 2014-2015 academic year. Registration is open until October 18. Electives can be taken free of charge – not only by HSE students and employees, but by anyone who is interested.
55%
of those who signed up for HSE courses on Coursera found them useful for their current occupation.
35%
of Russian universities do not have dormitories for students. Another 6% of institutions of higher education view the quality of their student housing as bad.
6
gold medals were won by the HSE Dance Club at a tap dance championship held in Moscow.
300 million tonnes
of concentrated agricultural and forest waste are produced by Russian industry each year. Refining and using this waste as energy would allow Russia to hold a respectable place in the emerging markets of biotechnology products and bioenergy.