49
graduates of the International College of Economics and Finance (ICEF HSE) will be awarded diplomas with first class honours for 2016 from the University of London. This is the largest number of ICEF graduates to receive degrees at this level. The previous record was 29 graduates with first class honours.
185,000 roubles
were collected at charity bake sales during the 2015/2016 academic year by ICEF Outreach, a student organization.
749 Applications
from 18 countries were submitted for the third Innovation in Education Contest. The number of people wishing to take part in the competition increases year-on-year: in 2014 – 577 applications were received, and in 2015 – 678.
28%
of top managers at large and medium-sized Russian industrial companies expect their companies’ production to grow by late spring 2016. This is one of the best forecasts in the last two years.
57%
of junior undergraduate students applied for admission to more than one programme or to more than one university.
-26%
was the consumer confidence index in the fourth quarter of 2015. This is one of the lowest indicators in the six years following the 2008-2009 crisis.
30%
of entrepreneurs in service industries reported a decrease in consumer demand for their services in the fourth quarter of 2015.
76%
of Russians believe that ordinary customers shouldn’t worry about product manufacturing having a negative effect on the environment, people or animals. Instead, they believe that this should be a concern for the state and businesses.
90%
of Russian families are generally satisfied with the quality of the education that their children receive in universities.
22.4%
of those who are currently working toward Candidate of Science and Doctor of Science degrees in Russia are younger than 40 years old.