Tuition Fee Discounts

Important

Tuition fee discounts at HSE University-Moscow shall be provided in accordance with the Regulations on the Provision of Tuition Discounts to Students Studying under Educational Agreements Concluded upon Admission for Studies Funded by Individual and/or Legal Parties

These Regulations shall not affect students who are studying at one of HSE University’s regional campuses (the procedures and grounds for the provision of discounts at HSE University’s regional campuses shall be set as per their respective internal bylaws, as approved by the regional campuses’ academic councils), or foreign citizens or stateless persons who have been admitted through a separate competition (the procedures and grounds for the provision of discounts shall be set by the respective internal bylaws at HSE University).

Categories of Discounts

Centralized Discounts

Discounts may be provided on the following grounds:

• upon admission to studies under Bachelor’s/Specialist/Master’s programmes;
• discounts to students who are the children of staff members and students working at HSE University (with the exception of those working as per the terms of the affiliated employment);
• based on the study results under Bachelor’s/Specialist programmes (no tuition fee discounts shall be granted based on the study results under Master’s programmes)

Discounts Funded from Faculty Budgets

Depending on the source of financing, there are centralized discounts, or discounts funded from a faculty budget and/or funds of full-fee-paying programmes.

Provision of Discounts

If an applicant is eligible for a discount as per several grounds, he/she may be granted one centralized discount at his/her discretion.

Centralized discounts shall not be provided to students studying under degree programmes, which do not include places funded by subsidies from the federal budget, or full-fee-paying programmes, unless otherwise specified in the relevant Regulations.  

Discounts funded from a faculty budget may be combined with one of the centralized discounts, with the exception of discounts set up by HSE ICEF, as well as discounts funded from full-fee-paying programmes, unless otherwise specified in the Regulations.

Discounts Based on Academic Performance under Bachelor’s/Specialist Degree Programmes

Discounts ranging between 25% and 70% shall be granted to students if they meet all of the listed terms over the course of the previous academic year:

1. A student has no disciplinary measures in the form of a reprimand imposed on him/her;
2. Based on the results of interim assessments for all elements of a student’s curriculum (before retakes), he/she must have:

• no more than two grades of 4 and/or 5 on a 10-point scale;
• grades not below 4 points on a 10-point scale;
• not a single non-appearance recorded for tests without a valid reason.

The size of discounts shall be set as per the following scale:

• a 70% discount on tuition for students who are among the top 15% (Moscow) or 10% (Saint Petersburg) of all learners in a given year as per the results of the last two current ratings;
• a 50% discount on tuition for students who are among the top 25% (Moscow) or 20% (Saint Petersburg) of all learners in a given year as per the results of the last current ratings;
• a 25% discount on tuition for students who are among the top 50% of all learners in a given year as per the result of the last two current ratings.

In order to determine candidates for receiving discounts over the summer period, the current rating shall be used after retakes for the first semester and the current rating prior to retakes for the semester. In turn, in order to identify candidates for receiving discounts over the autumn period*, current ratings after retakes for the first and second half of the year shall be used.

The students, whose rating positions worsened after the autumn period, shall retain the same size of the discount as set during the summer. If after the autumn retakes, the student obtains grounds for a discount, the discount shall be provided on the basis of a separate directive.

* in the autumn period, the discount is assigned to students who did not pass the interim asessment in one or more academic disciplines for a valid reason (in 3^rd or 4^th modules) and who passed the interim assessment in the relevant discipline during the retake period, as well as to those students whose current rating before the end of retakes, changes were made as a result of which these students became contenders for a discount

Discounts Provided to International Students Admitted through a Separate Competition for Foreign Citizens in 2023

Tuition fee discounts shall be provided to international students after admission to studies at HSE University and retained for the entire period of study* at HSE University, provided that international students meet the established criteria for successful academic performance. 

Meeting all of the listed terms in the course of study under a degree programme at HSE University serves as the criteria for an international student’s successful study:

1. International student has no disciplinary measures in the form of a reprimand imposed on him/her*;
2. Based on the results of interim assessments for all elements of a student’s curriculum, he/she must have**:

• no more than two grades of 4 and/or 5 on a 10-point scale;
• grades not below 4 points on a 10-point scale (after retakes).

Other details about the size and conditions of tuition fee discounts provided to students can be found in the Regulations on Tuition Fee Discounts for Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons Admitted to HSE University in 2023 via Separate Entry Competitions for Fee-paying Studies under Educational Agreements Financed by Individuals and/or Legal Entities

* The criteria for successful study apply to international students effective from their 2^nd year of study until their graduation from a degree programme of the respective level.

** The conditions for retaining the discounts apply to foreign students, starting from the first interim assessment of their 2^nd year of study until their graduation from a degree programme of the respective level and do not apply to the courses of the 1^st year of study.

Only one discount can be granted to an international student. If an international applicant is eligible for a discount on several grounds, he/she may be granted one discount at his/her discretion.