‘Our Key Advantage is the International Nature of the Programme and Unique Combination of Theory and Practice’
Master’s programme in Financial Economics of HSE’s International College of Economics and Finance is taught entirely in English and strives to attract applicants who are interested in macro and microeconomics, corporate finance, and econometrics. Maxim Nikitin, the head of the programme has talked to HSE News Service about the programme.
94%
of students who took part last year in the HSE Winter Schools for prospective Master’s programme students are willing to recommend them to their friends*. Registration for the 2016 Winter School is already underway.
Spend a Semester in Moscow
Applications are being accepted until October 30 for the Semester in Moscow programme, which allows international students to spend either a semester or a full academic year at HSE. The programme is open to all international students who wish to apply to study at HSE on a fee-paying basis.
2,078
first-year students are enrolled in state-funded places in the full-time Master's degree programme in Moscow. This is the largest enrolment yet; last year, 1,604 people enrolled in state-funded places in HSE's full-time Master's programmes.
45
full-time state-funded Master’s programmes at HSE have completed enrolment for graduate students.
85.7 points
was the average score that enrollees at the HSE Moscow campus under the Unified State Exam competition received in 2015. Last year, the score was 85.5 points.
Number of International Students at HSE is Growing
August 5 marked the final deadline for applications from international students to HSE English-taught Master’s programmes starting September 2015. This year saw a radical growth in applications from abroad, with more than five times the number of applications from last year. At a minimum, every region doubled in terms of applications when comparing the 2015 cycle to the 2014 cycle. In Africa and Asia, the increase was even more staggering. Out of the roughly 800 international applicants to HSE English-taught Master's programmes, 196 students were accepted. The growth in the number of full-degree international students studying HSE is fundamental to the university’s overall development as a global university.
HSE Extends Admissions Deadlines to Master’s Programmes
The Higher School of Economics has extended the admissions deadlines for fee-paying places on its master’s programmes until August 5th, 2015.
5,094
people have submitted applications to HSE Master’s programmes this year. This is 1.5 times more than the number in 2014.
Six Reasons to Study in HSE’s Governance of Science, Technology, and Innovation Programme
This year, HSE’s English-language Master’s Programme in the Governance of Science, Technology, and Innovation will admit its second class to the programme. Students will learn to manage technologies and innovations effectively at all stages of the process, from inception to implementation and at the corporate, regional, national, and international levels. This is undoubtedly an extremely prospective area of study, but this is not the only reason to apply to the programme.