‘Islamic Finance Appears to Be More Stable Than Conventional Banks’
HSE University’s Online Campus presents a new course—‘Islamic Finance: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century’. Elmira Imamkulieva, creator of the course and Senior Lecturer at the School of International Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, explains how Islamic financing is more reliable than venture capital and why the green bonds common in the Arab world are the investment of the future.
‘Every Year, We Receive Thousands of Applications From All Over the World’
Registration is now open for the autumn 2023 international Study Tour Experience at HSE University. Applicants from outside Russia who are interested in applying to master’s programmes can spend two weeks as a student of HSE University’s campuses in Moscow, Perm, Nizhny Novgorod, and St Petersburg.
Faculty of Computer Science and AI Centre Welcome Applications to Binary Super Resolution Challenge
From July 18 to October 15, 2023, the HSE University Faculty of Computer Science and AI Centre invite those interested to take part in the online Binary Super Resolution Challenge (BSRC-2023). The top 50 teams will receive prizes, and the top three will receive cash prizes.
‘Our Experimental Economics Community Welcomes Everyone from Professors to Bachelor’s Students’
From September 19–27, 2023, the Third Pacific School Conference on Experimental Economics (PSEE) will take place in Vladivostok. The conference has been organised by the HSE UniversityInternational Laboratory for Experimental and Behavioural Economics as part of the Mirror Laboratories project with the Research Laboratory for Modelling Socio-Economic Processes at Far Eastern Federal University. The conference will be held in an in-person format, and foreign participants can take part online.
Rediscovering Russia Expedition Submissions Open until June 15th
The Rediscovering Russia project invites universities, commercial and non-profit organisations to apply to organise and conduct student expeditions in 2023. Candidates can apply until June 15th, and the winning expeditions will receive financial and organisational support.
‘The Orchestra Is a Musical Family Where You Always Have the Opportunity to Express Yourself’
On May 31st, the HSE Orchestra, made up of students, staff, and graduates of HSE and other universities, will perform a new programme at the HSE Cultural Centre. Anyone who wishes to attend the concert is welcome, and entry is free—all you need to do is register by 3 pm on May 29th.
HSE University and Samolet to Train Data Analysts in Development
HSE University’s Faculty of Computer Science and Samolet, one of Russia’s largest development companies, are launching a new Master’s Programme 'Data Science for Construction, Architecture and Engineering'. Samolet will finance the tuition of the 30 best applicants on the programme.
HSE University and GES-2 to Hold Conference on Study of Deafness
On May 21, HSE University’s International Laboratory for Social Integration Research, together with the GES-2 House of Culture, will organise the first International Interdisciplinary Conference ‘What Does It Mean to Be Deaf? New Challenges for the Community’. The forum dedicated to the social, cultural and linguistic foundations of the deaf community’s functioning in the country and the world is planned in offline and online formats.
How Semiconductors Are Studied and Created for Nanophotonics
Between March 27 and May 17, applications are open for the Mirror Lab Project Competition. As part of the new applications campaign, the HSE University bulletin (Okna Rosta) is publishing a series of interviews with the winners of last year's competition. In this issue, Natalia Kryzhanovskaya and Maxim Solodovnik speak about nano- and quantum technologies, as well as cooperation between HSE and Southern Federal University (SFedU).
HSE University to Host Total Dictation for Tenth Time
On April 8, HSE University in Moscow will welcome participants of the 2023 Total Dictation, an open annual educational event that was first held in 2004. Since then, it has become a major event for anyone interested in writing and speaking Russian properly. This year at HSE University, it will be held at 11 Pokrovsky Bulvar, the Shabolovka building and, for the first time, the HSE Cultural Centre.
Deadline for application - March 17, 2024