Student Documents

Every exchange and visiting student registered for the dormitory accommodation must provide the health certificate to the dormitory administration upon his/her arrival. 

NB! Please have exactly this health certificate signed by your physician. The dormitory does not accept other templates. Learn more about settling in at the dormitory here.

A student ID is an official document certifying that you are an HSE University student. Exchange students can get their student ID at SIMO.

In order to receive a student ID, you should do the following:

1) Upload to ASAV scans of:

• your visa 
• your medical insurance 
• your migration card

2) Bring to SIMO:

• Arrival form (you can get a hard copy at SIMO)

• Informed consent (you can get a hard copy at SIMO)

• Registration slip. 

A student ID offers discounts and sometimes even free admission into some museums, theatres, cinemas, clubs, exhibition centres, and zoos. The student ID also allows for discounted purchase of railway tickets. On special occasions, some shops and cafes also offer certain discounts to students.

The HSE University pass card allows entry into all HSE University buildings, including dorms.
You can obatin your pass card at the Access Control Office at 3 Bolshoy Trekhsvyatitelskiy Pereulok, room 114 (Monday - Friday 10:00 - 17:30; lunch break 13:00 - 14:00; Saturday, Sunday - closed) after receiving a Student ID from SIMO.

Have your student ID and passport with you all the time.

If you lose your pass and need immediate access to an HSE building, please contact SIMO either at international.study@hse.ru or by phone +7 495 772-95-90* 27806 to order a single-entry pass.  You will need to show your passport at the security post.  

Social card is provided to exchange students and is used as  a  transport card to take public transport in Moscow (metro, buses, trams, trolleybuses) at a lower price.
It must be activated and then refilled every month, separately for the metro (at a metro cashier’s) and the ground public transport (in grey ticket kiosks).  

How to apply for a Social Card (see here)

Please note that before Step 1, you should receive a SNILS number and email it to SIMO.

A non-notarised passport translation may be required at the banks.

E-mail your request to Expert Translation Centre (translation@hse.ru) with the passport and visa scans attached.

If you wish to borrow books to read at home or use HSE e-resources, you need to obtain a library card number.

1. Register in the library
2. Register to get remote access to e-resources
3. You will be able to keep track of the books your borrow in your account in the HSE App X app.

Exchange students can apply to SIMO for enrollment certificates, copies of enrollment order, signing learning agreements, arrival forms and other documents through online document request.