International Student Support

Four Campuses and One Long-Awaited Headliner: HSE University-Wide Graduation to Be Held on July 3

This year for the first time in HSE history, the graduation ceremony will take place at one time for all four HSE campuses. Almost 11,000 students from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Perm will gather online to bid the university farewell and celebrate the next chapter in their lives.

June 30, 2020

Life in Quarantine at the HSE Dorms

After HSE University transitioned to distance learning, life in the HSE dormitories changed: most students have gone home. The number of onsite staff and service employees has been reduced. Large events have been cancelled. Student trips into the city have been limited. HSE University Life spoke with students and staff about what life under quarantine is like in the dorms.

On Campus students international students coronavirus dormitories

June 01, 2020

Culture Cafe: Bulgaria

Hello everyone and welcome to our Culture Café dedicated to sunny and shiny Bulgaria!

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March 18, 2020

Culture Cafe: Russia

Greetings from Culture Café! We are back after a long winter break. Did you miss us? We missed you! On February 5, we gathered for our first Culture Café meeting of the new year, and, as per tradition, our first meeting was devoted to our beautiful homeland – Russia.

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February 25, 2020

Exchange Semester Experience at HSE University Moscow

Silvia Linnuste, an Economics and Business administration undergraduate student from the University of Tartu, talks about her studies at HSE Moscow, Russian language learning and travelling around Russia.

On Campus ideas & experience international students

February 25, 2020

'Exchange Semester in Moscow' by Silvia Linnuste

Silvia Linnuste, an Economics and Business administration undergraduate student from the University of Tartu, talks about her studies at HSE Moscow, Russian language learning and travelling around Russia.

On Campus international students

February 18, 2020

Culture Cafe: New Year, 2019

Have you decorated your room? Have you bought tangerines? Have you prepared presents for your friends and relatives? Hurry up, New Year is coming! That is why we devoted our last of this year Culture Café to the Russian New Year!

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January 29, 2020

A Journey of a Thousand Miles

Ruoqi Cao, from Harbin, China, graduated from HSE University’s Masters’ programme in International Business. She is now working on her PhD at the HSE Institute of Education, where her research focuses on the influence of higher education on the economics of the regions in Russia and China. She has shared with HSE News Service her story of coming to study and work in Russia.

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January 22, 2020

Culture Cafe: Belarus

Let’s welcome the new week with new place to discover – mysterious Belarus. Big country with a history and with its own traditions. We want to thank our ESN international students Arina Zemchik, Anastasiya Akulich and German Zaboronok for creating such an amazing atmosphere at our Culture Café!

On Campus HSE guests students

January 17, 2020

Bridges, Theatres and Architecture: What American Students Like about Saint Petersburg

This autumn, students from the United States came to study at HSE University - Saint Petersburg via CIEE (non-profit study abroad organization) to learn more about Russian culture, history, and people. Three participants of the programme told us about their exchange experience, studying Russian culture, and favourite things about Saint Petersburg.

On Campus international students

December 25, 2019