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'We Can Have Precious Experience Every Day'

Yuri Ishitoya, a Spring 2020 exchange student from Akita International University (Japan), tells about her favourite place in Moscow and how cooking helps you make new friends.

July 31, 2020

‘Completing My Studies in Russia Has Always Been My Dream’

Ismail Kayali, from Aleppo, Syria, earned his MS in Big Data Systems from the HSE Faculty of Business and Management in 2018. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Informatics and Computer Engineering at the HSE School of Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence.

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July 28, 2020

‘I Am Glad That I Made the Decision to Be at Summer University’

HSE Summer University, which has moved its classes online this year due to the pandemic, began on July 15. The programme will run until August 20, with students taking courses of various duration.

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July 24, 2020

Become a Transnational Corporate Leader with HSE’s Master’s Programme in International Management

The HSE Faculty of Business and Management has launched a new master’s programme, ‘Master of International Management’. The programme, which is the latest addition to the University’s wide array of English-taught programmes, will prepare students for careers in international company management.

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July 23, 2020

‘What International Students Need to Bring with Them Is Courage and Curiosity’

‘I started learning Russian in Italy. I’ve lived in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but came to Nizhny Novgorod to learn Russian in “real” Russia and become an international journalist’: Alessandro Caglio, first-cohort graduate of the Master’s programme ‘Literature and Media’, speaks about intercultural communications, hypertext novels, and the Russian winter.

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July 22, 2020

‘The Lockdown Was a Good Thing for My Studies: I Had More Time to Prepare for Exams’

The summer final exam session at HSE University (as well theses defences) was conducted completely online. The HSE News Service talked to international students about what they thought of the new knowledge assessment technologies and how they would like to take exams in future.

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July 21, 2020

'Moscow is bright, cosy, busy and beautiful' by Lydia Haacke

'Moscow is bright, cosy, busy and beautiful' says Lydia Haacke, an exchange student from LMU Munich (Germany).

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July 20, 2020

‘The First Step Towards Boosting My Skills Was When I Started Studying at HSE University in Moscow’

Abdelilah Ghazioui first came to HSE Moscow in January 2015 to attend a winter school. He liked the experience so much that he decided to enrol in HSE’s Master’s programme in Public Policy and Political Analysis the same year. In an interview with HSE News Service, Abdelilah looks back on his studies at HSE and life in Moscow and talks about his non-profit organization.

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July 20, 2020

Exchange Semester in Moscow by Florian Hertle

Florian Hertle, an exchange Master student from University of Passau (Germany), tells about his studies at HSE University Moscow during the Spring 2020 semester.

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July 20, 2020

A Ticket to the Rocky Mountains and Media Research

This year HSE University is launching a new Master's programme in Critical Media Studies. HSE bulletin HSE Look has talked to Olga Baysha, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Communications, Media and Design, who was involved in creating the programme, about her path in academia, research interests, and teaching.

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July 17, 2020