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Of the original 300 students enrolled in doctoral programmes set to graduate this year, only 126 reached the final stage of the process—the dissertation defence. While congratulating the recent class of graduates, HSE Vice Rector Vyacheslav Bashev noted that such a large attrition rate testifies to the seriousness of those who have made it to graduation. ‘Though many of you work, you continue to invest in yourselves intellectually,’ he said.

From April till July 2019, a PhD student of doctoral school of political science at HSE, Iryna Zhyrun participated in Erasmus+ exchange program at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Italy

On April 6-10, 2020 in Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University), with the support of the World Bank, will be hosting the XXI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development. The Conference's Programme Committee will be chaired by Professor Evgeny Yasin, HSE University's academic supervisor.

Iryna Zhyrun, a PhD student of Doctoral School of Political Science of Higher School of Economics in Moscow, attended an international scientific conference «Diversity and Democratic Governance: Legacies of the Past, Present Challenges, and Future Directions?». The conference took place at University of Sarajevo on June, 12 -15  in 2019 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  

International students are elible to apply for full-tuition scholarships provided through the Federal Quota Scheme funded by the Russian government

1st year PhD student Roman Fainshmidt took part in the HARKAT International Student Festival, held from November 20 to  November 30, 2018 and organized by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran together with the University of Isfahan

Our partners prof. Prof. Dr. Tanja A. Börzel and Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn informed HSE (Prof. Alexander Chepurenko) that the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS) has been approved for funding by the German Research Foundation.

This year, 117 students graduated from doctoral programmes at the HSE campus in Moscow. On November 1, they received their graduation certificates. Some of them also defended their theses under a new procedure that was introduced at HSE this year, while the others will do this within the next year.

Ashish Kumar Singh hails from a place called Raebareli, a city of about 3,000,000 people located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He recently joined the doctoral programme in Political Science at HSE, a decision he says was motivated by discussions he had with a professor from HSE who was visiting the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in New Delhi

International students are elible to apply for full-tuition scholarships provided through the Federal Quota Scheme funded by the Russian government