HSE University

About HSE University

HSE University is the English name of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (in Russian, НИУ ВШЭ or ВШЭ). It is a federal state autonomous university, founded in Moscow in 1992 by a Russian Government order. Its founder is the Government of the Russian Federation. It received National Research University status in 2009. Its legal address is 20 Myasnitskaya Street, Moscow 101000. HSE has four campuses: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Perm.

Institutes and research

HSE is organised into faculties and schools across its campuses. They include the faculties of Mathematics, Economic Sciences, Computer Science, Law, Humanities, Social Sciences, Creative Industries, World Economy and International Affairs, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology and Biotechnology. There is also a Graduate School of Business, the School of Foreign Languages, and the Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM), which joined HSE in 2011. The university lists research centres and international laboratories on its English site. It says it has more than 5,000 lecturers and researchers and cooperates with more than 400 universities worldwide.

Students

According to HSE's Facts and Figures page, 63.2 thousand students and PhD students study across all campuses, including 5.8 thousand international students. The page gives no date for these numbers.

For international applicants

HSE's admissions site for international applicants lists more than 55 bachelor's programmes and more than 120 master's programmes, with free or paid places, taught in Russian or in English. Bachelor's degrees take 4 to 5 years and master's degrees 2 years. Some programmes offer a choice of a Russian or an English track. The International Preparatory Year lasts one year. It covers Russian and a general preparatory course in mathematics, physics, computer science, literature, history and social studies. Bachelor's applicants who want a full scholarship can use the HSE International Olympiad, HSE entrance exams or the Rossotrudnichestvo quota; others pay tuition. Applicants use an online account called "My Application", and recognition documents are uploaded there. The International Admissions office can be reached at inter@hse.ru. HSE also has double-degree programmes and exchange for one or two semesters for students of partner universities.

Housing

HSE has several dormitories in Moscow, including Dormitories 1 and 3 to 10, the Dubki Dormitory and a dormitory for PhD students. According to the university, places are available to students of the International Prep Year, students admitted to state-funded places, and students on academic mobility programmes. For other students, HSE helps to find accommodation.