Designed to prepare the next generation of global leaders, Schwarzman Scholars is the first scholarship created to respond to the geopolitical landscape of the 21st Century. Whether in politics, business or science, the success of future leaders around the world will depend upon an understanding of China’s role in global trends.

A free six months of study at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. Each year one lucky student from the Global Business Master’s Programme is given this lucky ticket. The programme not only gives the student incredible work experience and the opportunity to study in one of the world’s leading economic regions, but the master’s student will also receive a diploma from the Austrian university. This year, the winner was Anna Zotova.

You want to get active and have an impact on the relations between our three countries? You are socially and politically active, have interest in politics, economics, history or culture and want to become part of our vibrant community? Then don’t hesitate to read through the call and apply for the third Trilateral Youth Forum between Germany, Poland and Russia!

While some graduates are preparing for MA enrollment exams, others have already received confirmation from international universities. Graduates from the Faculty of Computer Science tell us about their decision to continue their studies abroad, the enrollment procedure, computer science courses available in international universities, and the role of fundamental math in studying economics.

On July 10, 2015, students of the master’s programme in Finance majoring in Audit and Consulting successfully defended their master’s theses at Tuscia University in Viterbo, Italy.

HSE Nizhny Novgorod Management faculty students Anastasia Shikina and Alesya Zaporozhchuk have returned after a year in Austria’s Johannes Kepler University. They share their impressions of studying at our partner university.

Continuing the series of Italian meetings, started in early 2015 (involving meeting with University of Turin and public lecture by Professor Piergiorgio Odifreddi on Mathematics and the Arts, visit by representatives from LUISS, University of Genoa etc.), this time, on 24 June 2015 HSE Office for International Cooperation hosted the delegation from Ca’Foscari University of Venice, represented by Daniela Rizzi, our partnership coordinator and Tenured Professor, Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies, Giancarlo Coro', Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Mario Volpe, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, and Lucy Kuzminova, Coordinator of Internships and Career Service.

‘The University of Passau is the youngest HEI in Bavaria but has earnt itself a good reputation since it opened in 1978,’ says Svetlana Maltseva, Academic Supervisor of the Master’s programme in Big Data Systems. ‘For more than ten years the university has occupied a leading position in German and European rankings in Law, Management and International Relations.’

Artem Neklyudov, ICEF BSc Graduate 2007, last year completed his PhD in finance at Carnegie Mellon university. In this interview he talks about what influenced his decision to become an academic, how to find work after graduating, and why research involves teamwork.