In 2017, the postgraduate program "Fine and decorative arts and architecture" will be opened at the HSE School of Design.

This is a new format program that provides graduates with opportunities for professional development not only in the field of academic research or teaching, but also in the field of sociocultural design. Studying on the program will allow you to master not only research competencies and relevant analytical tools, but also conceptual and applied skills design work in the field of culture.

Graduate students will work with complex research problems involving the analysis of the history, theory and practice of contemporary culture: visual arts, photography, cinema, performing arts, architecture, design and fashion. During the training, graduate students will also get acquainted with relevant educational methods teaching disciplines that study various aspects of culture (use of multimedia and online technologies, project group work, etc.). The uniqueness of the program lies in the fact that graduate students master not only the traditional academic block of disciplines, focused on research work and writing a dissertation, but also study additional project courses aimed at developing practical skills, which will enable the graduate student to look at their own research work from the point of view of applied use. Postgraduate students of the first intake will be offered to choose from: - creation of a publishing project based on their own dissertation research; - creation of a curatorial project based on their own dissertation research; - creation of a multimedia project based on own dissertation research; - development of an online course based on their own dissertation research. Graduate students of the program "Fine and decorative arts and architecture" can choose any topic of study in their specialty.

However, we offer graduate students to formulate a topic within one of the priority areas and receive a 25-50% discount on tuition fees.

Directions:

• 1920s in world culture
• Children's illustrated magazine
• Art and propaganda
• Cinema history
• History of computer games
• Concept art
• Fashion and constructivism
• early photography
• Russian icon painting
• theatrical costume

How to contact us:

Terms of admission

First wave April 3 - May 22 - Acceptance of documents June 5 - June 26 - Entrance tests July 31 - Lists recommended for enrollment Second wave August 1 - September 15- Acceptance of documents September 25 - October 13- Entrance examinations on October 27 - Lists recommended for enrollment

Exams:

Foreign language (max. 50 points) - Exam program Specialty (max. 100 points) - Interview and portfolio competition Interview

In the first part of the interview, the applicant chooses one of the listed periods in the history of art and culture and gives the main characteristics of this period: - primitive art, its forms and features; - art ancient east (art and architecture of the countries of Western Asia); - Art of Ancient Egypt (architecture and fine arts); - art Ancient Greece(main stages, features of the development of architecture, sculpture, vase painting); - art ancient rome(architecture, sculpture, painting); - the art of Byzantium (the main stages of development and their features, architecture, mosaics, icon painting); - Romanesque art; - gothic architecture and sculpture; - proto-renaissance; - the art of the early Renaissance; - art of the Northern Renaissance; - baroque art; - Western European art of the first half of the 18th century; - Western European art of the second half of the 18th century; - the art of the era of classicism in Western Europe; - Western European art of the first half of XIX in.; - impressionism; - Art Nouveau in Western Europe; - European modernism; - contemporary art and contemporary art: comparative characteristics. Postmodernism; - the latest forms of visualization: performances, installations, etc.; - Old Russian painting; - Russian icon painting; - Old Russian art (IX-XVII centuries, main components, features of development, main stages); - Russian art of the 17th century. (features of the stage of development, stone and wooden architecture, painting); - fine arts and architecture of Russia in the era of Peter I (peculiarities of the era, the formation of the appearance of St. Petersburg; the development of sculpture, secular painting and engraving); - Russian art of the XVIII century. (the originality of the transitional period, the times of Elizabeth, Catherine II; the development of architecture and painting); - Russian painting of the first half of the 19th century. (peculiarities of the period, main trends, portrait, genre, historical picture); - Russian art of the second half of the 19th century (painting - the ratio of genres and changing themes; sculpture - academicism and realism; architecture - "national style"); - Russian art late XIX- the beginning of the XX century. (peculiarities artistic life period, the idea of ​​art synthesis, the problem of Art Nouveau in Russian art); - Soviet art of the twentieth century; - "propaganda" art of the 1920s; - Soviet art of the second half of the 20th century (architecture, sculpture, painting); - "unofficial", nonconformist art in the Soviet Union; - trends in the development of art Russian Federation and CIS countries in the 1990s and in early XXI in.

In the second part of the interview, the applicant talks about himself, about the motives that he is guided by, choosing to study in the specialty "Fine and decorative arts and architecture" as the trajectory of his education, as well as about the topic he plans to explore. If necessary, the interview can be conducted remotely (for example, via Skype).

Portfolio Contest:

To participate in the portfolio competition, the applicant submits a motivation letter, in which he describes the range of his interests and motives for entering graduate school, and also indicates the proposed research topic.

The applicant can choose one of the themes of the School of Design or propose his own theme. Upon request, the applicant can also provide the following documents: - resume (CV); - information about participation in conferences, exhibitions, competitions, schools, research projects, scientific grants, competitions, etc.; - list of publications; - a copy of the diploma of education or a certificate of academic performance with a list of disciplines studied and grades received; - a letter of recommendation from a specialist familiar with the achievements of the applicant; - documents confirming the work experience of the applicant.

For more information about applying to graduate school, visit the HSE School of Design website.

Schedule

First wave
April 3 - May 22 - Reception of documents
June 5 - June 26 - Entrance tests
July 31 - Lists recommended for enrollment
Second wave
August 1 - September 15 - Reception of documents
September 25 - October 13 - Entrance tests
October 27 - Lists recommended for enrollment
Possible from May 2

What are the timelines admission campaign graduate school in 2019?

This academic year, it will be possible to submit a package of documents for admission in 2 waves:

• 1 wave of documents acceptance: December 3, 2018 - March 14, 2019
• 2nd wave of documents acceptance: August 1 - September 13, 2019

Important! In the event that all budget places in the competition are filled during the first wave, the second wave will not take place!

Are there state-funded places at the HSE PhD program?

All places in the HSE PhD program are state-funded. The number of budget places allocated for this year can be found.

How many competitions (directions) can I apply for?

In one wave, you can simultaneously apply for several directions on the same campus or on several campuses. In this case, you must specify the priority direction for enrollment.

Please note that if an applicant did not pass the competition in the first wave, he cannot apply for the same direction in the second wave. In this case, you can participate in the competition for another direction (on the same campus) or in the competition for the same direction, but already on another campus.

Who is on the budget? Are there any restrictions other than successfully passed exams?

They accept everyone who successfully passed the exams and scored a passing score. There are no other restrictions.

Is it possible to apply for several directions in one wave?

According to the 2019 Admission Rules, an applicant has the right to apply for several directions. But you need to evaluate the additional risks and costs when submitting documents for several directions in one wave:

a) for each competition, you must provide a complete package of documents;

b) entrance examinations are taken as many times as the number of sets of documents submitted;

c) if the applicant does not enter the first wave, he loses the opportunity to apply for the same direction on the same campus as part of the second wave

Can I enroll in graduate school if I have not yet graduated and do not yet have a specialist / master's degree?

If you are graduating from the previous stage of study this year, yes you can. Applicants can apply and participate in entrance examinations without providing a diploma! The only condition: by the time enrollment applicants for postgraduate studies must provide a diploma of higher education (master's or specialist's). Deadlines for submitting the original diploma: for the 1st wave - until 18:00 on July 31, for the 2nd wave - until 18:00 on October 25 (Moscow time).

Are there postgraduate courses at HSE regional campuses?

Is it possible to apply for graduate school remotely?

Can documents be submitted by mail?

Can. This must be done by mail with a notification and a description of the attachment to the address of the Admissions Committee:

• In Moscow: 101000, Moscow, Myasnitskaya st., 20, Higher School of Economics, Office of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies.
• In Nizhny Novgorod: 603155, Nizhny Novgorod, Bolshaya Pecherskaya st., 25/12, NRU HSE - Nizhny Novgorod, room 410, postgraduate department
• In St. Petersburg: 190008, St. Petersburg, st. Union Pechatnikov, 16, National Research University Higher School of Economics - St. Petersburg, Student Admissions Department.

The notification and inventory of the attachment are the basis for confirming the acceptance of the applicant's documents.

Documents sent by mail are accepted upon receipt no later than: for the first wave - March 14, for the second wave - September 13.

The applicant must notify the Admissions Committee about sending documents by e-mail: ( - for Moscow, [email protected]— for Nizhny Novgorod, [email protected]- for St. Petersburg).

How are the entrance exams?

For admission to graduate school, you must successfully pass the entrance exams:

• special discipline (specialty) - 100-point score
• foreign language of choice (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian) - 50 points

In addition, a certain number of points can be obtained for individual achievements. A list of admissions programs for all graduate schools (including the criteria for awarding points for individual achievements for each of the programs) can be found.

As an entrance exam foreign language international language certificates are counted (in the 2018/19 academic year, certificates in English, French or German are accepted, a table for converting certificate points into exam points can be found in paragraph 4.11). In addition, the condition for obtaining the maximum score for a foreign language exam can be successfully completed master's programs in foreign languages.

What is the passing score?

We do not set in advance the number of points, by typing which you are guaranteed to enter graduate school - the competition is formed by the participants themselves. But there is a number of points below which you cannot score: 30 in your specialty and 15 in a foreign language. If you score below at least one of these thresholds, you are automatically eliminated from the competition.

When will my documents not be accepted?

If you provided an incomplete set, submitted documents not on time, or if it turned out that at least one of the documents you submitted is not genuine.

I foreign citizen. Should I choose quota selection or submission of documents in the general competition?

You have the right to participate in both contests, they do not depend on each other. Just remember that in this case you need at least two complete sets of documents (or more if you are participating in the competition for several programs).

What are the conditions for admission to graduate school for citizens of the CIS?

What are the conditions for admission to graduate school for citizens of foreign countries?

Does the diploma of a foreign applicant have to be nostrified by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation?

The Higher School of Economics independently carries out the procedure for recognizing diplomas from foreign educational organizations.

Can I submit documents in a foreign language?

Yes. You can submit documents confirming individual achievements in English.

Higher education diploma and passport must be translated into Russian.

Can I transfer to graduate school from another university?

Can. This requires: 1) the availability of a free place in the relevant direction in the corresponding year of study 2) the fulfillment of all attestation criteria established for HSE postgraduate students (see section 2.2.) http://www.hse.ru/org/hse/aspirant /steps 3) consent of the future supervisor and director of the Postgraduate School 4) decision of the attestation commission

How difficult is it to defend?

According to statistics from total of those enrolled in graduate school, every third graduates (the rest are expelled in the process of education). Approximately 40% of those who have completed postgraduate studies defend dissertations.

Postgraduate Schools

The system of postgraduate schools was introduced at the Higher School of Economics in 2013.

The Postgraduate School is a community that brings together postgraduate students, supervisors of various departments, departments, research centers, laboratories, branches of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in one area of ​​postgraduate training.

The task of the postgraduate school is to supervise the process of teaching a postgraduate student from admission to the defense of his dissertation.

Each graduate school is headed by .

The work of the postgraduate school provides.

supervisor

An HSE employee who has degree Doctor of Science, PhD or PhD degree.

How to find a supervisor

Step 1. Decide on the topic of the future dissertation research

The topic can be changed during the work on the dissertation. Initially, the topic can be formulated taking into account those accumulated materials that you already have in the form thesis, publications, etc.

For HSE graduates who plan to continue cooperation with their former supervisor (after a master’s degree or a specialty), the easiest way is to choose the scientific issue on which the department (department, institute, laboratory) where your supervisor works conducts academic and scientific work.

If you have not studied at HSE before, you can choose a direction scientific research taking into account your previous education and the subject of your future dissertation. Look at the passport of the specialty, the programs of entrance examinations (for each specialty / specialization - a separate program). With the clarification of the circle of your scientific interests, the consideration of your portfolio of applicants, the selection of a supervisor, you will be helped at the Postgraduate School of the corresponding field of study.

Step 2 Decide on a supervisor, postgraduate school, educational or scientific unit that conducts academic and scientific work on your chosen topic

1. On the pages of the Postgraduate Schools you will find information on the areas and profiles in which the Postgraduate School prepares postgraduate students, as well as on the recommended supervisors.

Education

What academic opportunities do HSE PhD students have?

Postgraduate students have the opportunity to attend lecture courses aimed at developing academic skills (skills in organizing and conducting scientific research, writing academic articles, preparing presentations)

Graduate students are given a unique opportunity to freely access up-to-date resources of the HSE electronic library, which includes a database of domestic and foreign periodicals and e-books, a database of foreign dissertations, indexes scientific citation and , publications and statistical resources , and .

Postgraduate students take an active part in international conferences and seminars. The HSE finances foreign internships for young scientists.

In addition to state scholarships, graduate students have the opportunity to receive financial support by participating in the work scientific laboratories; receive scientific grants and scholarships.

In the autumn of 2010, the program "Academic Postgraduate Studies" was launched at the Higher School of Economics. The structure of the "Academic Postgraduate" program corresponds to PhD programs, with a strong teaching component, mandatory internship in western university in the learning process, co-supervised by foreign researchers, HSE staff who received a PhD degree. The scholarship for graduate students enrolled in this program is 30,000 rubles a month.

Is it possible to work and study in graduate school?

There is a possibility. Employment in full-time mode (full-time work) is mandatory only for graduate students of the Academic Postgraduate Program. The rest of the graduate students can vary the "employment" in graduate school.

Postgraduate "employment" consists of attending training courses (so far they are held 2-3 times a week, mainly in the evening), attending meetings of departments and scientific departments (on average 1 time per month) to approve the topic, certification, intermediate presentations with work results. You will also have to allocate time for passing teaching practice(pedagogical practice is understood not only as the conduct of student seminars, but also participation in the preparation teaching materials, readers, assistance in conducting scientific events: conferences, seminars, etc.).

In addition, a graduate student needs to plan time to attend various scientific events: scientific seminars of departments, scientific departments (information about them can be found on the pages of departments and scientific departments, http://www.hse.ru/education/ , http://www. hse.ru/science/centers , https://www.hse.ru/ru/interlabs/).

Also, there are activities that will be useful for a graduate student both directly for writing a dissertation and for obtaining “related” information, for example, about grants, potential internships, etc.: http://www.hse.ru/science/scifund/ travel

Given the remote access to the electronic resources of the library, there is the possibility of flexible planning of time for working with literature.

Graduate students have the opportunity to earn money without leaving HSE. So, in addition to teaching (paid) activities at the department, you can connect to scientific projects implemented at the university (as an employee of a scientific department, international laboratories, scientific and educational laboratories).

What are the eligibility criteria?

A graduate student may be expelled from graduate school if he has not passed the attestation. Certification is carried out 2 times a year: in May-June (intermediate certification) and in October ( final examination). The attestation takes into account the fulfillment of the total amount of work provided for a given period of study. The attestation criteria are contained in the Postgraduate Training Procedure. (clause 2.2.2)

Hostel

Is there a hostel and what are the conditions for its provision?

The hostel is provided to all non-resident graduate students living from Moscow beyond the 8th railway zone.

You can see which railway zone your place of residence belongs to by selecting on this page the direction of the railway corresponding to your place of residence.

Cost of living for graduate students full-time tutorials can be found at the link. For graduate students of correspondence courses, the hostel is not provided.

Grants, scholarships, internships

Which foreign universities offer internships?

An agreement has recently been concluded with the Bremen Postgraduate School (information will soon be posted on the website). By the way, for graduate students studying under the program "Academic Postgraduate Studies", foreign research internships are a mandatory part of the training program.

Are there joint graduate schools? How many graduate students, on average, get the opportunity to take it? What additional documents are needed to pass it?

There are double degree programs at the Higher School of Economics. See conditions for participation here http://www.hse.ru/org/hse/aspirant/phd Technological University Eindhoven (Holland).

— Elena Nikolaevna, who enters graduate school and why?

— The desire to enter graduate school arises among those students and graduates who do not want to part with a dynamic and creative university environment - an environment in which they have the opportunity to communicate with people who are not just interesting and talented, but outstanding. For such students, graduate school is the next stage of professional development, opening up new employment opportunities for them, and not only in the academic field.

And yet, the main thing that attracts them to graduate school is the opportunity to participate in scientific activity. They can test themselves as co-authors and curators scientific projects, while acting with more a high degree independence than it was as a student. If a graduate student successfully plans his time, then he manages to promote his own projects, receive grant support from the university, and present the results of his work in a dissertation research. In the process of preparing and defending projects and grants, as well as publications, new opportunities open up for participation in various scientific events in Russia and abroad. The level of academic activity at the HSE is extremely high, largely due to the fact that the university has established a system of information notification and financial support for postgraduate students applying for conferences.

— So, the graduate decided to enroll in graduate school at HSE. What should be the algorithm of its actions? Where should he start?

- It is extremely important to choose a scientific specialty that attracts you and the faculty corresponding to it. Having decided on a specialty, you contact by phone or e-mail with the department or scientific unit where it is being implemented. At this stage, your goal is to find out who exactly is doing research on the topic that you have chosen for your future dissertation. To strengths HSE graduate school includes scientific guidance. Postgraduate students are led by leading Russian researchers in the fields of economics, sociology, and jurisprudence.

It is known that a separate “headache” of graduate students and their supervisors is the search for dissertation councils in which to defend a dissertation. Far from all universities that have postgraduate studies, they work. There are currently 12 dissertation councils at the Higher School of Economics.

- The next question is what form of training to choose?

– The Higher School of Economics offers several forms of education – full-time, part-time and academic postgraduate program (postgraduate studies “ full day"). provides an opportunity to work at the Higher School of Economics, participate in scientific research and teach, and also guarantees significant scholarship support - the monthly scholarship for academic graduate students is 25,000 rubles. The academic postgraduate program offers great prospects for graduate students who decide to build an academic career, become a researcher and enter the international labor market.

— How big are the chances of graduates of other universities to enter the HSE graduate school? Do they have enough space?

— The openness of postgraduate studies is another competitive advantage of our university. 40 percent of HSE PhD students are graduates of other universities. We deliberately included in the plans for admission to graduate school such a number of places in order to give the opportunity to enroll "external" graduates to study with us. We expect to attract the most promising and mobile guys. And everyone has a chance - our postgraduate course is completely free, in 2012 it is planned to enroll 300 people in state-funded places.

- Is housing provided to out-of-town graduate students?

— Yes, all full-time graduate students from other cities are provided with a hostel at the Higher School of Economics.

— What are the main differences between the HSE PhD program and other graduate schools? What resources does a PhD student have access to at HSE?

— Firstly, we help graduate students improve their research skills, master new research tools. Postgraduate study at the National Research University Higher School of Economics implies the active participation of postgraduate students in research conducted by scientific institutions, research centers and scientific and educational laboratories, as well as independent scientific work with grant support from the university.

In addition, HSE has an excellent library. It includes not only a collection of printed publications, but also databases, access to which is possible through electronic library HSE. HSE undergraduate and graduate students have at their disposal the most well-known electronic resources used by all leading economists and sociologists: JSOR, ProQuest, Science, and others.

Publication of the results of scientific research is an important component of the dissertation work. By the time they defend their thesis, graduate students have several scientific publications and at least one article in the journal of the so-called “HAC list”. HSE publishes several journals included in this list: HSE Economic Journal, Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics"," World of Russia "," Issues of education "," Issues of state and municipal management "," Russian Economy: Forecasts and Trends».

— What are the criteria for evaluating the work of graduate students at HSE?

— It's no secret that the majority of graduate students (not only at HSE, but also at the vast majority of Russian universities) work at the same time. The size of a regular scholarship is not conducive to focusing only on writing a dissertation. We understand this, but we do not believe that the quality of the dissertation should suffer from this. At HSE, the work of postgraduate students on their dissertations has been transferred to a “project” basis — the obligations of postgraduate students at each stage of study have been formalized, and a collegial mechanism for evaluating postgraduate work has been launched.

At the same time, an intermediate control is carried out every six months - certification, the criteria for which are clear and transparent. If a graduate student wants to continue studying with us, he must comply with them. So - keep it up!

We recommend that all university graduates who are interested in studying at the Higher School of Economics carefully read the set of requirements for them at various stages of study, as well as clarify the documents for postgraduate studies on the website.

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The leadership of the Higher School of Economics has repeatedly advertised its program of academic graduate school (), or graduate school "full day", as "a training program at the level of world standards with co-leaders from among foreign researchers, in the fields of science "economics", "management", "sociology" and "technical sciences (department of software engineering)". In addition, 30 graduate students were offered a special scholarship of 25 rubles and work in HSE academic projects. It should be noted that this plentiful advertisement greatly excited the weak, immature minds of graduate students and even teachers. Moreover, the latter envied with black envy, because even at some faculties of Moscow State University, young teachers still receive half as much.

However, on January 27, 2012 at the meeting of the HSE Academic Council ( www.hse.ru/news/recent/47135557.html) provided some very interesting information:

Demand for the academic postgraduate (full-time postgraduate) program was also low. The results of a survey of graduate students conducted by the HSE Center for Internal Monitoring show that a third of graduate students will combine writing their dissertations with work outside HSE, regardless of the size of the stipend paid (now the scholarship for academic graduate school is 25,000 rubles a month). Another third of graduate students are ready to give up work, provided that their scholarship exceeds 50,000 rubles.
"We must understand, - noted Sergey Roshchin, - that with the achieved scale of our postgraduate studies and in the conditions of limited demand for this type of training and the limited academic market, strengthening the requirements for the quality of postgraduate applicants comes into conflict with the expected quantitative parameters."
Nevertheless, the scientific work of those who are already studying in graduate school, according to Sergei Roshchin, was in 2011 "more effective than ever." In particular, the indicator of defending dissertations by graduate students on time approached the average Russian level. This growth was the result of a whole set of measures and regulations adopted by the HSE graduate school since 2007. At the same time, the effect of them cannot last forever, and the reserves for an extensive increase in the share of defenses are "practically exhausted."

It would seem that what else do graduate students need - they are working on a dissertation, and they are paid a good scholarship for this. However, as always, "The devil is in the details". And the answer is simple:

Program ( www.hse.ru/org/hse/aspirant/acad_asp/about) assumes that the graduate student not only goes through the required training program, but also is at the faculty, department or research center all day long. And, therefore, takes an active part in the events held by the scientific unit.
Postgraduate students of the Program can work only[Hulio's note: emphasis mine] in HSE and HSE research projects.

I think few people will agree to write in the resume for the last three years "boy in the wings". Especially when experience is lost, when finding a suitable job in the specialty is incredibly difficult even after a university, not like after graduate school. In addition, as noted by British scientists, a three-year stay in the department as "errand boy" contributes little to the rapid writing of a good, suitable dissertation.

In addition, all PhD students enrolled in the Academic Postgraduate program are required to spend at least one semester at one of the partner universities abroad.

And not every Pinocchio wants to leave for six months over the hill.

The purpose of this is to orient the graduate student towards the development of an academic career, adapting as much as possible in the scientific environment.

And all this for the vague prospect of being able to “work at the Higher School of Economics and research projects of the University”. In order to later defend themselves and get an honorary position of an assistant at a university department with a salary of 7-8 tyr ...

Actually, apart from a generous offer of 25 tyr, which, as it turned out, almost no one needs, the HSE is not original: in other universities there is such an honorary position for graduate students - “trainee” at the department. The attitude towards these interns is appropriate ...

PS: when "sculpted" I forgot to mention this note about the entrance exams for this program - the requirements for candidates are really not bad, including ( www.hse.ru/org/hse/aspirant/acad_asp/rules): "International academic IELTS language certificate with a score of at least 6 points, or a TOEFL IBT (Internet Based) certificate of at least 80 points, TOEFL PBT (Paper Based) of at least 500 points." Here Burantina and realize that "at will" with such skills, they will be able to earn twice as much + work experience in their specialty will go.

Recruitment for the program "Academic Postgraduate" at the HSE continues

Many university graduates strive to enter graduate school, although everyone knows that a scholarship for a graduate student in the humanities is small - 2,500 rubles. Therefore, few universities and research institutes are taking various measures to encourage graduate students in the form of scholarships and grants. Some of these attempts are successful and some are not. Portal PhDRu already posted a note about an unsuccessful project "Academic Postgraduate Program" at the Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE). Nevertheless, this project is very intensively advertised in the media, including on these very Internets.

The main fatal flaw of the project "Academic Graduate School" SU-HSE consisted of excessively high requirements for candidates who were offered a full-time job for 25,000 rubles per month "spin" around campus, participating in various organizational or research projects that may have nothing to do with their dissertation research. By the way, a specialist with similar qualifications and good knowledge in English in the business sector of the capital of this country receives from 50 to 75 thousand rubles. At the same time, a practitioner has more chances to defend a dissertation, since working in a company, he can collect practical material for his "dissertation". In the end, those who want to work hard "for happiness" at the SU-HSE, while losing seniority, it turned out to be quite a bit. Which was a little predictable...

However, since the fall of 2012, according to the statement of HSE Vice-Rector Sergey Yuryevich Roshchin, this project has been going on:

We continue the project launched two years ago to develop academic postgraduate studies, the purpose of which is to bring postgraduate students to the level of international standards of academic activity. This year, the HSE Academic Council decided to expand the space for academic postgraduate studies, in addition to the already existing two areas in economics and sociology, such areas as History, Philosophy, Philology, Political Science, Mathematics will be opened , "Technical science". Apart from a “good” scholarship (its amount is 25,000 rubles), the program is distinguished from the “ordinary” postgraduate study by a rather serious educational component; also, from the first year of study, postgraduate students take part in the work of various research teams of the university, including as part of international laboratories.
Today, more than ten international laboratories operate at HSE, four of them were established as part of the implementation of Order No. 220 of the Ministry of Education and Science “On Measures to Attract Leading Scientists to Russian educational institutions higher vocational education". In Moscow, the work of the Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry and its Applications is directed by Professor Fedor Bogomolov; there are two international laboratories on the St. Petersburg campus - the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research under the direction of Professor Ronald Inglehart and the Laboratory for the Theory of Markets and Spatial Economics under the direction of Professor Jacques-Francois Tiss, on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod campus there is the Laboratory of Algorithms and Technologies for Analyzing Network Structures, its head is Professor Miltiad Pardalos. Such involvement of graduate students in real work, in my opinion, largely determines the success of writing Ph.D. dissertations. In the second year of study, all PhD students undergo internships at various partner universities and scientific centers peace. Just now, the guys who joined us in 2010 have gone to different universities for internships, and first-year graduate students report on the work done during the academic year and apply for internships next year.

The admission of documents to the free postgraduate study of the National research university"High School of Economics".

The training of scientific and pedagogical personnel of the highest qualification is carried out according to. Postgraduate programs are implemented at the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and St. Petersburg campuses of the university and MIEM HSE. Postgraduate education is free, admission is carried out at state-funded places. Currently, training is being conducted in the physical and mathematical, technical, economic, historical, philological, philosophical, sociological, political and pedagogical branches of science.

In addition to state scholarships, HSE PhD students can receive research grants and nominal scholarships. Non-resident and foreign applicants are provided with a hostel. Young researchers take an active part in international scientific conferences and seminars.

The HSE Postgraduate School was opened in 1995. Over 40% of applicants for postgraduate study at the Higher School of Economics are graduates of other universities. Practicing doctors and candidates of sciences act as scientific supervisors, many of whom teach at foreign universities.

Since 2010, the Higher School of Economics has been implementing a program, or full-time postgraduate study, which includes a mandatory study program for postgraduate students and a mandatory internship at a Western university. PhD students are supervised by foreign researchers and employees of the National Research University Higher School of Economics who received a PhD degree.

Postgraduate studies at the Higher School of Economics are trying to meet all the requirements of modern educational standards. Reforming postgraduate studies remains one of the priorities of the university. After the entry into force on September 1, 2013 of the new law on education, there have been significant changes in the status of postgraduate studies. Postgraduate studies are now the third step higher education. Directions have replaced narrow specialties. In order to ensure single standard the quality of work of postgraduate students within the framework of one direction at the National Research University Higher School of Economics were created. Now the university has 12 graduate schools, which are designed to help graduate students fit into the current research agenda outside the department or research center, as well as to provide internships and consultations with various partner centers.

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