'When You Transform the Environment around You, That Is Definitely a Success'
A year ago, Inna Andreyanova, Director of Corporate Development at the Foundation for the Development of ISTC 'Intelligent Electronics–Valdai' and graduate of the Master's Programme in Management in Higher Education at HSE University, took up the position of General Director of the Foundation for the Development of the UNITY PARK Innovative Scientific and Technological Centre in Surgut. In this interview, Inna Andreyanova talks about working on the development of a major federal project, her studies at HSE University, and the motivation she draws from a job that makes full use of her skills.
‘It’s Important to Me Not to Rest on My Laurels’
Uliana Kisataeva, a student at the HSE Graduate School of Business, was one of the winners of the UN Global Compact PRME 2025 Business Case Competition supported by the United Nations. As part of the competition, Uliana presented a digital platform called Green B2B Match, which can help businesses reduce their carbon footprint and contribute to the development of responsible consumption. In an interview with the HSE News Service, she spoke about her project, the competition, and her victory.
HSE Tops the Ranking of Universities with the Best Employer Reputation
On October 16, 2025, Forbes Education published its list of the top 20 Russian universities with the best employer reputation in 2025. The ranking was based on a survey of leading Russian employers, who named the higher education institutions whose graduates they consider the most well-prepared and are most inclined to hire. HSE University took first place in the ranking.
HSE Graduate School of Business Climbs Higher in Eduniversal Ranking
The HSE Graduate School of Business has risen to a new level in the prestigious international Eduniversal Best Business Schools Ranking 2025, receiving 4 Palmes of Excellence. This status is awarded to world-leading business schools that demonstrate significant international influence, high academic standards, and sustainable connections with the global professional community.
Million-Rouble Startup: HSE University Students on Their Projects
Anastasia Yanke and Vadim Yelkin, students of the HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM), have each received a grant of one million roubles to pursue their entrepreneurial ventures. The Student Startup programme has been implemented for four years by the Foundation for the Promotion of Innovation as part of the federal project Technology to support startup projects by students of Russian universities. This season, 43 projects of HSE University students are among the winners.
HSE Graduate School of Business Once Again Tops Russian Business School Ranking
The HSE Graduate School of Business has reaffirmed its status as the leader of Russian business education. For the second year in a row, the GSB has topped the National Ranking of Business Schools, demonstrating consistently strong results across key learning indicators.
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Works of HSE Art and Design Students Presented at Pingyao International Photography Festival
On September 19, the 25th Pingyao International Photography Festival (PIP) opened in Pingyao, Shanxi Province, China. The exhibition features the works of 16 students of the Faculty of Creative Industries at the HSE Art and Design School, selected following the results of the HSE Creative Open / Photoproject international competition, which received more than 300 entries.
HSE Students Win International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence
In the finals of the olympiad, the Russian team competed with 300 talented schoolchildren from 61 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Hungary, China, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Poland, Serbia, Singapore, the USA, Sweden, and Japan. The finals included team and individual rounds. In the team round, the Russian team made it into the top 10, winning a silver medal. In the individual competition, Russian schoolchildren won six gold medals, one silver, and one bronze.
Flying Robot and Medical Equipment: Projects by HSE University Graduates at ‘Moscow 2030’ Forum
At the end of August, 2025, a large-scale forum ‘Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030’ took place at the Museon Art Park, where students from different universities demonstrated their inventions and art installations. Graduates of the 2025 Master’s programme in Product and Industrial Design at HSE Art and Design School presented the first Russian autonomous flying robot, Belka, and medical equipment designed for disinfecting donated blood, Ance. They shared details of their projects with the HSE News Service.
HSE Doctoral Student Awarded for Best PhD Presentation at 58th Societas Linguistica Europaea Conference
From August 26–29, 2025, the largest annual linguistics conference, Societas Linguistica Europaea, took place in Bordeaux, France. Doctoral students and researchers from HSE University took part in the event. The paper ‘Lability Drift in Modern Aramaic languages’ by Elena Shvedova was highly praised by the expert community and took first place among PhD student presentations. In an interview with the HSE News Service, Elena Shvedova spoke about her research and the conference itself.