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From October 6 to 10, 2025, the HSE Graduate School of Business hosted its traditional Fall Career Week, which brought together over 1,000 students and 16 leading employers in Russia. This year’s program was especially rich: master classes, a panel discussion, practical sessions, and networking events helped students showcase their potential, develop professional skills, and take a step closer to their dream careers.

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.

At the HSE Graduate School of Business (GSB) campus on Shabolovka, Knowledge Day was traditionally filled with vibrant partner activities, guest lectures, and master classes by representatives of the country’s leading companies, as well as the opening of a new dedicated Avito classroom. In the 2025/2026 academic year, more than 5,500 students will study at HSE GSB, including 950 first-year bachelor’s students and 1,050 first-year master’s students, among them 718 international students from 63 countries.

The international summer school Digital Product Management, a joint educational project by the HSE Graduate School of Business (HSE GSB) and Alfa-Bank, brought together over 30 students from leading Chinese universities.

Polina Pavlyuchenok, a first-year master's student of the “Strategic Management: Investment and Consulting” Master program, was the first one to take the leap and go to NSB Bangalore on academic mobility. Exchange studies in India became not just a real challenge for her, but also a major milestone in life. In this article, she talks about how to study, survive, adapt and enjoy life in Bangalore.

Anna Yurgelas, a Master's student at the HSE Graduate School of Business (GSB) in the International Management program, shares her impressions of the Spring 2024/2025 mobility semester at one of the best universities in China — Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Ekaterina Shurinova, a student in the Marketing and Market Analytics program, spent a semester abroad at City University of Hong Kong. In her story, she shares the details of the application process, life in a student dorm with an ocean view, studying in an international environment, and traveling around Asia. You'll find useful tips, personal impressions, and an honest take on academic mobility in this article.

A GSB student Mikhail Apakov (Master in Electronic Business and Digital Innovations) shares their experience of participating in the academic mobility program at Corvinus University. From a spontaneous application and paperwork to adapting to a new academic system and building meaningful connections abroad — read the full personal story here.

On June 1, 2025, the Higher School of Business at HSE University hosted the most anticipated and large-scale student event of the academic year — the open-air festival GSB Summer Fest’25. The festival brought together over 1,500 students, alumni, prospective students, and faculty under the theme "Generations." Five eras, five visual codes, and five worldviews — all in one day.

X5 Group has increased the number of student grants available for applicants to the HSE Graduate School of Business. Twenty-five talented candidates will receive partial tuition coverage for the master’s program “B2C Business Management: Technologн and Innovation” (formerly Retail Management). Applications for the grants open on June 20.