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A delegation from the HSE Graduate School of Business took part in the 12th international "Responsible Management Education Research Conference" (RMERC 2025), held from October 21 to 23 in the Serbian capital by the Faculty of Organizational Sciences at the University of Belgrade and the PRME Working Group on Poverty. RMERC is one of the world's leading platforms for discussing current practices in developing responsible business education, facilitating dialogue among scholars on cutting-edge research results, and implementing new educational approaches.

HSE Graduate School of Business and Yango—a global tech company behind ride-hailing and on-demand services—hosted the Digital Innovation Hackathon, an intensive, gamified competition where students sharpened product skills while reimagining everyday urban mobility.

HSE Graduate School of Business hosted a seminar titled “Business Education Today: Challenges, Trends, Solutions,” organized jointly with the Russian Association of Business Education (RABE).

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.

In today’s business world — whether in Russia or on the global stage — success is impossible without mastering the art of negotiation. It is a fundamental skill that distinguishes outstanding professionals and turns challenges into opportunities. On October 21, as part of the “Made in Russia” Forum, the School of Export of the Russian Export Center (REC) held the “Student Tournament on Negotiations with Foreign Partners.” This year, the tournament reached a new level: for the first time, the competition was conducted simultaneously in three languages — Russian, English, and Chinese.

HSE Graduate School of Business student Ulyana Kisataeva became one of the winners of the UN Global Compact PRME Business Case Competition 2025 supported by the United Nations. As part of the competition, Ulyana presented her project Green B2B Match — a digital platform designed to help businesses reduce their carbon footprint and promote responsible consumption. In an interview with Vyshka.Glavnoe, she spoke about her project, the competition, and her experience of winning it.

How to ensure that corporate culture supports strategy and that the “right” people join and stay in the company. Students of the MBA program at the HSE Graduate School of Business master tools for managing corporate culture and internal communications.

Vsevolod Aleksandrov is currently a second-year bachelor’s student in Business Informatics at the HSE Graduate School of Business. In his interview, he shared how he was admitted through the targeted quota, which opportunities at the HSE Graduate School of Business he has already taken advantage of, how he combines participation in case championships with working as a business analyst in a startup, and why it is worth trying everything and immersing yourself 100% in student life.

Natalia Alyamovskaya, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Department of Operations Management and Logistics at the HSE Graduate School of Business, has become a winner of the nationwide program “Alfa-Future. Grants for Teachers.”

On October 16, Forbes Education published the 2025 ranking of the top 20 Russian universities with the best reputation among employers. The ranking is based on a survey of leading employers in Russia, who named the universities whose graduates they consider the most well-prepared and prefer to hire. HSE University took first place in the ranking.