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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.

In September, the Cultural Center of HSE University hosted the closing ceremony of the 2024–2025 sports season. As part of the event, the winners of the overall ranking of the 17th HSE Spartakiad were awarded, where the sports team of the HSE Graduate School of Business claimed a confident 1st place.

On October 3, 2025, the HSE Graduate School of Business hosted a training seminar for faculty members dedicated to the possibilities of artificial intelligence in educational and administrative activities.

The HSE Graduate School of Business has reached a new level in the prestigious international Eduniversal Best Business Schools Ranking 2025, receiving the category 4 Palmes of Excellence (Top Business School with significant international influence). This status is awarded to leading global business schools that demonstrate significant international influence, a high academic standard, and strong connections with the global professional community.

The online master's program “Marketing Management” is originally designed for distance learning. However, this year, at the initiative of students who expressed a desire to start their studies with in-person communication and getting to know each other, Knowledge Day was held in a hybrid format. On October 3, first-year students met on the HSE GSB campus on Shabolovka, and those who could not come joined online — together they launched the new academic year.

The collection of teaching cases at the HSE Graduate School of Business now includes its first case in Japanese. The story of the Sakhalin-based window manufacturer KARVI has become available for use in teaching both degree students and participants of the MBA program.

Denis Konvisarev is studying in the master’s program “International Management” at the HSE Graduate School of Business. In his interview, he shares how studying at HSE GSB helps develop cross-cultural competencies, make friends from all over the world, and combine academic workload with a vibrant extracurricular life. He also talked about his favorite instructors, cases, internships, student club life, and why it is important to be proactive in a master’s program.

The HSE Graduate School of Business has summed up the results of the 2025 admission campaign. This year, 940 students were admitted to bachelor’s programs and more than 980 to master’s programmes. Traditionally, the competition amounted to dozens of applications per state-funded place. For the first time, the competition for fee-paying places was just as high: for the bachelor’s program “International Business” – 20.1 applications per place, “Data Analysis Technologies” – 19.7; and for the joint master’s programme with Avito, “Product Management in IT Business” – 15.8.