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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.

Alexandra Pavlenko is a fourth-year Bachelor’s student in Marketing and Market Analytics at the HSE Graduate School of Business. She is the co-founder of the student organization Product Hub, a designer, speaker, freelancer, and a person who “knows how to sell visuals.” In this interview, Alexandra talks about how she found her path in product design, why she chose HSE, and how student initiatives can lead to the TED stage and into a major IT team.

On September 19, Master’s students of the programs Product Management in IT Business (delivered jointly with Avito) and E-Business and Digital Innovations at the Higher School of Economics Graduate School of Business participated in the finals and award ceremony of StarTech.Awards 2025.

The HSE University Graduate School of Business is proud to announce that Uliana Kisataeva, Master’s student in International Management and participant of the 2025 LEAP Leadership Development Programme, has become one of the winners of the UN Global Compact PRME Business Case Competition 2025.

The Higher School of Economics Graduate School of Business hosted an open dialogue with Elena Tyatenkova, Senior Vice President and Head of Network Management at Alfa-Bank.