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MBA students from the HSE Graduate School of Business recently completed the international part of their program at the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University. The module focused on business development through innovation. Participants explored how new technologies impact corporate structures and visited companies specializing in robotics and renewable energy.

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.

Bangkok, October 29 – The HSE Graduate School of Business has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sasin School of Management at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand’s leading business school. The agreement focuses on joint research and educational projects in the field of management. The memorandum was signed by Valeriy Katkalo, Director of the HSE Graduate School of Business and Ian Fenwick, Director of Sasin School of Management. The signing ceremony was held in the presence of Evgeny Tomikhin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Thailand.

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.”