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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.

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.

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.

In September, the Higher School of Economics Graduate School of Business hosted interactive master classes for more than 500 first-year students with one of Russia’s leading sustainability experts. ESG expert Svetlana Ivchenko introduced students of the flagship undergraduate programs Business Administration and Marketing and Market Analytics not only to practices and strategies of sustainable development management in major Russian metallurgical companies, but also to her personal experience of professional transformation as a top manager grounded in values. The master classes were held as part of the career guidance seminar “The Profession of a Manager in the Modern World”, organized by one of its instructors — Associate Professor Ekaterina Ivanova of the Department of Strategic and International Management, who familiarized students with the theory and practice of ethics, responsibility, and sustainability in contemporary business.

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 HSE Graduate School of Business and Axenix have signed an agreement on a new stage of collaboration.

The partnership covers several areas at once — participation in managing educational programs, joint implementation of academic courses, and the development of modern infrastructure for student project work.

In July, the HSE Graduate School of Business (HSE GSB) hosted official graduation ceremonies for students of five bachelor’s programs and twelve master’s programs. Degrees were awarded to 675 bachelor’s and 785 master’s graduates, with 25 and 37 of them respectively graduating with honors.

Students of the Bachelor's program in Marketing and Market Analytics at the HSE Graduate School of Business successfully defended their course projects, developed in response to real briefs from Russian and international companies.

Viktoria Vikulina is a first-year undergraduate student in the “Digital Product Management” program at the HSE Graduate School of Business. In this interview, she shares why she chose HSE as her alma mater, how the program helps her pursue her career ambitions, and how she has benefited from HSE GSB events.