Education

The Econometrics Universiade 2023 has summed up the results of its first stage. Among those who have successfully completed it are many ICEF students, as usual. Twenty-six of them are 3- and 4-year undergraduates and have scored more than half of the points required to proceed to final stage, the latter scheduled for April 8 and will, for the first time since 2019, be held in-person. Since this year, Econometrics Universiade classifies as competition on the Lomonosov list.

In addition to the core curriculum, ICEF offers a wide array of electives allowing students to learn programming, data management and much more. Students are welcome to join on-campus activities or contribute to project work. Here’s how ICEF students customize their learning process, upgrade their skills as researchers or project team members, and join student life by assuming, for example, roles as tutors.

Three 3rd-year undergraduates are back from Bilgi University after their exchange semester that spanned the months between September 2022 and January 2023. Here’s why the girls chose Bilgi, what it was like to be its exchange students, and what makes cultural exchange no less productive than the academic one.

Using English as a language for studying Economics and Finance, communicating with teachers and peers from across the world, reading advanced research and discussing with global industry specialists – this and other advantages are available to ICEF students thanks to the high-quality English language teaching. How is it being delivered? Watch this video to find out.

The HSE University has summed up the results of its Student Research Paper Competition-2022, held among students and graduates. For the representatives of ICEF, this contest was yet another proof of their excellent performance. Four won prizes as best finance and economics papers, three more received an honourable mention. This year’s competition among participants was greater than ever: since 2021 the authors of the winning papers receive a special scholarship from HSE for exceptional academic achievements.

Igor Batov is in his second year of ICEF’s bachelor’s programme and has received the honoured Master of Sports title at the Russian Ballroom Dancing Championship. In this interview, Igor shares how to balance studying and dancing, how sports help in building skills, and why strive for sporting success.

For the third year running, the Higher School of Economics is leading the top 100 Russian universities ranking, released by Forbes magazine for the fifth time.

Jamila Fomina earned her Master’s in Financial Economics from ICEF in 2020 and her bachelor’s from HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs. Jamila served at SBER CIB Treasury and later joined Citi, serving currently as a senior corporate banking analyst in Dubai. Here’s what Jamila thinks contributed to her graduation with honours, what makes a multinational bank an exciting place to be, and how the business culture in the Middle East is different from that in Europe.

ICEF Academia offers its students advanced courses, research opportunities, access to scientific debate, and more in-depth training for academic careers. Its courses are taken alongside core curriculum. Presenting ICEF Academia to the new cohort of students were its leaders, teachers, and ICEF graduate Andrey Voronin, who shared his experience of gaining admission to PhD programme at UCLA (USA).

Cryptocurrencies have fallen to two-year low after FTX exchange filed for bankruptcy in November 2022, sending shock waves through the crypto world and agitating investors to revise their strategies and predictions as to what will happen on the digital investment market. In her talk called Cryptocurrencies and NFT, Victoria Dobrynskaya explained the volatility of crypto markets and expanded on the phenomenon of NFT as a digital asset.