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In early December, Vice Rector Alexey Koshel hosted his traditional welcome meeting with new international faculty members. In 2025, HSE University welcomes 44 successful candidates for tenure-track positions and postdoctoral fellowships.

On November 28, 2025, the International College of Economics and Finance (ICEF) of HSE University hosted the 14th International Moscow Finance Conference. The event brought together many leading researchers in financial economics. The program featured three regular sessions focusing on cutting‑edge topics in contemporary finance research and a keynote address by Allen N. Berger, Professor of Finance at the University of South Carolina (USA).

Danila Karapsin is a freshly baked graduate of the ICEF Master’s Programme but already a seasoned professional. Danila studied for his degree from 2023 to 2025 and started a job in his second year. He currently holds a developer analyst post at Yandex, specialising in FinTech—the field encompassing everything related to transfers, payments, loans, and savings. One major app for accessing the fintech products is Yandex Pay, whose team has Danila as its member. We met with Danila to find out more about his job and which of his master’s courses prove to be most useful in it.

In late October, the academics of ICEF HSE and FES HSE went to Wuhan University (China) for the Wuhan University – HSE Joint Workshop on Applied Economics, a venue that has brought together the economics researchers of the two universities.

October 10, 2025 ICEF held the Seventh ICEF International Conference on Applied Economics at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. The conference was held in offline format with the participation of researchers from leading Russian and foreign universities, which contributed to the exchange of ideas among academics doing state-of-the-art research on applied economics including industrial organization, the economics of education and labour, environmental economics and energy transition, empirical analysis of legal institutions and corporate governance.

In late August, ICEF HSE hosted a delegation from the Vietnam National University–University of Economics and Business (VNU-UEB), Hanoi.
The visit resulted in the signing of a student exchange agreement designed to strengthen cooperation between the two institutions.

The start of student life is an exhilarating adventure and a step into a whole new life. Every year ICEF welcomes its new class to Freshman Day, where they meet their teachers, tutors and administrative staff to be navigated through the learning process, rules of study, e-resources, and what to expect from the years as ICEF students.

Ilya Vuchenovich, 23, has made it onto the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 List 2025. Together with his 29-year-old sibling Alexander, the promising Russian businessman and graduate of ICEF HSE runs Drinksome – a swiftly growing company with reputation as a leader on domestic non-alcoholic beverages market it has won in just a short amount of time.

In August 2025, HSE University and Fudan University entered into a cooperation agreement to launch a double-degree master's programme. This programme integrates the curricula of ICEF's "Financial Economics" at HSE and the "Finance" programme at Fudan University. By combining the best academic traditions of Russia and China, it offers students a unique opportunity to study in both countries.

From July 6 to 16, 2025, ICEF HSE hosted its inaugural International Summer School in Economics and Finance for students from partner universities. Thirty undergraduate students from China, Vietnam, Turkey, and the UAE joined their peers at ICEF for a programme that combined rigorous academic sessions with cultural immersion. The academic component was delivered by ICEF and HSE faculty, along with industry experts in economics and financial markets.