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HSE graduate student Elena Korobova stays connected with her alma mater since high school. First a student of HSE lyceum class, Elena went on to study at HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs and earned her bachelor’s with honours in 2022.Now in her second year of master’s studies, Elena shares about the reasons she chose ICEF that include English-medium instruction, Spanish, study abroad opportunities, and student-friendly atmosphere. The latter is largely credited to ICEF’s academics with experience of graduate studies abroad. 

On March 2-3, the HSE Nizhny Novgorod hosted the HSE Inter Football Cup 2024. Competing in it were the student teams of HSE Moscow, ICEF (2023 Cup winner), Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg, and Perm. The ICEF team gloriously won the third place.

The Econometrics Universiade 2024 has announced the results of its first stage. As has been the practice in recent years, the event held its first round online and posed contestants to the tasks requiring creative thinking and researcher skills. As in previous years, the list of stage-one winners includes ICEF.

Anton Potapenko earned his bachelor’s from ICEF in 2006 and has years of successful career in international investment banking. Currently an executive at India’s conglomerate Essar Group, Anton shares about the hard and soft skills he had gained from ICEF and offers his advice to students of today.

We are proud to announce that ICEF team is now an eight-time HSE Russian Weightlifting winner, with a total team score of 122.2.

The Higher School of Economics has given a start to its Spring Football Championship. Among competing teams is ICEF’s ICE FC. Here’s its captain Platon Prokhorov, who is in his second year of study, about how math is related to sports, why he chose ICEF, and how to make a childhood dream a reality by turning goals into actions.

Zhora Sukasian earned his bachelor’s degree from ICEF in 2020 and is currently a Product Manager at Tinkoff. Here’s his story of getting into ICEF, being its student and starting a job.

ICEF undergraduate students Maria Denisova and Yana Fedosimova have completed their three-month exchange at Istanbul Bilgi University. Founded in 1996 as a private university, BILGI delivers its degrees in two languages, Turkish and English, operating as the University of London Recognized Teaching Center for degrees in economics, management, finance and social sciences. Here’s Maria’s and Yana’s experience of doing the Economics and Finance (Honors) courses at BILGI.

The HSE Student Research Paper Competition 2023 (SRPC 2023) has announced its results. Among prize winners in the Finance category is Natalia Korsik, a graduate of ICEF’s International Bachelor’s Programme in Economics and Finance.

Victoria Pralich, Head of ICEF Career Services, talks about where the class of 2023 have found jobs and pursue further studies.