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Mam Isatou Njie is 21. Born in West Africa’s Gambia, she can be well considered an authentic Moscow resident now that she entered her fourth year of ICEF International Bachelor’s Programme in Economics and Finance. Here’s Mam about the essential things to know about living and studying in Moscow, ways to get a tuition discount, and the Russian celebration she likes best.

Elina Starkova enrolled in ICEF Master’s Programme in Financial Economics this year, right after completing her engineering degree at HSE Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics. Here’s why, what extra courses Elina’s doing, and what she does to reduce study stress.

Liu Minglin, who is in his final year of the International Bachelor’s Programme in Economics and Finance at ICEF, shares his impressions of living in Russia and studying at HSE University.

Liu Minglin, 22, chose to study at ICEF in Moscow for two reasons: his Russian friends’ recommendations and the contents of the programme curriculum on the website. Liu says his admission went smoothly, without excessive red tape, and that ICEF staff were quick to respond to all his questions.

Snezhana Yerashova entered ICEF Master’s Programme after completing her economics degree in Lomonosov Moscow State University. Good-natured and committed, her classmates wouldn’t find a better candidate to be their representative. Nor would we find a more apt person to ask first about how our new cohort are doing in their new environment and what they think about their first few months in ICEF.

On October 25-26, 2024 ICEF held the Sixth ICEF International Conference on Applied Economics at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. The conference was held in the format of live discussions with the participation of researchers from leading Russian and foreign universities, which contributed to the exchange of ideas and the development of international cooperation.

Last April Vera Potekhina, who earned her bachelor’s from ICEF in 2024, started a job at Sberbank. We talked to Vera to find out how she searched – and landed – promising internships, what makes ICEF Career Services a great source of career advice, and how the Sberbank junior investment sales manager has been to as many as seven Russian regions in just one year through work.

In mid-October, the delegation of ICEF HSE visited Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) in China’s Chengdu.

Georgy Khvatkin, who is in his first year of study in ICEF International Bachelor’s Programme in Economics and Finance, won gold at the World Cadet, Youth and Junior Sambo Championship. Competing in this year’s Championship, held in Larnaca, Republic of Cyprus, were 575 wrestlers from 33 countries. Georgy proved his superiority in the 98 kg weight category. Here’s the master sportsman about how he decided to enroll in ICEF, when he started practicing Sambo, how regularly he trains, what role Jackie Chan played in his becoming a pro athlete, and the benefits to having a beloved twin sister.

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