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

Alexander Usvitskiy, who earned his bachelor’s degree from HSE ICEF (class of 2013) and his PhD from the Florida State University (class of 2020), embarked on his teaching career at ICEF this past September. Here’s how these few months unfolded for Alexander in capacity of teacher, how he feels about his student years, and what projects he is working on today.

The HSE Student Research Paper Competition 2023 (SRPC) has announced its results. Among prize winners in the Finance category is Natalia Korsik, who holds her bachelor’s from ICEF.

For the graduates, faculty, staff and management of ICEF, the grand Pre-Christmas Meeting has become an indispensable part of New Year celebrations. A traditions established by ICEF over the years of its existence, it turns ICEF into an attractive place where the nation’s young leaders of finance, real economy and IT industry meet for a festive get-together.

ICEF students stay true to the good tradition of sitting their first winter examination – Accounting – dressed in New Year costumes.

The group of third-year students are back from their exchange in Shanghai University. One special challenge they experienced was that the English-taught courses they were due for in Shanghai constitute the master’s level there, whereas ICEF teaches them as part of bachelor’s degree. Doubting their capability to complete those courses with good results, the guys, however, proved highly competent, grasping new concepts and maintaining discussions just perfectly.

ICEF students have set up a group for traveling around Russia. With experiential travel as its main activity, the group believe that visiting new places is a great way to refresh the head from too much studying and restart creative muscles. The group have been to Tula, Nizhny Novgorod, and Lake Baikal. They plan to expand their route network and welcome new members to join them. Here are some of their impressions and how adventures and emotions can help reset the health of our brain.

Maxim Shibanov is in his first year of ICEF’s Master of Financial Economics programme. Maxim knows how to stay motivated when you are a humanities major working toward an academically demanding economics degree. A top graduate of Saint Petersburg State University, Maxim majors in political science but chose to change his field soon after graduation. He moved to Moscow and started his master’s studies at the International College of Economics and Finance. Maxim says he’s never regretted his choice despite having to study nine hours a day with no days off.

ICEF student team ICE FC finished second in the HSE Football Cup fall season. Here’s Artem Smirnov (Y3), who scored game-winning goal, about his impressions of the game, the things that playing sports can teach us, and how history and literature can help solve economic problems.

On 24-25 November 2023 the International Laboratory of Financial Economics (HSE ICEF LFE) and the Centre for Institutional Studies (HSE CInSt) hosted the 12^th ICEF-CInSt International Moscow Finance Conference.