Admissions
Admissions to tuition-free doctoral studies at HSE open on February 01, 2018. International students can choose from 15 PhD programmes in fields ranging from Mathematics to Art and Design. The programmes are offered at HSE campuses in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Nizhny Novgorod. It is not necessary to speak Russian in order to pursue a PhD at HSE – the thesis can be written in English. Several international students are already pursuing doctoral degrees at HSE and one of them, Keunwon Choi from South Korea, has shared his impressions with us.
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On the blog of European multinational software corporation SAP, Siraj Mayen, a student in HSE’s Faculty of Computer Science, discussed what it is like studying in Russia, as well as his research project in the field of e-health. Before moving to Russia, Siraj spent three years working as an IT specialist in Qatar. He was able to successfully apply his knowledge and experience to his work at the Higher School Economics and to his projects with SAP. Siraj is currently a second year master’s student in the System and Software Engineering programme, as well as a participant of the SAP University Alliance.