Svetlana Nikiforova

National Research University — Higher School of Economics

Consistently ranked as one of Russia's top universities, the Higher School of Economics is a leader in Russian education and one of the preeminent economics and social sciences universities in eastern Europe and Eurasia. Having rapidly grown into a well-renowned research university over two decades, HSE sets itself apart with its international presence and cooperation. Our faculty, researchers, and students represent over 50 countries, and are dedicated to maintaining the highest academic standards. Our newly-adopted structural reforms support HSE's drive to internationalize and the groundbreaking research of our faculty, researchers, and students. Today HSE is 4 campuses (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Perm), 7 000 lecturers and researchers, 35 100 students and 65 000 graduates. Before 2014, the HSE had approximately 40 faculties and schools. In 2014, structural reforms led to the creation of ‘big' faculties: — Faculty of Computer Science; — Faculty of Economic Sciences; — Faculty of Business and Management; — Faculty of Communications, Media and Design; — Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; — Faculty of Humanities; — Faculty of Social Sciences; — Faculty of Mathematics; — Faculty of Law; — International College of Economics and Finance; — HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE); — Faculty of Physics; — Faculty of Chemistry; — Faculty of Urban and Regional Development; — Faculty of Biology and Biotechnologies. For more information please visit our website: https://www.hse.ru/en/