- About Olympiad
- Who can participate?
- What does participation in the Olympiad mean?
- When and in what format is the Olympiad being implemented?
The Open Doors offers limitless opportunities for education, self-development, and new academic career prospects in Russia for young talented individuals from around the globe.
The Open Doors has been held annually since 2017. It is organized by the Association of Global Universities, a consortium of leading Russian universities, and is supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and Rossotrudnichestvo.
Each year, over a hundred thousand talented and motivated young people from many countries participate in the Open Doors. The competition covers 14 interdisciplinary Subjects, ranging from engineering and medicine to economics and linguistics, with tracks available for bachelor's, master's, PhD, and postdoctoral candidates. Participation in the Open Doors is free of charge and the competition is held online. The working languages of the Open Doors are English and Russian.
Winning the Open Doors gives admission to bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD programs, or secures a postdoc position in research projects at one of Russia's leading universities through a streamlined, one-stop process. Over the past seven years, more than 6,000 international students have enjoyed his opportunity.
Who can participate in the Open Doors?
Foreign citizens or stateless persons, including compatriots living abroad, who can verify the completion of the previous degree of education or who will complete it in the year the Open Doors is held, depending on the chosen track:
- Bachelor’s track – a completed general secondary education;
- Master’s track – a degree of higher education, at least that of a bachelor;
- PhD track – a degree of higher education, at least that of a master’s or specialist;
- Participants of the postdoctoral track should have a PhD or a candidate/doctor of science degree.
What are the benefits for the winners of the bachelor’s, master’s or PhD tracks?
- Free tuition for the chosen study program, taught in English or Russian. Students who have selected a degree program taught in Russian are entitled to a year of complimentary Russian language training;
- The opportunity to choose a university and degree program through a streamlined, one-stop system;
- An engaging student life experience and vibrant campus environment;
- Ongoing support and assistance provided at every stage of the academic journey.
What are the benefits for the winners of the postdoctoral track?
- A postdoc position in a research project at one of Russia's universities;
- The opportunity to choose a university research project through a streamlined one-stop system;
- The opportunity to work under the guidance of world-renowned scientists, using state-of-the-art research equipment;
- Continuous support at every stage of their research work.
Online format of participation at all stages.
The registration start date is September 5, 2024
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Registration
5 September - 20 November 2024
Registration and portfolio submission
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First stage
21 - 27 November 2024
Grading of the portfolios
2 December 2024
Announcement of the first stage results
The results of portfolio evaluation are published in the participants' personal accounts
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Second stage
05 - 10 December 2024
Completing Olympiad tasks in proctoring mode
06 December 2024 - 09 January 2025
Grading of the second stage of the competition
10 January 2025
Announcement of the second stage results
Appeal process
17 January 2025
Announcement of winners and prize-winners in Bachelor’s and Master’s tracks
Subjects of the Olympiads for the 2025-2026 academic year
- Bachelor's programmes
- Master's programmes
English-taught programmes
Politics and International Studies
Economics and Econometrics
Business and Management
Russian-taught programmes (the Preparatory year programme is obligatory for application)
Business and Management
Engineering and Technology
Computer and Data Science
Linguistics and Modern Languages
Earth and Environmental Sciences for Sustainability
Politics and International Studies
Applied Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
Physical Sciences and Technology
Economics and Econometrics
English-taught programmes
Business and Management
Linguistics and Modern Languages
Politics and International Studies
Applied Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
Economics and Econometrics
Russian-taught programmes (the Preparatory year programme is obligatory for application)
Business and Management
Engineering and Technology
Computer and Data Science
Linguistics and Modern Languages
Earth and Environmental Sciences for Sustainability
Education and Psychology
Politics and International Studies
Applied Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
Physical Sciences and Technology
Economics and Econometrics
The HSE University is a modern multidisciplinary world — class university!
HSE University is a dynamically developing international talent magnet, with over 5,500 international bachelor's and master's students from more than 120 countries.
Every year, more than 2,000 students from Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, China, Vietnam, Nigeria, Ghana, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and many other countries enroll at HSE University.
The list of undergraduate and graduate programs is diverse, ranging from economics and software engineering to neuroscience and contemporary art. As a result, we jokingly refer to our university as the Higher School of Everything.
Among the various fields of study, economics, design, management, software engineering, applied mathematics and computer science, foreign languages and intercultural communication, international relations, and political science have consistently been the most popular among international students.
Why HSE?
- Vyshka in rankings
- International students
- Preparatory year
- Support and Career Centre for International Students and Alumni
| Logo | Agency | Ranking | Year | Global | Russia | Methodology |
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MosIUR |
The Three University Missions |
2024 |
135 |
4 |
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| QS | World University Rankings | 2025 | 440 | 5 | Methodology | |
| THE | World University Rankings | 2024 | 401-500 | 4 | Methodology | |
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USNews | Best Global Universities | 2025 | 608 | 4-5 | Methodology |
| ARWU | Academic Ranking of World Universities | 2024 | 701-800 | 5 | Methodology | |
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CWUR | The Center for World University Rankings | 2025 | 738 | 10 | Methodology |
5500+ international students
100+ countries
- Pre-university russian languages programme
- Russian language and cultural linguistics programme
- Online TORFL preparion course
- Test of russian as a foreign languages
Foreign specialists - teachers of the HSE University
International partners of the HSE University
- A list of current agreements, partners, and contracts in progress is available in the table at the link.
- The conclusions of the Ministry of Education and Science on contracts with foreign and (or) international organizations on issues of education and science are available at the link.
More information about existing contracts can be found on the page of the International Partnership Department
Partner companies of the University and the salary of HSE graduates
Forbes Education surveyed Russia's leading employers to find out which university diplomas are most trusted by companies, and compiled a rating of universities with the best reputation in the labor market. HSE topped the top of the best universities in Russia according to Forbes Education, taking the honorable first place
- Yandex
- Sberbank
- Alfa-Bank
- Artemy Lebedev Studio
- Yakov and Partners
- P&G
- Unilever
HSE programs with international accreditation
In 2021, a number of HSE University's educational programs were accredited by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). These include bachelor's (Business Administration, Marketing and Market Analytics) and master's (Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation, Finance) programs.
The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) is an international association of leading business schools and companies established in 1972. Today there are about 1,000 institutional members from all continents. HSE University has been EFMD member since 1998. The EFMD system of accreditation of degree programmes in management, business schools and corporate universities is one of the most prestigious in the world.
HSE University in international projects
Dynamic urbanistics: a comparative analysis of the cities with rapid population changes in Russia and China
A joint project of the Centre for Social Research and Technological Innovation with a research team of the School of Architecture at Tianjin University (China)
HSE project leader: Nadezhda Zamyatina
Regional and inter-regional associations in norm-building and norm-control in the area of environmental regulation in Russia and India
A joint project of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies with a research team from the School of Liberal Arts and Media at University of Petroleum and Energy (UPES) (India)
HSE project leader: Aleksei Sorbale
The influence of competing interactions and topology on the critical parameters of the advanced superconducting materials
A joint project of the Center for Quantum Metamaterials with a research team from the Physics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) (Brazil)
HSE project leader: Arkady Shanenko
Machine learning and nonlinear dynamics: intersection, interplay and synthesis
A joint project of the Laboratory of Topological Methods in Dynamics with a research team from the Institute of Physics Belgrade (Serbia)
HSE project leader: Nataliya Stankevich
For more details check the website.
The University campuses are located in the largest cities in Russia: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Perm.
Moscow
Saint Petersburg
Nizhny Novgorod
Perm
Accommodation for international students
- HSE dormitories
- Alternative accommodation
HSE Dormitories: Infrastructure and Types
The University has a network of comfortable dormitories, which differ in layout type: block, corridor, and apartment. All facilities are located near metro stations or the Moscow Central Diametral Railway, which allows students to easily get to the buildings. And between the student town of Dubki (the largest dormitory) and the Moscow Central Diametral Railway, university buses run.
There is another dormitory in Odintsovo, and the rest are located in Moscow: near the Aviamotornaya, VDNKh, Lyublino, Prospekt Mira, Shosse Entuziastov, Tekstilshchiki, Okskaya, and Studencheskaya metro stations.
The interior of the dormitories is designed for a shared student lifestyle, with kitchens, recreation areas, and study spaces.
Who can get a place in a dormitory
Places in dormitories are distributed in accordance with the Procedure approved by the university. In bachelor's and specialist programs, the following can apply for a place:
orphans and children left without parental care, disabled children, students exposed to radiation as a result of the Chernobyl disaster and other radiation disasters, students who are disabled as a result of military injury or disease acquired during military service, and others (Part 5 of Article 36 of the Federal Law No. 273 "On Education in the Russian Federation" dated December 29, 2012);
students enrolled in state-funded or HSE-funded programs;
enrolled in fully paid programs without entrance exams on the basis of a diploma from the final stage of the All-Russian Olympiad of School Students;
foreign citizens and stateless persons enrolled in studies within the quota of the Government of the Russian Federation.
Among the master's students, there are also several categories entitled to a place in a dormitory:
persons specified in part 5 of Article 36 of the Federal Law No. 273 dated December 29, 2012, "On Education in the Russian Federation";
Students enrolled in state-funded or HSE-funded programs at the A.N. Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM), including the faculties of Computer Science, Biology and Biotechnology, Geography and Geoinformation Technologies, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.
In order to be eligible for a place, students must not be registered in Moscow or within the 8th tariff zone of the Moscow Region, and they must be enrolled in full-time programs.
The procedure for moving into dormitories
Moving into dormitories will be organized from August 28 to 30 for those who have enrolled in bachelor's/specialist programs, and from August 30 to 31 for those who have enrolled in master's programs. All students will receive a referral through their personal accounts and via the email address they provided when submitting their documents to the Admissions Office.
Please note that if a student does not move into a dormitory within the specified timeframe, their referral will be canceled. For all questions related to accommodation, please contact zaselenie@hse.ru.
| № | Address | Utitilities (per month, RUB) | Rent (per month, RUB) | Total (per month, USD) 80 RUB = 1 USD |
Total (per month, RUB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolshaya Pereyaslavskaya Ulitsa | 2096,00 | 501,00 | 32,46 | 2597,00 |
| 2 | Elektrodnaya Ulitsa | 1406,00 | 219,00 | 20,31 | 1625,00 |
| 3 | Energeticheskaya Ulitsa | 2054,00 | 195,00 | 28,11 | 2249,00 |
| 4 | Studencheskaya Ulitsa | 1518,00 | 248,00 | 22,08 | 1766,00 |
| 5 | Kibalchicha Ulitsa | 2474,00 | 227,00 | 33,76 | 2701,00 |
| 6 | 1 Komsomolskaya Ulitsa, Odintsovo | 1030,00 | 140,00 | 14,63 | 1170,00 |
| 7 | 5/2 Saratovskiy Proezd - Building 1 | 1601,00 | 516,00 | 26,46 | 2117, 00 |
| 7 | 7/3 Saratovskiy Proezd - Building 2 | 1449,00 | 248,00 | 21,21 | 1697, 00 |
| 8 | 2 Makovskogo Ulitsa, Odintsovo | 1225,00 | 165,00 | 17,38 | 1390,00 |
| 9 | 5 Tsimlyanskaya Ulitsa | 1374,00 | 212,00 | 19,83 | 1586,00 |
| 10 | Mikhailova Ulitsa | 1736,00 | 203,00 | 24,24 | 1939,00 |
| Dubki | 1,3,9 Denisa Davydova Ulitsa, VNIISSOK, Odintsovo | 846,00 | 140,00 | 14,03 | 1122,00 |
| Dorm for PhD students | 56/2 Lyublinskaya Ulitsa, Building 2 | 2347,00 | 680,00 | 37,84 | 3027,00 |
Monthly dormitory fee for HSE applicants and other people not enrolled at HSE (summer and winter school participants, interns, etc): 7,100.00 roubles/(88,75 USD) month (for all dormitories).
Alternative accommodation
Not all students belong to the categories for which dormitory places are provided, but at the same time, the need for housing remains relevant for them. It is for such cases that HSE offers alternative forms of accommodation — from the university-rented facilities (LCD "Level Amurskaya", "The Sevastopol" Hotel, and the Student Accommodation Center) to the rental of apartments from the Samolet and DOM.RF groups of companies and student coliving from "Kolaif" LLC.
New items and expansions
In 2025, HSE continues to develop its partner network, so new facilities are available this academic year:
"Discovery" Apart-Hotel;
"Izmailovsky Park" Apart-Hotel;
"Berlin" Hotel;
"U Kamina" Hostel;
and a large number of new rental housing from the Samolet group of companies.
All of them have been checked, offer flexible conditions and a comfortable level of accommodation.
How to book alternative accommodation
The booking system is already open. To do this, you need to:
- Book a place to stay in the resident's personal account.
- Wait for the manager's response (up to 3 business days) and specify the check-in date.
- Receive the contract and pay the invoice on the HSE University's unified payment page or in any bank using the provided details.
- Arrive on the agreed date with the necessary documents.
HSE through the eyes of students
Alina Khametova
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication
I really like the learning process. I was convinced that the teaching here is really at the highest level, the teachers are highly qualified people with extensive experience, and they are also very understanding and will help with all the questions that you ask them...
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Master's Degree in Strategic Management and Consulting
To the question "what do I like most about HSE?" I have one answer — people. These are people who will change your life and who will help you develop competencies and become a professional in your field...
Miron Baratelia
Bachelor's Degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
One of the main advantages of HSE is the high quality of education. Teachers always try to help with the study of materials, and thanks to the modular system and cumulative assessments, I can not worry during the sessions...
Anna Yatsenko
Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Statistics
I decided to enter a Russian university back in 8th grade, when I started thinking about higher education. For me, Russian universities are career opportunities!...
Kamilla Rakhimova
Master's Degree in Marketing: Digital Technologies and Marketing Communications
Kamila is currently in the 2nd year of a master's degree in Marketing. At HSE, she values the atmosphere of freedom and equality most of all: "Even the teachers' address to the students as "Colleagues" shows their respect. The teachers are willing to answer questions and are ready for constructive discussions."..
Olga Avdeevich
Bachelor's degree in State and Municipal Management
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My social studies teacher told me about the HSE International Youth Olympiad at the end of the 10th grade. I learned from her that HSE holds its own internal Olympiad for foreign applicants every year. I searched for information on the Internet and found out that the HSE is one of the best universities in the Russian Federation...
