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Arina Smirnova (Kyrgyzstan) knows like no other what it is like to start all over again and achieve her goals in spite of everything. Arina won the HSE Global Scholarship Competition (GSC) for the first time in 2017 and then outperformed herself three years later. Arina spoke with HSE News Service about how to choose a competition subject that’s right for you, how to prepare for moving to another country and, most importantly, how to not lose faith in yourself. Let’s get ready for GSC 2021 with the winners of 2020!

This year, HSE University has maintained its position in the 251-300 range in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The University ranks among the top 3 Russian universities along with Moscow State University (which ranks 174^th) and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (which ranks in the 201-250 range). In the THE’s global ranking of the best universities for research, HSE ranks 199^th.

How HSE students are returning to the University after a long period of distance learning and what first-year students expect from their studies – in the photo report of HSE news service.

The land of the blue sky has long been an important partner of HSE University. This year, from September 1, partnership and friendship will become even stronger thanks to the launch of  Mongolian Advisory & Resource Centre that will help all applicants from Mongolia get support and necessary information about HSE University in a remote format

Even now, when all universities have switched to online training, HSE University is ready to expand its horizons! Consultations for prospective international students are now available in Arabic

Classes will begin on-campus on September 1 (for some graduate programmes on October 1), and wearing masks in university buildings and dormitories will be mandatory for all students and teachers. At the same time, all foreign students must obtain additional certificates before arriving in Russia

HSE University has advanced to the 801-900 group in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the Shanghai Ranking and now ranks in the 7^th-8^th place among Russian universities. Moreover, HSE University is the only Russian university to improve its standing in the ranking this year.

Online applications from foreign citizens are no longer accepted. August 14, 2020 is the closing date to apply for studies at HSE University

HSE University will arrange online learning with mandatory support from professors for newly enrolled international students who are currently unable to travel to Russia

The Russian Ministry of Education and Science has announced the results of a grant competition for big research projects. One of the winners is a project with HSE University participation: the creation of a next generation computational linguistic platform to digitally record the Russian language.