The author of the post himself 5 years ago entered all 3 of the above universities on a budget (and ultimately chose one), so now he knowledgeably shares his thoughts on how to prepare for admission to the most prestigious educational institutions in the country.
For convenience, we will divide these thoughts into 6 important points.
Point 1. Choosing a university.
First of all, you need to understand that entering a prestigious university in Russia does not give you any guarantees of a happy life, a successful career, etc. Moreover, in some cases this can become a problem, because not all employers like highly intelligent, ambitious and proactive young specialists.
Secondly, forget about the conventional “prestige” and “brand” of the same MSU or MGIMO. Think about what exactly a particular university can give you.
Consider the following points:
- Party.
Talk to students and alumni, read “Overheard” from a particular university, analyze what students are discussing and what worries them. See if the university has business clubs, business incubators, a KVN team, etc. Think about whether you will enjoy studying here in terms of communication, whether the university supports initiatives that are interesting to you, etc.
- Training programs.
Go to the university website and, as far as possible, study what you will have to study in the next 4-5 years, including the list of subjects, exams, tests, schedule, workload, what time classes start, etc. Consider whether you can handle it and whether you need it at all.
- Relations and cooperation with foreign universities.
You need to find out about all the connections of the university - employers, foreign partners, internships, cooperation with government agencies, obtaining double diplomas, job fairs, etc. The wider the choice, the more opportunities for you.
- Internal university resources.
Library, gym, swimming pool, location of buildings, dormitories, etc. It will be quite difficult to study if you do not think in advance about how to comfortably organize your accommodation.
Point 2. The Unified State Exam alone is not enough.
It is clear that universities such as HSE, MGIMO, Moscow State University, Baumanka, St. Petersburg State University enroll the best of the best, the smartest with the highest number of Unified State Exam points. This is no secret to anyone.
The problem is that the Unified State Exam uses (or at least used) a kind of rating scale, and if you get too nervous and make a couple of mistakes, then it can be very expensive for you, i.e. conditionally, instead of 98 points, you get only 85 as a result.
At the same time, you need to learn not one, but 3 subjects with “excellence,” which is also far from easy.
What to do?
It is necessary to participate in olympiads at the city, regional, all-Russian level and olympiads held by the university itself. This is a must have if you want to somehow protect yourself from possible failure on the Unified State Exam and get 100 points in advance for the subject you need. There are a lot of Olympics, each university has its own conditions and benefits, so you need to actively monitor the websites of universities and follow the news.
The “easiest” way is to become a prize-winner/winner of the final stage of the All-Russian Olympiad for Schoolchildren and enter any university in the field without any exams at all (as happened to the author of this post).
This method can be conditionally called “simple”, because instead of 3 items, you only need to nerd one, but you will have to bot it for a long time, persistently and diligently.
You need to start preparing at least from the 10th grade, and preferably from the 9th grade, and you will have to prepare almost every day and most of all during the holidays. But diligence will pay off one way or another.
Now all social networks are time killers and vanity fairs, where everyone wants to brag about where they were, what they ate, who they hung out with, etc. People hang out for 3-5 hours to spy on other people’s lives, look at funny pictures and read information that they don’t need.
In this regard, here is some advice - remove yourself from those social networks that do not provide any useful component. This primarily applies to Instagram and Foursquare. If you can’t overcome yourself, then at least delete not the account, but just the application from your phone.
Leave only those social networks where you can read some useful information. On VKontakte, unsubscribe from public pages like “Eaglet”, “Cheerful Student”, etc. Don't clutter your brain, concentrate only on your area of interest.
Point 4. About tutors.
Wherever you enroll, it makes sense to hire tutors in only 2 subjects: mathematics and Russian. Firstly, to be guaranteed to receive a certificate (otherwise, you never know, anything can happen). Secondly, because, one way or another, upon admission to most specialties you will still need to take either Russian or mathematics.
In other cases, you only need a library, the Internet and self-discipline.
There is no point in hiring a physics tutor if you yourself cannot solve part C of the Unified State Exam. It’s better to reconsider your views and go to places where physics is not needed, because then you won’t be able to handle it anyway.
There is no point in hiring an English tutor. The Internet is full of resources where you can find all the grammar, textbooks and dictionaries; all you need is self-discipline and desire.
At the institute, no one will chew on the material for you, so learn to understand everything yourself from school.
In general, the Unified State Exam is not about brains. You just need to get the hang of it, solve around 100 practice tests and that’s it. What you decide will one way or another be stored in your memory and remembered during the exam.
Point 5. About personal life.
Forget about her in 11th grade.
Although some people, of course, manage to combine hanging out with friends and active study.
But it’s better to concentrate on preparing for admission. You will hang out when you arrive and before the first session.
Point 6. If you are not accepted.
Apply in absentia and go to work.
Studying at a “prestigious” university means that you will study around the clock. As a result, you will have a cool diploma, but without work experience the employer will not need you.
By studying part-time and working, you will see the current situation on the labor market and understand what skills and knowledge are now in demand.
Now it is 2014, there is a crisis in the country, and the conditions for employment are becoming more and more stringent.
Story
Creation
The idea of creating the Higher School of Economics - an economic school of the European model - was born at the turn of 1980-1990, when it became clear that the existing system of planned economic education in the country did not meet the requirements of the new political and economic situation. Then a group of teachers from the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University - Evgeny Yasin, Yaroslav Kuzminov, Revold Entov, Oleg Ananin, Rustem Nureyev - after several attempts to introduce the foundations of market economic theory into the curricula of existing universities, realized the need to build a new economic school, which from the very beginning would be based on the principles world economic science. This meant providing students with tools for analyzing and forecasting real processes, teaching them to work with statistics and economic models, and giving them a common language with the global community of professional economists.
The first real attempt to create HSE can be considered alternative departments of economic theory, organized at MIPT (1989-1990) and at the physics and history faculties of Moscow State University (1990-1991). Students could choose between courses taught by young teachers and recent graduates of the Faculty of Economics, and Marxist-Leninist political economy. Many of those who later formed the backbone of the State University-Higher School of Economics went through the school of these departments. There, the methodology for teaching economic theory in a country with a transition economy was worked out. The start of a new business was facilitated by the support of the Soros Foundation, which provided a one-year grant in 1989.
Early years
The starting period was marked by intensive “training of teachers”: Revold Entov taught the entire team of teachers - mostly former employees of academic institutes and Moscow State University - a course on key problems of economic theory, and Grigory Kantorovich updated their knowledge of mathematics. Since 1993, HSE teachers have regularly trained at leading European universities, primarily at the University of Rotterdam, whose Faculty of Economics, the largest in Europe, was a partner in the creation of the State University-Higher School of Economics within the framework of a grant from the European Union.
The principle of the SU-HSE from the first day of its existence is a combination of strict, even brutal preparation with discussion and solution of pressing problems of the Russian economy. Leading economists who worked in the government became HSE professors: Evgeny Yasin, Alexander Shokhin, Leonid Vasiliev, Yakov Urinson, Vladimir Kossov, Evgeny Gavrilenkov, Mikhail Kopeikin, as well as scientists who came to the HSE from institutes of the Academy of Sciences and other research centers, as well as well as from Moscow State University: Lev Lyubimov, Igor Lipsits, Rustem Nureyev, Oleg Ananyin, Leonid Grebnev.
First vice-rectors L.M. Gokhberg V.V. Radaev A.T. Shamrin L.I. Jacobson
business informatics (department of applied mathematics and computer science, department of software engineering)
state and municipal administration
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mathematicians
management (logistics department)
Information about the university
The Higher School of Economics (HSE) was founded in 1992. It is located in Moscow, on Myasnitskaya Street. This is one of the most popular and sought-after universities today.
The profile of this university is various socio-economic and humanities, as well as mathematical sciences and computer science. The university has more than 20 departments and faculties. There is also a military department, as well as dormitories for students.
In 2012, the Higher School included the Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, and two more institutions of additional professional education. The founder is the Government of Russia. HSE has several branches, namely in the following cities:
- In Nizhny Novgorod;
- In Perm;
- In St. Petersburg.
HSE University in our time
In 2011, the Higher School of Economics was awarded the status of a National Research University. It should be noted that graduates of this university have the opportunity to obtain diplomas from European universities. The university has more than 130 international partners in different countries. Foreign languages are taught to a large extent at all faculties, and in some faculties teaching is conducted entirely in English. In addition to training masters, graduate students and bachelors, the National Research University Higher School of Economics regularly organizes courses for schoolchildren of various levels of complexity: from 7th to 11th grade. In these courses, university teachers prepare schoolchildren for the State Examination, Unified State Examination and Olympiads. It should also be noted that HSE has seven dormitories. A network of interfaculty and departmental basic departments has been created in this educational institution. Teaching is conducted only by experienced and highly qualified practitioners from non-profit and commercial enterprises of business and science, as well as government bodies.
The university has many different faculties that train specialists in almost all spheres of life.
Let us note the main faculties of the National Research University Higher School of Economics:
- economics;
- business informatics;
- history;
- logistics;
- management;
- mathematics;
- Faculty of Law;
- applied political science;
- philology;
- Faculty of Sociology;
- Faculty of Philosophy, as well as many other faculties.
I would also like to note that HSE became one of the few universities in which the military department was retained after the military reform. Today, the military department trains specialists in seven military educational specialties. And since 2011, the Main Command of the Ground Forces has been in charge of the general leadership of the military department.
It should be noted that the Higher School of Economics publishes over 20 scientific journals:
- education issues;
- world of Russia;
- issues of municipal and state administration;
- foresight;
- corporate finance;
- Demoscope Weekly;
- economic journal;
- economic sociology.
Since 1994, the formation of the university’s library collection has taken place. Currently, the total book fund is more than 500 thousand copies. However, electronic subscription is a priority: it includes a variety of databases of domestic and foreign scientific periodicals, newspapers, analytics, encyclopedias and dictionaries, and e-books. As for periodicals, this covers almost a complete list of publications on the subject of the university. Access to the electronic subscription is available from all computers of the university, for students and employees also from outside.
Since 2000, the university has its own publishing house. And already in 2009, he opened his own bookstore called “BukVyshka”, located in Moscow.
- 2013 “4 International Colleges & Universities”, (3rd place)
- 2012 “4 International Colleges & Universities”, (2nd place)
- 2010 "Webometrics", (2nd place)
- 2010 “RIA NOVOSTI”, ranking of universities of the Russian Federation by average Unified State Examination score (3rd place)
- 2008 Direct Investments magazine, universities by salary level of graduates (1st place)
- 2008 Direct Investments magazine, the most prestigious and sought-after universities in the Russian Federation (2nd place)
- 2007 "Kommersant", the most popular universities in the Russian Federation (1st place).
Thus, HSE University regularly takes leading positions in various prestigious rankings.
In 2009, Russia held a competition among universities that applied for the title of “national research university.” HSE was one of the few winners and the only university among 14 Russian research institutions with a socio-economic profile. It should be noted that research activities are carried out in such areas as the history of economic doctrines, economic theory, instrumental and mathematical methods in economics, macroeconomics, law, sociology, psychology, education, public administration, political studies and information sciences.
Important research projects have been launched jointly with leading universities: Peking University, Stanford University, Sorbonne, Shanghai University. The university has its own research institutes, a Scientific Foundation and a Center for Fundamental Research, various scientific centers, as well as laboratories.
The very first design and educational laboratory was created in the spring of 2009 in the Nizhny Novgorod branch, and today more than 10 such laboratories and groups operate at the Higher School of Economics. Currently there are twenty research institutes, as well as 11 scientific centers.
Summarizing the results, we can conclude that the Higher School of Economics is undoubtedly one of the most popular universities in Russia. Students from various cities and countries study at this university. Training is provided in a wide range of specialties. The enormous popularity and demand of the National Research University Higher School of Economics is evidenced by its leading places in various rankings, as well as the activities of the university.
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Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "National Research University "Higher School of Economics"
Branches of the National Research University Higher School of Economics
License
No. 02593 is valid from 05/24/2017 to
Accreditation
No. 02626 is valid from 06/22/2017 to 05/12/2020
Monitoring results of the Ministry of Education and Science for the National Research University Higher School of Economics
| Indicator | 18 year | 17 year | 16 year | 15 year | 14 year |
| Performance indicator (out of 7 points) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Average Unified State Examination score for all specialties and forms of study | 85.44 | 85.38 | 85.32 | 86.81 | 88.1 |
| Average Unified State Examination score of those enrolled on the budget | 95.11 | 93.28 | 89.95 | 90.86 | 92.77 |
| Average Unified State Examination score of those enrolled on a commercial basis | 80.56 | 80.46 | 79.03 | 77.66 | 80.9 |
| Average minimum Unified State Exam score for all specialties for full-time students enrolled | 61.14 | 61.2 | 62.16 | 62.72 | 59.07 |
| Number of students | 25046 | 22362 | 19680 | 17760 | 17477 |
| Full-time department | 24127 | 21518 | 18823 | 16710 | 16192 |
| Part-time department | 905 | 833 | 850 | 1043 | 1242 |
| Correspondence department | 14 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 43 |
| All data | Report | Report | Report | Report | Report |
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About HSE
The Higher School of Economics was founded in 1992 in Moscow. In 2009, it received the status of a National Research University. This is a public educational institution. Currently, the rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics is Y.I. Kuzminov. Since 1993, the university has used a two-level (Bologna) education system: bachelor's degree - 4 years, master's degree - 2 years.
Education
The university uses a modular education system. The academic year is divided into 4 modules rather than regular semesters. This division makes it possible to distribute the academic load among students more evenly and thereby ensure consistency of student efforts throughout the year. Assessment of academic performance consists of several components, i.e. A cumulative system is used, thanks to which students’ knowledge is assessed more objectively.
An annual rating of teachers and students is also carried out. Based on student assessments, ratings are created, according to which a discount of up to 70% of the cost of tuition can be calculated for students receiving education on a paid basis. Many HSE students receive several scholarships, the amount of which can reach up to 30,000 rubles.
Economics occupies the main place in the educational process of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. At all faculties, students receive knowledge in microeconomics, macroeconomics and institutional economics. They also attend lectures on applied economic subjects according to their chosen specialization. Each of the faculties has subjects related to social knowledge (philosophy, sociology, logic, psychology and others). Foreign languages also occupy one of the leading places at HSE - some subjects are taught in English.
In the learning process, the resources of electronic libraries are widely used. HSE University is subscribed to 39 electronic library databases, which provide access to the full text of 53,000 scientific journals.
The university successfully implements double degree programs and so-called “cross” education, as well as student exchange programs. HSE has more than 160 foreign partners, which makes it possible for graduates to receive diplomas from various European universities. Every year, the Higher School of Economics carries out more than 600 additional education programs, including business education, second higher education, MBA, EMBA and DBA. In order to develop additional education and professional retraining, in 2012, the GASIS Academy and the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM) joined the Higher School of Economics.
Employment
A large number of senior university students gain work experience in their chosen specialty during their student years.
At the time of receiving their diploma, about 60% of students already have a future job. 6 months after graduating from the National Research University Higher School of Economics, about 80% of graduates work, and the remaining 20% of students continue to receive education in master's or postgraduate studies directly in Russia or abroad.
According to statistics from the HSE Internal Monitoring Center, graduates are employed in such fields as marketing, advertising, PR, business, consulting, insurance, education, accounting, finance, trade, press and journalism, energy, telecommunications, IT.
University structure
The following activities are carried out at the Higher School of Economics:
- 107 research institutes and centers,
- 32 design-educational and scientific-educational laboratories,
- 4 campuses in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Perm, Nizhny Novgorod.
The university is one of the few educational institutions where, after the military reform, a military department remained. Future officers for missile and ground forces units are trained here. Students undergo drill, tactical and tactical-special fire training. Information and educational work with students and moral and psychological support were also organized. Practical training is carried out with future officers. Undergraduate and postgraduate students of the National Research University Higher School of Economics are provided with places to live in the dormitory.
HSE has a faculty of pre-university preparation. Schoolchildren in grades 5-11 are trained at this faculty. Teachers from the National Research University Higher School of Economics prepare them for the Unified State Exam, Olympiads, and State Examinations. In 2013, a lyceum for high school students was opened.
Program “University open to the city”
In 2013, the university launched the “University Open to the City” program. In Moscow's Gorky Park this summer, university scientists began holding lectures in public for the first time. Thus, anyone who is interested in the topic can listen to the lecture. In the fall, the lecture hall moved to Moscow museums. Lectures are now held every Thursday, admission is absolutely free and free.
Higher in ratings
In 2015, the Higher School of Economics joined the group<51-100>in the field of Development studies (social development studies) of the QS ranking (Quacquarelli Symonds) - one of the most famous international rankings of universities in the world. In this rating category, the Higher School of Economics is the only Russian university.
Alexey Alexandrovich Sobolevsky
Deputy Director for Public Relations of the Higher School of Economics.
The section is a “hotline” for questions regarding admission to HSE. To ask a question, use the “Ask a Question” link and state the essence of the question. The question will be sent to the admissions committee, which will quickly prepare an answer to it.
Question and answer
Alexey Alexandrovich, hello!
I quote from the site https://ros-obrazovanie.ru/articles/pravila-priema-v-vuzy-v-2019-godu.html
“Based on the latest orders received from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, we can draw conclusions that when applying in 2019, the following points must be taken into account:
In 2019, benefits will continue to apply to those applicants who serve in the ranks of the National Guard. Children whose parents are National Guard members will also have benefits. All of them will be enrolled in the university in the first place."
Is the information presented on the site up to date or incomplete or unapproved?
16.01.19 Maria-> Alexey Sobolevsky
Hello!
Tell me, what document must be submitted to the university in 2019 for children of the National Guard to receive benefits for admission?
Good afternoon
According to the rules of admission to the National Research University Higher School of Economics, priority rights for admission within the framework of the general competition have (clause 2.7.3 paragraph "g"):
Children of employees of internal affairs bodies, the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, institutions and bodies of the penal system, the federal fire service of the State Fire Service, authorities for control of the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, customs authorities, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, dead (deceased) as a result of injury or other damage to health received by them in connection with the performance of official duties, or as a result of an illness received by them during the period of service in the specified institutions and bodies, and their dependent children;
Thus, a preferential right to the child of a National Guard member (military serviceman) can be granted if the serviceman died in the line of duty (subparagraphs e, g of paragraph 2.7.3).
15.01.19 Maria-> Alexey Sobolevsky
Good afternoon.
I read on the website about the creation of the Faculty of Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology. Please tell me where I can get acquainted with the curriculum in hours. I am concerned about the labor intensity of mathematical disciplines. And another question: the mathematical profile in this specialty will be represented as strongly as in the Faculty of Mathematics or will it be weaker.
Thank you. I would like to decide on admission in advance.
Good afternoon
Information about the new bachelor's program "Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology" will be updated on the program page: https://www.hse.ru/ba/cmb/about
The undergraduate program "Mathematics" has a different structure and composition of disciplines (focus on fundamental mathematics).
In February we are planning a university-wide open day in Moscow - there will be an opportunity to learn more about the program.
09.01.19 Marina-> Alexey Sobolevsky
Good afternoon.
Please tell me when the student will find out whether he will be given a discount? The direction is a double degree program at the Higher School of Economics in cooperation with the University of London "International Relations". This program does not provide budget places, so the availability of a discount (in any amount) will depend on whether I will be able to study at HSE at all.
Good afternoon
Regulations on discounts for the double degree program "International Relations" for 2019 have not yet been released. There is a document from 2018: https://ba.hse.ru/mirror/pubs/share/220746566
30.11.18 Anastasia-> Alexey Sobolevsky
Hello. Please clarify, when will the admission rules and number of places for 2019 appear? And where can I see what the passing scores were this year? Thank you).
Good afternoon
Admission rules, new programs, composition of entrance tests and minimum scores for HSE undergraduate programs will be announced by October 1 on the website https://ba.hse.ru
Passing scores for 2018 are available at this link: https://ba.hse.ru/result2018
Passing scores for 2019 will be announced only after the deadline for accepting documents for budget places in the summer of 2019.
18.09.18 Marina-> Alexey Sobolevsky
Hello!
My son would really like to go to the Higher School of Economics to study Applied Mathematics, but he was 3 points short of the Green Wave. For 80 CCP + 25% at the expense of HSE = 100 places, 49 applications from applicants included in the Green Wave have currently been submitted. Due to ~50% occupancy, will the Green Wave be expanded in the next 2 days?
Thanks in advance, Igor
Good afternoon
37 applicants were enrolled in the Applied Mathematics program at MIEM NRU HSE, entering without entrance examinations. Thus, 43 budget places remain for the main competition, for which 361 people apply within the established passing score. The green wave score is set at 269 points and at the moment more than 50 applicants within the green wave have provided originals for admission to the program. Thus, the likelihood that within the green wave all places will be distributed among applicants from the green wave who provided the originals is extremely high.
25% of places at the expense of the National Research University Higher School of Economics are provided if the number of applicants admitted without entrance examinations is greater than or close to the admission target numbers, which did not happen in the Applied Mathematics program.
Nevertheless, HSE guarantees free training to all applicants who are marked in the green wave and bring originals (given the current situation, we will take about 10 people at our own expense).
