The Media Institute participated in the university's Open Day.

On March 12, a university-wide Open Day was held in the building on Pokrovsky Boulevard. Applicants and their parents were able to walk around the Atrium, attend faculty workshops, and talk to students and professors of the programmes they were interested in.

© Vladimir Volkov for the Media Institute

Within the framework of the Media Institute presentation master classes, Professor Maria Shteinman talked about storytelling, its history, and the universal formula that emerged thanks to the fantasy genre. Using the example of the "Lord of the Rings" script, the entrants understood what secondary worlds, escapism, and eucatastrophe are. Maria also explained why the modern media industry cannot be imagined without storytelling and how English journalism and fake news work in the Harry Potter universe. Afterwards, Alexander Kupriyanov, academic director of the Media Communications programme, answered the applicants' questions. 

The Open Day visitors were not left without entertainment: there was a mobile studio in the Atrium, where everyone could try himself or herself as a TV presenter and read the news text using a prompter. Student volunteers told the students and their parents about studying at the Institute of Media as well as shared their personal experiences and advice. 

We talked to graduates who are planning to enrol at the Institute of Media this year.

Anna
Media Communications Programme Entrant

"I love the fact that media communication covers so many things. Even if you don't know what you're going to become yet, the university will guide you - through the variety of projects and the number of activities. I only recently discovered HSE and media communications, and I was immediately hooked. I wanted to go to VGIK to study production, but then I saw how many interesting things there are here».

Karina
Journalism Programme Entrant

"I dream of going to HSE because the teachers and knowledge here are very up-to-date. My sister went to graduate school at HSE, and she praises it a lot. So I am very determined to enter here. The requirements are high, but I try to study a lot. I really enjoy the open day because there are so many workshops and merchandise available, and I even won a mug! Everyone is friendly and helpful".

Author: Ekaterina Novgorodova, a third-year student of Journalism programme 

Translation: Polina Semenova, a first-year student of Master's programme "Contemporary Journalism"