The HSE Art and Design School Gallery at the Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art has opened the exhibition ‘The Art of the Book. From Sign to Media.’ The project invites visitors to see the book not merely as a vehicle for text but as an independent artistic form with its own typography, composition, structure, and materiality. The exhibition runs from July 7 to August 25, 2026.

At the 2026 St Petersburg International Economic Forum, participants examined the global economy, trade and logistics in turbulent times, as well as the role of pension savings in Russia. Here are highlights from the sessions featuring HSE University experts.

HSE Students Visited the Hero City of Volgograd Ahead of Victory Day

The fourth off-site school organised under the Lyceum Classes project has taken place with the support of HSE University and implemented by the HSE Department of Internationalisation. This year, 79 students from International House Tashkent and Interhouse Lyceum came to HSE. The programme includes an introduction to the university, the opportunity to attend classes, and tours around Moscow.

HSE University has become the leading Russian educational institution by the number of first-place positions in national graduate employment rankings. The rankings are compiled separately for each field of study, taking into account the share of graduates who find employment and their salary levels. The university ranked first in areas such as Mathematics and Mechanics (Master’s level), Computers Science and Engineering (Bachelor’s level), Information Security (Bachelor’s level), Asian and African Studies (Master’s level), Economics and Management (Bachelor’s level), among others.

HSE University and Nauka Publishers have signed a cooperation agreement. Nauka Publishers, Russia’s oldest scientific publishing house, which will celebrate its 300th anniversary next year, is also one of the largest in the world. Under the agreement, the parties will work together to promote the results of HSE University’s research and to advance science communication.

Representatives of HSE University and Thailand’s Creative Economy Agency (CEA) held a meeting to discuss opportunities for cooperation in creative education and cultural exchange. The event took place at HSE University’s Art and Design School, with the support of the Royal Thai Embassy in Russia.

Gleb Gorshenin, student of the School of Communication of the HSE Faculty of Creative Industries, was named Student of the Year. The ‘Notes of a Communicat’ adaptation guide for first-year students of the School of Communication was recognised as the best youth advertising project. And the opening of the HSE Online campus received an award for the best project for a young target audience.

This academic year, one of the courses of the HSE School of Communication will be taught entirely in the virtual space. A personal avatar of the teacher will help students through the process. The students will complete the course by implementing their own project in the metaverse.

HSE University Rector Nikita Anisimov has congratulated students, teachers, and staff on Knowledge Day, which marks the beginning of the new academic year and is celebrated in Russia on September 1. ‘This day marks the new opportunities that open up to us and calls us to climb the most unreachable heights,’ he said.

Nikita Anisimov was appointed Rector of HSE University two years ago. In his interview with Ernest Mackevičius, Director of the HSE University Institute of Media, journalist, and television presenter, the HSE rector talks about how he came to the university, its achievements and development plans, and how to tell the difference between AI-produced and human texts.

At the end of June, HSE University hosted Reklamathon, an inter-university hackathon in which participants must develop a prototype product for forecasting the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on social media. The event was organised by HSE University’s Data-Driven Communication master’s programme, which trains communications industry specialists. The hackathon’s assignments and judges were arranged by MTS, Russia’s largest digital ecosystem.

HSE University and the business daily Vedomosti (Business News Media JSC) have signed a cooperation agreement within the framework of the Contemporary Journalism Master's programme. Students from the HSE Institute of Media will complete internships in the editorial office of Vedomosti. They will also study ‘Business Journalism Formats’, a course which will help consolidate their knowledge on the genres and formats of modern economic media.

On November 5, the Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow hosted an HSE-organised event entitled 'Cosmic Bodies: A Philosophical and Musical Party for Cyborgs'. The speakers and the audience reflected on popular-culture depictions of humans as they explore outer space.

Third-year bachelor students of the academic program “Advertising and Public Relations” were invited to attend the forum by the Pan-Russian Nature Conservation Society.

Advertising & PR students in the ‘Culture & Communications’ track visited an exhibition called ‘The Andromeda Nebula. Religions of Extraterrestrial Salvation’. It takes place in the ‘InArt Gallery by Ksenia Podoynitsyna’ space at Vinzavod. Maria Nam, manager and curator, shared some details about the subjects of the art market, the role of the curator, and the concept of the exhibition.

Advertising & PR students who specialize in Marketing apply their knowledge by solving real problems in game simulations. This is how it happens.

The opening ceremony will be held at the HSE Centre of Cultures on February 10

Students of the HSE Master's programme in Transmedia Production in Digital Industries joined efforts with staff of Moscow museums to create an e-book ‘Teenagers at Museums: How Curators and Tutors Help People Find Themselves’. The HSE News Service talked with the project authors about their choice of topic and what it is like to work as a book producer.

Vice Rector Sergey Roshchin on taking proctored exams