Campus News at HSE University

HSE University's Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs hosted a celebration of the Indian holiday Diwali, which symbolises the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. Guests were immersed in the authentic atmosphere of India, learning about Diwali’s traditions and symbols, participating in national dances, and taking part in mehendi workshops, rangoli art with rice, and paper lanterns making. The event was organised as part of the ‘Holidays of the Peoples of the East’ project.

The BRICS International School: New Generation has concluded at HSE University, bringing together more than 100 participants from 38 BRICS and Global South countries. The attendees included early-career researchers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, journalists, and civil society representatives.

In September, Pierre-Christian Brochet, publisher, collector of contemporary art, curator of the Contemporary Art track at the HSE Art and Design School, and curator of the HSE Museum Laboratory, turned 65. In an interview with the HSE News Service, he spoke about responsibility towards the future, Stendhal, Dumas, the Komi Biennale, and why his grandmother was right after all.

A delegation from the Institute for Continuing Professional Education at HSE University–St Petersburg discussed new cooperation formats with the Indian Institute of Management Indore (India). The partnership opens up new opportunities for HSE University–St Petersburg to create interdisciplinary programmes with strong practical elements and immersion in the business cultures of the Asian region.

The HSE University–St Petersburg Rope Shop Building has hosted a meeting with a delegation from the National Economics University of Vietnam. The parties discussed opportunities to create mirror laboratories and expand exchange programmes.

The autumn school of the HSE Endowment Fund’s Donors Club has taken place at HSE’s Pokrovsky Bulvar campus. The event brought together alumni, as well as winners and nominees of the HSE Outstanding Alumni Award. The two-day programme was packed with lectures, workshops, and discussions on leadership, the marketing of the future, conflict management, and the use of artificial intelligence in business.

In September 2025, Nizhny Novgorod became the centre of the international youth movement, hosting around 2,000 participants from 120 regions of Russia and abroad at the World Youth Festival Assembly. Students of HSE University–Nizhny Novgorod’s Foreign Languages and Intercultural Business Communication, Fundamental and Applied Linguistics, and International Bachelor’s in Business and Economics programmes were involved in the event in a variety of roles, from attachés and volunteers to performers and speakers.

Anna Tyshetskaya, Director of HSE University–St Petersburg, held a working meeting with Claudio Ruff Escobar, Rector of Bernardo O'Higgins University (Chile). The head of the Chilean university got to know the new Rope Shop educational space and discussed the prospects of academic cooperation with HSE University–St Petersburg.