On Campus

HSE UNITY FEST, a large-scale, three-day celebration of national cultures, has taken place at HSE University. The event was an opportunity to make new friends and experience a true sense of unity, and visitors could immerse themselves in the cultures of different nations, explore their traditions and values, and take part in workshops and games. Students shared their impressions of the event with the HSE News Service.

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.

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.

The Institute of Asian and African Studies at HSE University-St Petersburg is preparing to hold the international conference 'Army, Elites and Society in the Middle East and North Africa'. How large research projects appear and why international cooperation is important for Asian and African studies—read on to find out from Milana Iliushina, head of the Department of Middle Eastern and African Studies.

Almost 200 students of IT programmes at HSE University–Nizhny Novgorod will soon be able to live in modern co-living spaces with all the essentials for living, studying, and working. The complex on Bolshie Ovragi Ulitsa boasts 1,359 places and a dedicated ecosystem for fostering the development of future IT specialists.

At the end of August, 2025, a large-scale forum ‘Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030’ took place at the Museon Art Park, where students from different universities demonstrated their inventions and art installations. Graduates of the 2025 Master’s programme in Product and Industrial Design at HSE Art and Design School presented the first Russian autonomous flying robot, Belka, and medical equipment designed for disinfecting donated blood, Ance. They shared details of their projects with the HSE News Service.

On September 1, 2025, Rector Nikita Anisimov visited the HSE Campus in Perm. During his trip, he took part in the opening ceremony of the new academic year and attended the traditional assembly of the HSE Lyceum in Perm.

On July 19 and 20, 2025, Russia’s largest youth festival, VK Fest, took place at the Luzhniki stadium. HSE University presented its advanced developments, including a prototype for the CubeSX-HSE satellite and hi-tech games powered by AI. Everyone could participate in the ‘Human or AI’ quiz or attend workshops on spacecraft assembly and game design basics.

The St Petersburg School of Arts and Humanities presented the Centre for Russian Language and Culture and held negotiations with universities in Japan, Egypt, Turkey, and Brazil. The School of Art and Design agreed to create joint installations with the Turkish university, international exchanges and fashion shows with international partners. Deans and staff of the schools summed up the results of the International Partners' Week.

On May 22-24, HSE University presented its developments and degree programmes at the main IT event of the year, the Positive Hack Days International Cyber Fest at Luzhniki. Students and specialists of the Centre for Software Development and Digital Services of the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (HSE MIEM), the School of Software Engineering of the Faculty of Computer Science, and the MIEM Workshop for Game Engineering and Interactive Systems together with students from HSE Art and Design School greeted festival guests.