Economics
This subject area focuses on the key fields of economic theory and practice. Being an professional in economics implies advanced knowledge of the modern mathematical tools, statistics and probability theory, as well as data analysis technologies.
The economics subject area is designed for specialists in specialists in company and market analysis, macroeconomic process modelling and development of macroeconomic policy, behavioral and experimental economics, innovation science, labour economics, human capital assets, economics of the public sector and state finances, modelling and prediction for development of major social-economic systems, analysis and modelling of consumer choice, analysis and decision making in complex systems management and many other promising fields. What is more, this subject area allows to train specialists capable of assessing economic solutions with regard to socially important criteria (social justice, for instance).
Graduates from economics programs can work in analytical and financial departments of operating and financial companies, as well as governmental structures responsible for the development and implementation of national economic policy. Thanks to great fundamental training, graduates are also capable of conducting research at research and analytical centers.
Supervising University — Higher School of Economics
National Research University — Higher School of Economics is among Russia’s and Europe’s biggest social and economic research universities. It trains economists, sociologists, philologists, linguists, mathematicians, physicists and engineers, designers and IT specialists. The university offers different levels of training - from pre-university lyceum courses to PhD programs. Higher School of Economics has campuses in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Perm, and features 216 higher education programs attended by almost 32,000 students. The university has over 100 research institutes and centers and 32 international laboratories.
In 2017, HSE entered QS’s rankings of world’s top-100 universities in the subjects Economics & Econometrics, Politics & International Studies and Sociology.
The Higher School of Economics acts as the Russian Government’s think tank. The university helps develop legislative proposals, governmental programs and strategies on federal and regional levels.
Specializations
- 38.04.01 Economics
- 38.04.02 Management
- 38.04.08 Finance and Credit