MIL-OSI Russia: HSE Opens Applications for Online Master’s Programs

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Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics –

The admissions campaign for 32 master’s programs of the HSE online campus started on April 1, five of which are opening enrollment for the first time. We tell you more about which programs are available for study entirely online.

The Higher School of Economics is the leader among universities in the Russian Federation and the CIS in terms of the number of educational programs implemented online and the number of students studying in them. Since the launch of the country’s first English-language online Master’s degree program, Master of Data Science, in 2020, the number of students admitted to the first year has increased 12-fold.

In December 2024, HSE was among the 11 global universities that are leaders in online education according to the Online Learning Rankings 2024 of Times Higher Education magazine, and also became the only Russian university to win gold.

In 2025, five more new programs will be added to the portfolio, most of which are cross-disciplinary and meet the needs of emerging markets.

The program “Applied Linguistics: Foreign Language Teaching and Translation in the Digital Environment” includes two specializations to choose from. Students can study digital methods of teaching foreign languages or the development of educational programs EdTech and professionally oriented automated translation and language localization. The program “Instructional Design: Theory and Practice of Learning”, which is close in scope, will train specialists capable of designing educational experiences and developing programs, courses and training materials.

Another new online program, “Chinese Language in Intercultural Business Communication,” is aimed at training personnel with knowledge of the Chinese language, cultural and social aspects, as well as business approaches for effective interaction with partners from China in order to build business, scientific, and educational contacts between the countries.

The Digital Marketing program will provide future masters with knowledge and skills at the intersection of marketing, data analysis and digital technologies for the implementation of advertising campaigns in the digital environment. And graduates of the Digital Engineering for Computer Games program will have competencies in developing games and gaming software with in-depth knowledge of engine features.

A total of 32 programs became available for submission of documents from April 1, most of which are implemented entirely online, and for three, in addition to the online track, an offline track is also available. Applicants can choose an unlimited number of educational programs. The acceptance of documents for the online master’s program will last until August 8 or September 15, depending on the chosen program.

Master’s programs with application deadline until August 8, 2025:

«Big data analytics“;

«Artificial Intelligence in Marketing and Product Management“;

«Artificial intelligence“;

«Applied Linguistics: Foreign Language Teaching and Translation in the Digital Environment“, HSE University – St. Petersburg (new program);

«Applied social psychology“;

«Design and development of high-load information systems“, National Research University Higher School of Economics – Saint Petersburg;

«Psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy» (offline and online tracks);

«Psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic business consulting» (offline and online tracks);

«Digital Engineering for Computer Games» (new program);

«Economic analysis“.

Programs for which application submission is available until September 15, 2025:

«Investments in financial markets“;

«Data Engineering“;

«Interactive design“;

«IT lawyer“, HSE University – Perm;

«Cybersecurity“;

«Chinese Language in Intercultural Business Communication» (new program);

«Master of Science in Data Science“;

«Marketing management“;

«Instructional Design: Theory and Practice of Learning» (new program);

«Management in creative industries“;

«Innovative Business Management“;

«Organization and Project Management“, HSE University – Nizhny Novgorod;

«Strategic Communications Management“;

«Digital Product Management“;

«Digital Urbanism and City Analytics“;

«Digital Marketing“, HSE University – Nizhny Novgorod (new program);

Artifice to the intelligentsian Andi Computer Vision”, National Research University Higher School of Economics – Nizhny Novgorod;

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Master of Busineses Analytics“;

Master of the Finance“;

Master of OF InterNATIONAL BUSINESS” (offline and online tracks).

For each program is installed list of entrance examinations, the most common format is a portfolio competition. All of them are held remotely. Training is carried out according to standards: 2 years are allocated for a master’s degree. Upon completion of the final qualifying work, graduates will receive a state diploma indicating full-time education in Russian and English. You can sign up for a consultation to learn more about the programs, the possibility of obtaining an educational loan, and ask other questions at page.

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