Higher School of Economics
| Высшая школа экономики (ВШЭ) |
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| Motto | Latin: "Non Scholae Sed Vitae Discimus" |
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Motto in English
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"Not for the school but for life we study" |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1992 |
| Budget | $358M (spent in 2011) |
| President | Alexander Shokhin |
| Rector | Yaroslav Kuzminov |
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Academic staff
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2,435 (data for 2015) |
| Students | 27,000 |
| Undergraduates | 13,733 (data for 2016) |
| Postgraduates | 5,679 (data for 2016) |
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| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Brilliant Blue, Silver Gray |
| Nickname | "Vyshka" (Russian: Вышка, "Highie", also literally watchtower) |
| Mascot | Black Crow |
| Affiliations | BRICS Universities League |
| Website | Russian English |
The National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE, Russian: Национальный исследовательский университет "Высшая школа экономики", НИУ ВШЭ) is one of the leading and largest universities in Russia.
The university specializes in economics, social sciences, mathematics, computer science, media communications and design. It has more than twenty departments, with its main campus located in Moscow and three additional campuses in St. Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod and Perm.
In October 2009, State University HSE (Russian: Государственный университет ВШЭ, ГУ-ВШЭ) received the status of a National Research University.
HSE was founded on November 27, 1992, by Yevgeny Yasin, , Revold Entov, Oleg Ananyin and Rustem Nureev. These founders were well known Russian economists who believed in market reforms and HSE was established to support the new Russian reformist government plans. From the very start, HSE was able to benefit from resources under the European Communities TACIS programme.
HSE aimed to renew the training of the Russian business community in economics. In the Soviet Union the teaching of political economy was dominated by Marxist ideology and could not meet international standards. From the mid-1980s Kouzminov, Entov, Nureev and Ananyin introduced new courses in mathematics, economics and statistics in the leading Russian universities. Later some of the students who attended these courses became HSE tutors. Nonetheless, Soviet education in economics was believed not to reflect market standards and a new type of education in social sciences was needed to make new Russian scientists, officials and businessmen understand the market economy. In 1991 with the support of the Russian Government a new university was established. Today the university continues to expand such areas as mathematics, philosophy, and political studies and design.
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