HSE University

Higher School of Economics , officially the National Research University Higher School of Economics is a public research university founded in 1992 and headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Along with its main campus located in the capital, the university maintains three other regional campuses in Nizhny Novgorod, Perm and Saint Petersburg.

Widely regarded among the best and most prestigious universities in Russia and the CIS, it acquired the status of "national research university" in 2009. HSE was the first educational institution in Russia to successfully introduce Bachelor's and Master's degrees, having also taken part in the development and implementation of the Unified State Exam to modernize education and health care systems of Russia.

Starting from 2013, HSE University has also participated in the 5-100 Russian Academic Excellence Project [ru] (the project was initiated by the Ministry of Education and Science to promote at least five Russian universities to the top hundred universities according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings, and Academic Ranking of World Universities[8]). Furthermore, university representatives are part of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation and the Expert Council under the Government of Russia.