About the School

The HSE School of Finance is the leading Russian competence center in the field of corporate finance, business valuation, banking, stock market, risk management and insurance, accounting and audit

Our university is the only one in Russia in the global ranking "QS - World University Rankings by subject", 2017/2018 in the subject area of Accounting and Finance. Moreover, the university is the 1-st in the rating "THE World University Rankings by subject" in the subject area of Business & Economics, 2017/2018

The School of Finance unites specialists with unique intellectual capital, performing researches in finance in the Russian environment, making comparative studies of foreign financial practices. Furthermore, there are teachers, researchers and practitioners developing and implementing academic and applied world-class educational programs that carry out expert work for priority areas in finance.

Our values

• The world best practices in financial education
• The educational synergy of academician’ knowledge and practitioner’ experience
• The development of financial community in Russia
• The relationship with international partners
• The research of financial practices of companies from all over the world

The School of finance today

The education

• The teachers implement the best academic and applied programs in economics and finance in Russia
• Basic departments of international companies - PWC, KPMG, E&Y, Deloitte
• Executive education with an emphasis on volatile markets
• Online courses and financial specialization "Corporate finance and value of a company" on the global Coursera platform
• Employment of graduates in corporations and innovative companies, consulting, investment banks and funds
• The principle of "Lifelong Learning"  - a continuous process of growth of a person's learning potential
• Partnership with professional communities: the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), the Russian Regional Network for Integrated Reporting (RRS), the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), the Russian Union of Auditors of the Union of Auditors, the Association of Managers of Russia (USAID)

Science and expertise

• Researches in 2 scientific laboratories
• Financial Database Center
• International Scientific Journal «Journal of Corporate Finance Research»
• Research seminar "Empirical Corporate Finance"
• Research seminar "Empirical Research of Banking Activities"
• Publications of research results and projects in leading Russian and foreign journals
• A series of books "Advanced Studies in Emerging Markets Finance" published by Springer
• Applied projects for business

The international cooperation 

• Reports at international conferences  
• Researches with international partner universities
• Applied projects with international companies
• Students from 11 countries of the world

Events

• Network seminar "Measures for non-financial reporting"
• Thematic round tables
• Foresight sessions involving business experts
• Workshops for students and young researchers

We are open for cooperation:

Ivashkovskaya I.V. —

Head of School of Finance, Tenured Professor

finance@hse.ru

Konovod A.S. —

Program Manager of additional professional education (APE)

akonovod@hse.ru

+7 (495) 916-88-16 (for general questions)

+7 (495) 621-91-92 (for questions about APE)