Faculty of Social Sciences

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The Faculty of Social Sciences is one of the most multidisciplinary faculties at HSE

We train researchers, analysts and practitioners, sociologists, political scientists, psychologists and managers, as well as specialists in education, demographics, public policy, civil society, etc.

The faculty’s educational programmes combine fundamental and applied approaches. Our students enjoy professional independence and opportunities to develop in education and research.

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HSE ‘Study Tour Experience’ is a unique project for international applicants who want to experience what it's like to be an HSE master’s student. The international training internship by the HSE International Admissions Office has been functioning since 2020 in two formats (offline and online) and in two languages—Russian and English. In the autumn semester of the 2024/25 academic year, the internship will take place November 11–23. The application deadline is October 13.
October 07
The HSE Rector, Nikita Anisimov, introduced the new Dean at the HSE Academic Council meeting
October 03
The expert of the new issue of the "+/- 10 minutes" column is Anna Kartasheva, PhD in Philosophy, research fellow at the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, and director of the publishing house "Business Book". In the lecture, we will look at how data becomes information, and information becomes knowledge. We will also discuss whether data can be a neutral and error-free record of facts, and how the specifics of knowledge formation affect modern information systems.
October 02

About the Faculty of Social Sciences

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    • 5000+

      students

    • 1000+

      teachers and staff

    • 30

      educational programmes

    • 5

      doctoral schools

    • 6

      institutes

    • 17

      research centres and laboratories

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