Higher School of Economics

55°45′41.4″N 37°37′59.7″E / 55.761500°N 37.633250°E / 55.761500; 37.633250

HSE University
Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»
Motto
Motto in English
"Not for the school but for life we study"
TypePublic
Established1992 (1992)
AffiliationNational Research University
Project 5-100
Academic affiliation
BRICS Universities League
EUA
UNICA
Endowment1 093.83 million (US$14.8 million) (as of 31 December 2020)
PresidentAlexander Shokhin
Vice-presidentIgor Agamirzian
RectorNikita Anissimov
Academic staff
c.7,000
Administrative staff
1,870
Studentsabove 52 000
Postgraduates489
724
Location
Moscow (subsidiary campuses in Saint-Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Perm)
,
Russia
CampusUrban
Academic termQuarter
ColorsDiamond blue and silver grey
MascotCrow
Websitewww.hse.ru/en
University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World701–800 (2023)
QS World399 (2024)
THE World401–500 (2024)
USNWR Global=561 (2023)

HSE University (Russian: «Высшая школа экономики», ВШЭ), officially the National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russian: Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики») 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. It also has an online campus. There is also the Lyceum at HSE University in Moscow.

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.

HSE offers education at all levels – from a lyceum for school students to post-graduate and MBA programmes. Students can pursue training in a number of fields, including the social sciences, economics, humanities, law, engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and biotechnology, as well as in creative disciplines. Furthermore, university representatives are part of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation and the Expert Council under the Government of Russia.