Faculty of World Economics and International Affairs
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The Faculty of World Economics and International Affairs was set up in 2006 as the process of the Faculty of World Economics' enlargement, which was originally founded in 2002. It is a Faculty at the Higher School of Economics in Russia
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on different countries and regions, as well as the so-called “problem” specialisation. Apart from that, the Faculty is famous for its outstanding foreign language
s department, which is on par with the leading linguistic universities of Russia
.
The Faculty includes nine departments:
The studies is divided into several different programs:
Undergraduate Programme can be divided into the following areas of focus:
Master’s programmes:
Specializations within the World Economics Programme:
Specializations within the International Affairs and European Studies:
, German
, French
, Spanish
, Portuguese
, Italian
, Chinese
, Japanese
, Arabic
. All language classes are divided into several aspects: General, Business and Mass Media, in some cases even Translation Techniques. Faculty of World Economics and International Affairs is very special in its attitude to English. First of all, English is among the list of the obligatory written entrance exams and at the end of the studies students’ level of the language can be identified as Advanced. Secondly, all Faculty’s students learn English, regardless of the foreign language they learnt at school. Unlike other Faculties of the HSE where students have English classes only for two years, the Faculty of World Economics and International Affairs provides its students with an opportunity to learn languages for four years with the amount of classes accounting for 914 hours, which is equivalent to the level of the Moscow State Linguistic University
. A new objective for the English department is to train students for international exams in English. All students will take an international exam after finishing their English studies. The schools of HSE have two Exams: IELTS
and BEC
which are considered to be important for academic and professional progress.
, Head of an independent analytical institutuion Council for Foreign and Defence Policy, whose members include the most influential and distinguished politicians, academics and businessmen.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Structure
One of the key features of the Faculty is the matrix approach in the course of studies, which includes economic and political specialisationAcademic specialization
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on different countries and regions, as well as the so-called “problem” specialisation. Apart from that, the Faculty is famous for its outstanding foreign language
Foreign language
A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her...
s department, which is on par with the leading linguistic universities of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
The Faculty includes nine departments:
- International Economic Organizations and European Integration
- International Economic Affairs
- World Economics
- International Affairs
- Trade Policy
- International Business
- Energy and Commodities’ Markets
- International Monetary and Credit Relations
- Foreign Languages Department
Areas of Studies
The Faculty focuses on the diverse range of theoretical and practical courses.The studies is divided into several different programs:
- Undergraduate Programme
- Masters Programme
- Specialist or Diploma Programme
Undergraduate Programme can be divided into the following areas of focus:
- General Economic Theory with the Emphasis on World Economics
- International Affairs
Master’s programmes:
Specializations within the World Economics Programme:
- Foreign Economic Relations’ Regulation
- International Business
- International Monetary and Credit Relations
- Energy Resources and Energy Policy
Specializations within the International Affairs and European Studies:
- International Affairs
- European Studies
Special Features
Students have a wide range of languages to choose from: EnglishEnglish language
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, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
, Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
, Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
. All language classes are divided into several aspects: General, Business and Mass Media, in some cases even Translation Techniques. Faculty of World Economics and International Affairs is very special in its attitude to English. First of all, English is among the list of the obligatory written entrance exams and at the end of the studies students’ level of the language can be identified as Advanced. Secondly, all Faculty’s students learn English, regardless of the foreign language they learnt at school. Unlike other Faculties of the HSE where students have English classes only for two years, the Faculty of World Economics and International Affairs provides its students with an opportunity to learn languages for four years with the amount of classes accounting for 914 hours, which is equivalent to the level of the Moscow State Linguistic University
Moscow State Linguistic University
Moscow State Linguistic University , previously known as Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages is a university in Moscow, Russia. It is the largest and the oldest university in Russia that specializes in linguistics and foreign languages. There are about 10...
. A new objective for the English department is to train students for international exams in English. All students will take an international exam after finishing their English studies. The schools of HSE have two Exams: IELTS
IELTS
IELTS , or 'International English Language Testing System', is an international standardised test of English language proficiency. It is jointly managed by University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, the British Council and IDP Education Pty Ltd, and was established in 1989.There are two versions of...
and BEC
BEC
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which are considered to be important for academic and professional progress.
Personalities
The Dean of the Faculty is Sergey Karaganov - a renowned expert in the field of political sciencePolitical science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
, Head of an independent analytical institutuion Council for Foreign and Defence Policy, whose members include the most influential and distinguished politicians, academics and businessmen.