December 23, 2009 - 10:49 AMT
The Higher School of Economics, Moscow: perspectives of cooperation with Armenia.
In the period from late January up to early February 2010 State University Higher School of Economics, Moscow (HSE) is holding winter schools for graduate and undergraduate students on their 3-5 courses from universities of Russian Federation and other CIS countries to present master programs on the following areas of specialization: economics, management, business informatics, international relations, political science, psychology, law, sociology, mathematics, philosophy, journalism.

As a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from Moscow, for the first time the winter school of HSE for the graduate and undergraduate students of Russian universities and universities of the other CIS countries was held in February 2009. The school was attended by over 300 students from different regions of Russian Federation and the CIS countries, including Armenia. HSE is going to further extend the number of budget places in the master courses. In this respect the organization of winter Schools of HSE, which gives the opportunity for students and graduates from Russian universities and the CIS countries to meet with the university staff, lecturers and professors as well as get acquainted with the master programs of HSE and develop their professional knowledge, is becoming a good tradition. Winter School of HSE 2010 is going to be held in guesthouses under Moscow, the cost of educational and cultural programs, accommodation and meals as well as transfer from Moscow to the guesthouses and back to Moscow is paid by HSE. Official site of the SU-HSE www.hse.ru offers more detailed information about the winter schools.

HSE continues to develop the cooperation with Armenia in the sphere of education and science within the framework of agreement signed in July 2009 with "Rossotrudnichestvo" on international humanitarian cooperation and development of educational and scientific programs in the CIS countries. In late October 2009 the first visit of Yerevan by the delegation of the HSE took place in the framework of the above mentioned agreement. The trip was conducted within the framework of the second Russian Industrial Exhibition «EXPO-RUSSIA ARMENIA» in Yerevan. Meetings were held with the administration of Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, Yerevan State University, Yerevan State Engineering University, private higher educational institutions of Yerevan. The development of the HSE cooperation with universities in Armenia is going to be based on various projects: joint seminars and conferences, including student conferences, joint research and monitoring studies and so forth.