Master of Business Analytics

Upon completion of the program, you will receive a Master of Science in Finance Diploma with a major in Business Analytics from HSE University. The online mode won’t be mentioned on the Diploma. You will receive the same Diploma as on-campus students. The Diploma will be issued in Russian and you'll receive the Diploma Supplement in English (Supplement to Degree Certificate) — an official document that is recognized internationally and confirms students’ qualifications. ‎

You will be prepared for careers in:

• Business analytics for financial management
• Business analytics for decision-making and advice
• Accounting and internal auditing
• Integrated risk-management
• Risk based compliance
• Assurance of value reports
• Value reporting

Learn more about career prospects from the program Academic Supervisor and Head of the School of Finance at HSE - Professor Irina Ivashkovskaya.‎

The program is a complete Master's degree program of the National Research University Higher School of Economics accredited by the Russian government. ‎

Yes, you can try our open courses within the Introduction to Value Based Business Analytics Specialization before you are enrolled in the program.‎

We will be happy to share with you more details via email: mbanalytics@hse.ru‎

Lectures are organized into weekly modules, which can be accessed in the pre-recorded video format. Pace yourself through online lectures before meeting with the teaching team and your classmates to dive deeper into the material.

The interactive learning experience is organised through:

• Regular webinars to support all educational courses (at least once every week)
• Project work in small groups
• Access to the same international databases that on-campus students have (Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Capital IQ, Van Dijk) and to e-library with the world finance and accounting journals and books
• Virtual labs led by our colleagues from global networks such as World intellectual capital initiative global, AICPA, ACCA, leading experts in non-financial reporting from Italy, Germany, France, Australia, India, South Africa. ‎

The program length is 24 months and is aimed at students who are working while studying.‎

There will be 8 academic hours for video lectures weekly plus 2 academic hours for webinars, which equals to 10 academic hours per week in total. Your weekly workload assumes taking 2 different video courses with 2 video lectures per each course. Each lecture is 90 minutes in length. We will also invite you to live webinars: one every two weeks in each course (90 minutes in length), scheduling them in a way that you will take one webinar per week. Your time zone will be taken into account when planning the scheduled time of the live webinars.‎

In total you‘ll need to complete 23 courses. Upon completion of compulsory courses, you will choose an applied specialization including 5 elective courses, 2 projects on real life problems under supervision by industry experts, and participate in Virtual Labs in each specialization led by international experts. You will have access to global databases (Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Capital IQ, Van Dijk) and to global finance and accounting journals and books.

Learn more about the skills you will develop in this program from the Academic Supervisor and Head of the School of Finance at HSE - Professor Irina Ivashkovskaya.‎

Each week you are expected to take 2 courses (2 video lectures per each course). Each lecture is 90 minutes long. HSE will also be hosting live webinars once every two weeks (90 minutes long).‎

Yes, there will be an online graduation ceremony. ‎

Yes, transfer to the on-campus program is possible in accordance with the HSE student transfer regulations.‎

Yes, our instructors are involved in both online and offline teaching, though some experts might be only available within this specific program.‎

Yes, all course instructors have a specific time when they are ready to answer students' questions on online platforms. The office hours of each instructor will be available to the students of the program.‎

Online students will have access to all the databases and tools as on-campus students have. If you have questions about the access to on-campus facilities, you can contact us by email: mbanalytics@hse.ru‎

The student ID card is issued to all students upon request, but can be received only personally since HSE is not permitted to mail student IDs.‎

Yes, you will be connected with other students via various online and social network resources, including the learning platform, Facebook and Telegram.‎

Available career services include:

1) Micro module “Career planning” which includes:

• Career drop-in sessions with headhunters in finance and accounting;
• Soft skills classes “How to prepare your CV” with corporate experts from consulting companies (PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, EY);
• Master classes from industry experts on their career tracks;
• Alumni meetings;

2) Creating banks with students’ CVs, which can be shared with headhunters and businesses from our networks;

3) We invite experts from large corporations to deliver particular topics within lecture courses. This type of communication indirectly helps to get a feeling for the required skills in the field of studies. ‎

Internships are not a part of the program.‎

To be considered for admissions, you must have a Bachelor’s degree or a Master's degree in any field and fill out an application form. There might be an interview suggested for an applicant.‎

There is no application fee.‎

No, you can not transfer credits into the program. ‎

There are tuition fee discounts up to 35% based on your country of residence.‎

The Fall 2021 tuition fee is 1,280,000 RUB. You do not need to pay the entire cost upfront; it is divided into four equal payments for four semesters of the program.‎

To be eligible for the program, applicants must have an eligible Bachelor’s degree. There is no GPA requirement.‎

All applicants who submit applications before the deadline are automatically considered. There are no specific background requirements.‎

If you are successfully admitted to the program, you will need to submit the following documents to HSE in order to officially enroll. We recommend that you prepare them early:

• Academic diploma with supplements/transcript
• Notarized translation of diploma with supplements/transcript into Russian
• Passport/ID
• Notarized translation of Passport/ID into Russian

Please read about the process of Legalization of documents.‎

HSE will send you an offer once you are admitted. Normally, all admissions results are issued by August 29th 2021, though we will be sending our offers to successful candidates on a rolling basis.‎

We recommend you schedule a Portfolio consultation via the HSE website and HSE will provide feedback on how to improve your Portfolio.‎

International applicants should prove their English language proficiency through one of the following means:

1. Submitting a copy of the document proving that the previous degree was taught in English;
2. Submitting a copy of TOEFL / IELTS / PTE / CAE / BEC:

• IELTS – no less than 6.0 points,
• TOEFL IBT – no less than 80 points,
• TOEFL PBT – no less than 500 points,
• TOEFL CBT – no less than 232 points,
• CAE with grade C (pass),
• CPE with grade A, B or C,
• BEC Higher with grade A, B or C. ‎

International transcripts can be submitted through your personal account on the Application portal.‎

There are no additional requirements for international students.‎