Pre-University Training Programme provides intensive Russian language training and brings students to CEFR level B1/TRKI level 1 of language proficiency, that enables them to enter a full-degree programme at HSE or other Russian universities. The programme starts with a compulsory course of Russian as a Foreign Language . After covering the foundations of Russian, students have to pursue general subjects in 3 academic tracks devoted to humanities, economics, and engineering and technology.
For scholarship students an academic track is specified in the referral issued by the Russian Ministry of Education. Please read the subject descriptions carefully to undertsand what to expect from your courses.
To complete the course students are expected to take intermediate and final exams in all disciplines, included in the course study plan.
Track I. Economics
This track will help you prepare for further studies in economics, management, trade, business informatics, and the tourism & hospitality industry.
Mathematics
Contents of the course: numerical functions, equations and inequalities; elements of analytical geometry and differential calculus.
History
Contents of the course: key facts and events in Russian history, its domestic and foreign policy from the 9th century until the present.
Social studies
Contents of the course: a human as a personality; social relations, politics, law and economics, and their specifics in Russia.
Track II. Humanities
This track will help you prepare for further studies in political science, international relations, media communications, advertising, PR, philology, and journalism.
History
Contents of the course: key facts and events in Russian history, its domestic and foreign policy from the 9th century until the present.
Social studies
Contents of the course: a human as a personality; social relations, politics, law and economics, and their specifics in Russia.
Literature
Contents of the course: evolution of Russian literature; key literature schools and outstanding Russian authors (Pushkin, Lermontov, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Tolstoy, Chekhov).
Track III. Engineering and technology
This track will help you prepare for further studies in information technology, power industry studies, machine building studies, robotics, oil & gas, and architecture.
Informatics
Contents of the course: types of number systems; introduction to logics; operation systems; key algorithmic structures; elements of programing languages.
Mathematics
Contents of the course: numerical functions, equations and inequalities; elements of analytical geometry and differential calculus.
Physics
Contents of the course: key concepts, laws and models of mechanics; molecular physics and thermodynamics; electrodynamics; key laboratory devices and equipment.
Track IV. Natural-Scientific
This track will help you prepare for further studies in information technology and mathematics.
Mathematics
Contents of the course: numerical functions, equations and inequalities; elements of analytical geometry and differential calculus.
Physics
Contents of the course: key concepts, laws and models of mechanics; molecular physics and thermodynamics; electrodynamics; key laboratory devices and equipment.
Chemistry
Contents of the course: periodic law and structure of the periodic table of chemical elements; atomic‑molecular theory; inorganic substances; concepts of solution chemistry; theory of electrolytic dissociation; complex compounds.
