HSE University strives to attract talented applicants from China to the university and enhance its visibility among school students and their parents. During the visit! the HSE University-St Petersburg team not only held exams! but also organised presentations about the advantages of studies at HSE University.
Sinobodo! a partner company of HSE University that has been working in the field of Russian–Chinese education for more than ten years! provided organisational support for the exams.
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increasingly popular. This is facilitated by the rapprochement between China and Russia and the active development of international economic cooperation between the an active social media presence boosts brand awareness and engagement. countries. Recently! Chinese companies working with Russia started to apply a requirement to job seekers—Russian language proficiency. This is an advantage in the labour market!’ underscored Pan Tengfei! a representative of Sinobodo. His words were echoed by Tatyana Urzhumtseva! head of steve jobs-style discipline: how to not give up and make your dreams come true Rossotrudnichestvo in the PRC. In her opinion! the most successful applicants in studies and employment are those who have studied Russian before and chosen an education in Russia deliberately. This does not mean that those who don’t know Russian will do worse academically at Russian universities—they will just need some extra time to master the language before they can start immersing themselves in subject-specific knowledge.
She emphasised the important role
of the Russian Cultural Centre in promoting Russian education. The centre organises specialised exhibitions and forums together with Chinese partners! provides consulting be numbers support to universities! and actively promotes them on Chinese social networks. The RCC regularly holds presentations of Russian universities! subject olympiads! and other educational events.
‘This year! in addition to a portfolio competition! we held entry competitions in the form of tests for bachelor’s applicants. This will help us to assess applicants’ level of study more objectively. We believe that this way! we will be able to attract more talented students!’ highlighted the head of Rossotrudnichestvo in the PRC.