International College of Economics and Finance

ICEF Team Wins Axenix Business Cup & HSE Case Club 2024

Axenix Business Cup & HSE Case Club 2024 awarded its top prize to the team of third-year students of ICEF. Consisting of Ivan Zaikin (leader), Arslan Gilmutdinov, Dmitry Filippov, Ruslan Kerimov, Alexey Golovshchinsky and Gleb Smirnov, the team goes under the name Equilibrium Solutions.

March 25

“I Know ICEF Grads As Brainy People With Easy Attitude to Challenge and Healthy Sense of Humour”

Ksenia Alexandridi, head of Strategy Consulting at IBC Real Estate (JLL Russia & CIS until 2022), member of ICEF bachelor’s class of 2012, looks back at her life as a student, recalling moments of fun and hard work and sharing the secrets of consulting where she enjoys success since graduation.

March 23

“I See ICEF as a Strong Brand Name and Gold Standard”

HSE graduate student Elena Korobova stays connected with her alma mater since high school. First a student of HSE lyceum class, Elena went on to study at HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs and earned her bachelor’s with honours in 2022.Now in her second year of master’s studies, Elena shares about the reasons she chose ICEF that include English-medium instruction, Spanish, study abroad opportunities, and student-friendly atmosphere. The latter is largely credited to ICEF’s academics with experience of graduate studies abroad.

March 19

ICEF Team Competes in HSE INTER FOOTBALL CUP 2024

ICEF team. Bottom row: Artemiy Sergeev, Martin Polzen, Denis Korotkov, Egor Ivanov. Top row: Ivan Ugro, Luka Kuznetsov, Nikolai Laskin, Gleb Bogoyavlensky, Bogdan Lasychuk

On March 2-3, the HSE Nizhny Novgorod hosted the HSE Inter Football Cup 2024. Competing in it were the student teams of HSE Moscow, ICEF (2023 Cup winner), Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg, and Perm. The ICEF team gloriously won the third place.

March 13

ICEF Students Make It To Econometrics Universiade Final Stage

The Econometrics Universiade 2024 has announced the results of its first stage. As has been the practice in recent years, the event held its first round online and posed contestants to the tasks requiring creative thinking and researcher skills. As in previous years, the list of stage-one winners includes ICEF.

March 13

“ICEF Taught Me to Be Persistent and Think Outside the Box”

Anton Potapenko earned his bachelor’s from ICEF in 2006 and has years of successful career in international investment banking. Currently an executive at India’s conglomerate Essar Group, Anton shares about the hard and soft skills he had gained from ICEF and offers his advice to students of today.

March 01

Congratulations to ICEF Athletes!

We are proud to announce that ICEF team is now an eight-time HSE Russian Weightlifting winner, with a total team score of 122.2.

February 26