HSE ART AND
DESIGN SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL

HSE ART & DESIGN SCHOOL is a creative division of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, a leading educational institution in the fields of design, fashion, and contemporary art in Russia.

We teach contemporary design and art skills with a special attention to systematic design thinking, elaborating concepts, and breaking traditional design rules with a deep knowledge of classic design instruments and techniques.

HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL includes 4 campuses in different cities and more than 15 educational areas. More than 5 000 students study in our undergraduate, graduate, additional education and postgraduate programs. HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL has its own art workshops and studios, a film pavilion, theater and fashion clusters, and a contemporary art gallery HSE ART GALLERY.

Today, we have grown enough to share our expertise with the international community and implement the best educational practices in collaboration with our partners.

HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL offers establishing Digital Campus or an affiliate/partnership program with a partner university or a business structure.

WE SUPPLY

• a scalable digital platform for the full organization and operation of an online campus at partner universities

• comprehensive training for the curators and mentors, support and control of the educational process

• materials for educational programs our know-how in the field of design and visual arts education

• unique stable and effective educational program with strong results

• localization of the program (language/national syllabus requirements)

WHAT IS REQUIRED from our partners?
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• either a private university or a business structure

• ensuring the legal side of business operation in the region (including banking)

• promotion of the online campus product in the region

HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL students on a regular basis participate in and win international design competitions, perform at design festivals, and are featured on prestigious professional digital platforms.

These activities are important for young creatives — to keep abreast of the international agenda, to imagine the professional level of colleagues and receive feedback from jury members and other participants.

Our academic staff and graduates have won and been shortlisted for a number of national and international professional competitions such as: Bienal del Cartel Bolivia BICeBé, Dieline Awards, World Brand Design Society, ADD AWARDS, ADCR Awards, TDC Awards (Type Directors Club) and many others.

The HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL has launched an open portfolio system which is fully transparent to applicants, students, lecturers, and external users.

In this system, students create and defend projects, track their professional progress, and participate in general examination reviews with students from all campuses of the school. This ensures a unified approach when assessing project quality. The portfolio also gives students an instrument for taking part in competitions and collaborations, as well as finding potential clients and employers.

Projects in the curriculum gradually become more complex, starting with the basics of design project planning in the first year.

Students then move on to specialize in the areas that interest them and work with real clients briefs, and in the fourth year, they create complex projects that are ready for implementation.

HSE Competitions is an open international space for uniting original ideas, new meanings and spectacular projects in all current trends of design, contemporary art and fashion.

It is also an excellent mechanism both for developing the creative professionalism of participants and for branding and implementing the boldest and most accurate marketing strategies of any company or creative institution.

The team of the HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL are experts-practitioners and leading professionals in all areas of design. Thanks to the modern practical approach in design education, we focus on the real needs of the global creative industry and think like a futurological bureau.

The Design School competition platform is a special digital space with an opportunity for online dialogue with leading experts in the field of design, meeting with famous brands and the reality of independent professional self-expression. Our competitions bring together original ideas, new meanings and spectacular projects on one platform, reveal the modernity and relevance of all areas of design, contemporary art and fashion; allow to be in dialogue with the world’s leading educational and cultural institutions and to form a unified professional communicative and cognitive space.

Everyone who is ready to show and develop the capital of their creative competences can take part in the contests: beginners and students, experienced professionals and graduates of any higher education institutions, regardless of geography.