New Economic School
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The New Economic School ( NES) (Russian: Российская экономическая школа ) is a private Moscow Higher School of Economics, which emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
History
The New Economic School was founded in 1992 as a private university in Moscow on the initiative of leading Russian and foreign scientists and economists. In a short time, the NES has earned a reputation as a liberal and career-enhancing educational institution.
In 2000, the Center for Economic and Financial Research ( CEFIR ) established within the NES, which was transferred in 2005 as a think - tank in an independent non-governmental organization.
On 7 July 2009 spoke at the annual NES closing ceremony, U.S. President Barack Obama in front of over a thousand guests.
Courses
- Master of Arts in Economics
- Masters in Finance
Students and Alumni
Most students have a first degree in mathematics, physics or economics. About 40 percent come from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, another 20 percent from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and 10 percent of the Novosibirsk State University. 30 percent of students are female and more than half come from outside of Moscow, including many citizens of other countries of the CIS.
By the end of 2009, completed a Master of Arts degree in Economics and 22 with the Master in Finance at the New Economic School 704 young economists. Of these 450 graduates work in Russia, including 330 in the private sector - especially in international companies, investment banks and consulting. About 250, or about 30 percent of the graduates continued their studies after the NES in PhD programs continue, for example, at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and University of Chicago, Stanford University, Yale University, Northwestern University, Columbia University, New York University, University of Pennsylvania, London Business School and University of Toulouse.
More than 60 graduate students working on economic faculties of foreign universities like MIT, Princeton University, Stanford, Yale, University of California, Berkeley, Columbia, UPENN, NYU, LSE, LBS, as well as in the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; 21 PhD students came back to Russia.
Among the graduates of the first year is one of today's economic advisor to the Russian President Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich.
Professors
The faculty members of the New Economic School represent the elite of the Russian economy in international conferences and by publishing in the leading international economic journals, including Econometrica, The American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, The Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Economic Literature, The Journal of the European Economic Association, The Journal of Finance, The Journal of Business and The American Political Science Review.