The International College of Economics and Finance

On December 6, the ICEF International Academic Committee (IAC) and a round table on online education were held in London. After the academic events, a tour on renewed LSE campus was organized for guests.

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On December 5, a meeting of ICEF Alumni was held in London with the participation of ICEF.LSE project team members in the new LSE Centre Building. ICEF ex-students shared their personal stories...

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The 13th of September witnessed ICEF’s 19th diploma award ceremony. Bachelor’s degrees were awarded to 187 graduates and master’s to 15. 47 bachelor’s graduates earned first class honours degrees from the University of London (UoL), representing around 30% of the total number. Inclusive of this year’s, ICEF graduates now total 2000. We have been to the historic house to witness the ceremony and talk to the graduates about what they think and, more importantly, how they feel about themselves before throwing their caps in the air on one of the most exciting days of their lives.

Read more about the ceremony here.

On September 13, ICEF hosted a welcome ceremony for the BSc double degree programme’s second year students, who will be commencing their studies in the University of London’s (UoL) International Programme.

Read more here. 

In September 2019 ICEF partners from University of London and London School of Economics came with a traditional visit.

This year ICEF welcomed Professor Wendy Thomson, UoL Vice-Chancellor; Dr. Mary Stiasny, UoL Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the UoL Worldwide; Professor David Webb, LSE Pro-Director, well known reseacher and former Head of LSE Department of Finance; as well as LSE.ICEF Project Dean Dr. Jörn Rothe; LSE.ICEF Academic Coordinator Professor Kevin Sheedy; LSE.ICEF Academic Advisor Dr. Georgy Chabakauri, and a new project administrator Consolata Amode.

Read more here.

For further information please visit ICEF website. 

The QS Ranking Agency has published its Business Masters Rankings. The MSc programme in Financial Economics of the HSE International College of Economics and Finance appears in the ranking for the first time, featuring 66^th among 158 programmes in finance. The programme achieves high scores for thought leadership (45^th in the world), alumni outcomes (57^th in the world) and employability (59^th in the world), three of the five indicators used to compile the ranking.

 More information on the HSE website 

The 2018 Graduation ceremony took place on September 13^th, as traditionally, at the residence of the British Ambassador, in the presence of the Ambassador, Laurie Bristow and the Deputy Head of the UK Mission to Russia, Ms Lindsay Skoll. 

In addition, 34 students completed ICEF’s Master programme in Financial Economics, and several graduates have already been accepted to PhD and MBA programmes.

The London School of Economics and Political Science was represented by the LSE ICEF Project Dean Dr Jörn Rothe and the Project’s Academic coordinator Dr Kevin Sheedy.

The invited guests and speakers included University of London Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Kopelman, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the UoL International Programmes Dr Mary Stiasny, HSE First Vice Rector Vadim Radaev, ICEF Director Sergey Yakovlev, ICEF Deputy Director Oleg Zamkov, and member of HSE’s Board of trustees Mikhail Zadornov. ICEF teachers and members of staff also joined the ceremony.

In the afternoon, ICEF held a Welcome session for new students enrolling on the BSc double degree programmes of the University of London International Programmes. The students were greeted and introduced to the UoLIP community by Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Kopelman and Pro Vice-Chancellor Dr Mary Stiasny.

For more information about both events please visit ICEF’s pages:

ICEF Graduation ceremony

UoLIP Welcome session

The Alumni reception took place at LSE on 8 December 2017  as part of ICEF’s 20^th anniversary.  It was attended by a number of ICEF alumni working or studying in London and in the UK.  The warm welcome was given to our special guest, Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides, Nobel Laureate. For further details about the event, please see the ICEF webpage.

Sixth International Moscow Finance and Economics Conference 27-29 October 2017

The Laboratory in Financial Economics (LFE) based at ICEF Moscow is organising its sixth finance conference.

Among the invited speakers are:  Amir Yaron (The Wharton School), Dmitry Livdan (Haas School of Business), Jos Van Bommel (University of Luxembourg), Sergey Tsyplakov (Darla Moore School of Business)

For further information please visit the LFE website.

Assistant Professor in Economics or Finance

Deadline: 22 November 2017

For further information, please visit the ICEF website

The year 2017 has been marked by the celebration of the 20^th anniversary at the International College of Economics and Finance (ICEF). The major celebratory events took place in September.

On September 14, ICEF hosted a Welcome reception for the students passing their first-year exams and entering the BSc double degree programme of the University of London International Programme.

ICEF Director Sergey Yakovlev welcomed at the event Professor Sir Adrian Smith, UoL Vice-Chancellor and Dr Mary Stiansny, UoL Pro Vice-Chancellor. The LSE was represented by Emeritus Professor Richard Jackman, Academic Director of UoL programmes at LSE, and Dr Jörn Rothe, new LSE.ICEF Project Dean.

The day continued with the honorary lecture of Professor Sir Adrian Smith given to ICEF and HSE students and staff. The lecture focused on the changing role of higher education in our society, reflecting on the UK and global developments.

Further information for both events can be found here:
Welcome reception; Honorary lecture

On September 15, the ICEF Graduation ceremony was hosted by the British Ambassador to Russia Laurie Bristow at his Residence in Moscow. 2017 was notable for the, so far, highest number of ICEF graduates: 171 students completed the double-degree BSc programme and there were 29 graduates from the MSc programme, which is being implemented jointly with the LSE.

About 60% of undergraduate students have received first and upper second class honours degrees from the University of London. It is indeed, a great achievement.

The invited guests included LSE Pro-Director Professor Paul Kelly, LSE.ICEF Project Dean Dr Jörn Rothe, the project team members and Professor Richard Jackman, the former LSE.ICEF Project Director.

Professor Paul Kelly noted in his speech that LSE sets high standards of education and ICEF students have proven they can meet them. He encouraged graduates to “talk about LSE and ICEF whenever you have the opportunity. And, if you become well-off, do not forget to support students and universities.”

Graduates were also addressed by speeches and congratulations from ICEF Director Sergey Yakovlev, Sir Adrian Smith and Dr Mary Stiasny (UoL), Professor Vadim Radaev (HSE First Vice-Rector), Alexander Shokhin (HSE President) and one of the founding fathers of ICEF Project Sergey Dubinin (Chair of the ICEF’s Board of Trustees).

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The celebration was concluded by the Anniversary reception at the Puskhin Literary Museum. Among the invited guests were above-mentioned LSE and UoL representatives, in addition to the ICEF faculty, staff and alumni, and representatives from the HSE and the wider Russian academic and business community.

An introductory speech by ICEF Director Sergey Yakovlev described the twenty years of ICEF’s successful journey and expressed gratitude to all people involved in the ICEF support from the beginning, including Professors Richard Layard and Richard Jackman from LSE, and HSE Rector Yaroslav Kuzminov and Sergey Dubinin.

HSE Rector Yaroslav Kuzminov also highlighted the contribution of the LSE to the Russian education system.

The LSE founding father of the cooperation with ICEF, Professor Emeritus Lord Richard Layard, sent his greetings in a short video message along with the LSE Nobel Prize laureate Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides. Their messages and further information about the celebration can be found here.

The contribution and efforts of the LSE and UoL have been recognised by HSE awards – the Academic Honours Medal – awarded by the HSE Rector to UoL Vice-Chancellor Sir Adrian Smith, LSE Pro-Director Professor Paul Kelly and LSE Emeritus Professor Richard Jackman.

Assistant Professor in Economics or Finance

Deadline: 27 November 2016

For further information, please visit the ICEF website.

The 2016 Graduation Ceremony took place on September 16th at the official residence of the British Ambassador, in the presence of the Ambassador, Laurie Bristow. This year a record number of 159 students received their bachelor’s and 27 their master’s degrees. Out of the BSc graduates, 49 received first class and 44 upper second-class honours degrees from the University of London International Programmes (UoLIP).

This year the Guest of Honour at the Graduation Ceremony was Professor Sir Chris Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, and Nobel Laureate.

Professor Pissarides addressed the graduating students, and had also given a public lecture at ICEF before the Ceremony on “The Future of Work: Employment in the Age of Robots”. Information about the lecture can be found here.

The invited guests and speakers also included HSE President, Alexander Shokhin, HSE First Vice Rector Vadim Radaev, ICEF Director Sergey Yakovlev, UoLIP Vice Chancelor Dr Mary Stiasny, ICEF Project Director at LSE Richard Jackman, Deputy President - Chairman of the Board of VTB24 Mikhail Kozhokin.

The ICEF Alumni Reunion took place after the official ceremony.

For more information please visit the ICEF website.

The list of speakers includes: Suleyman Basak (London Business School), Tarun Ramadorai (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford), Andrew Ellul (Kelley School of Business, Indiana University), Dmitry Livdan (Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley), Bart Taub (Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow), Svetlana Bryzgalova (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University).

For more information please see LFE website.

The Fifteenth ICEF Graduation Ceremony took place on 15 September 2015.

It was held at the official residence of the British Ambassador to Russia, in the presence of the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy, Martin Harris.

 

He highlighted in his speech that “ICEF is an investment which won’t just pay off in the academic and professional success of its graduates. It is a mutual investment by Russia and Britain to help them understand each other.” 

This year 105 students received their bachelor’s and 23 their master’s degrees, of whom 83% of the BSc students were awarded 1st or upper 2nd class degrees from London University.

The Ceremony was attended by several guests: Professor Paul Kelly, Pro-Director for Teaching & Learning at LSE, Pro Vice-Chancellor Mary Stiasny from the University of London International Programmes, President of HSE Alexander Shokin, Deputy President of VTB24 Bank (which offers scholarships to ICEF master’s students) Mikhail Kozhokin, HSE Academic Supervisor Evgeny Yasin and Professor Richard Jackman, ICEF Project Director at LSE.

For more information please visit the ICEF pages.

Assistant Professor in Economics or Finance

Deadline: 22 November 2015

For further information, please visit the ICEF pages.

Professor Sergey Yakovlev was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Science (Economics) by Professor Sir Adrian Smith, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London at the Graduation Ceremony in London.

Dr Mary Stiasny, Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) and Chief Executive of the University of London International Programmes said: "Professor Yakovlev has demonstrated a clear vision for the education and transformation of higher education in Russia. His driving inspiration was to raise the importance of studies in economics and finance to international levels of excellence. The role he has played in higher education has been transformative, not only in Russia, but in uniting our two education cultures."

For further information visit the University of London webpage.

The list of speakers include Terrence Hendershott (Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley), Pablo Beker (University of Warwick), Bart Taub (Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow).

For more information, please see the Laboratory in Financial Economics.

The 2014 Graduation Ceremony took place on September 11th at the official residence of the British Ambassador, in the presence of the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy, Martin Harris. It was this year that ICEF awarded its thousandth diploma since its establishment 17 years ago.

Out of 121 students who graduated, 22 received first class, and 38 upper second-class honours degrees from the University of London. And 11 were awarded HSE diploma with honours (“red diploma”).

Additionally, 36% of ICEF graduates will continue into master's programmes abroad, and many of them have received scholarships to universities such as the London School of Economics, MIT, Oxford, Columbia University, and UCLA. Three graduates (one undergraduate and two masters) were admitted to PhD programmes at UCLA, the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania. 

The importance of international cooperation in the field of education and science was highlighted by Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Moscow, Martin Harris, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London Professor Sir Adrian Smith. "The embodiment of a line for the educational, economic, and culture integration of our country into Europe was the main achievement of ICEF graduates", according to VTB 24 President and CEO Mikhail Zadornov, who is also a member of HSE’s board of trustees.

The Ceremony was special this year since it was attended by a Guest of Honour and the College’s founder Professor Lord Richard Layard from LSE.

Lord Layard said he was also certain that despite all difficulties and disagreements, Russian is culturally a European country and will eventually become part of a Greater Europe. In addition, HSE President Alexander Shokhin said ICEF should not stop after its first thousand graduates: "At one time, there was such a thing as 'twenty-five-thousanders' specialists that helped build socialism in rural areas. I hope that there will come a time when we will have our 25,000th graduate who will help build capitalism – not only in Russia, but on a global scale as well.”

For more information please visit the ICEF pages.  

LSE.ICEF is inviting you to an

International conference and workshop:

Insolvency 2014 - Current Problems and Experiences, 27-28 March 2014

organised in cooperation with ICEF Moscow and University of Economics, Prague.

Venue: London School of Economics, New Academic Building (NAB), 2nd floor
Dates: Thursday 27 March 10:00-16:00, Room 2.06
             Friday 28 March 09:30-12:00

The event is free to attend however an online registration is required. For further information and registration instructions please contact Ms Miriam Grossmanova.

On 4 February 2014 Princess Anne, who is Chancellor of the University of London, visited the International College of Economics and Finance in Moscow on her way to Sochi, where she was leading the UK delegation to the Olympic games.

 

In welcoming the Princess HSE President Alexander Shokhin paid tribute to the London School of Economics role in contributing to the College's success.

He said " The fact that The Princess Royal chose the HSE as one of the places she is visiting in Moscow certainly indicates that our project has been successful; much of the credit for that goes to our colleagues - professors of the London School of Economics. We attach great importance to her visit, and we believe that it will contribute to ICEF's further development and the expansion of its educational programmes".

Afterwards, ICEF Director Sergey Yakovlev and LSE ICEF Project Director Richard Jackman introduced the Princess to ICEF teachers, students, alumni and staff.

Princess Anne was particularly interested in how the co-operation between HSE and LSE had influenced the transformation of educational standards and the approach to learning at the HSE. She also asked students, including some non-Russian students, about their reasons for choosing ICEF and their academic and career plans.

Further information can be found at the HSE News pages.  

Professor Paul Kelly visited ICEF on 25-26 September 2013 and met with the ICEF Directors Sergey Yakovlev and Oleg Zamkov, as well as with the ICEF academic staff and students.

He also attended the ICEF Graduation ceremony on 25 September at the residence of Timothy Barrow, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Russian Federation where he gave a short speech and congratulated all ICEF students on their achievements.

Out of 107 undergraduate students who graduated this year, 29 received first class and 42 upper second-class honours degrees from the University of London.

 

In addition the fourth cohort of students completed the ICEF Masters programme in Financial Economics and 16 students were awarded the Masters degree. Many of the graduates will continue their education at other leading universities, including those in the UK. The graduation ceremony was attended also by Professor Sir Adrian Smith, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London, Vadim Radaev, HSE First Vice-Rector and by the college ‘godfathers’ Alexander Shokhin, HSE President, Sergey Dubinin, Head of the ICEF Board of Trustees, Richard Jackman, LSE.ICEF Director and both, ICEF Director Sergey Yakovlev and the Deputy Director Oleg Zamkov.

For more information please visit the ICEF pages.  

Assistant Professor in Economics
Assistant Professor in Financial Economics

Deadline: 22 November 2013

For more information, please refer to the ICEF pages.

Keynote speakers: Rajnish Mehra, University of California Santa Barbara and Marco Pagano, University of Naples.

For more information, please see the Laboratory in Financial Economics website.

New LSE Director Craig Calhoun in Moscow

Professor Calhoun visited ICEF in September 2012 at the occasion of the 15th anniversary of ICEF’s establishment.

He gave an open lecture at the HSE International College of Economics and Finance (ICEF) on ‘Social and Political Challenges Facing Global Capitalism’. More information can be found at the HSE News page.

Professor Calhoun also attended the ICEF Graduation Ceremony, which was followed by the Reception for ICEF Alumni at the Residence of the British Ambassador.

He personally presented MSc students with their special LSE letters in recognition of the academic links between ICEF and LSE. For further information, please visit the HSE pages.

LSE ICEF Director Professor Jackman given an Honorary Award of HSE

Professor Richard Jackman has been presented with a medal by the rector of the Higher School of Economics (HSE), Professor Yaroslav Kuzminov, who honoured Professor Jackman’s long standing work and involvement in the ICEF project since it was established 15 years ago, in partnership with LSE.

Professor Kuzminov said: ‘Richard Jackman is the first foreigner to receive this award, the Honorary Award of the HSE, and he fully deserves this honour’. The award was presented at the ICEF graduation ceremony held at the Residence of the British Ambassador in Moscow on Tuesday 25 September, in the presence of the British ambassador to Russia and LSE Director Professor Craig Calhoun.

Professor Janet Hartley presented with Letter of Commendation of the HSE 

A former Pro-Director for Teaching and Learning at the London School of Economics, Professor Janet Hartley, has been presented with the Letter of Commendation of the HSE for the long-standing work and involvement in the ICEF project since it was established 15 years ago.

 Please see more on the ICEF website.

The conference will be held within the framework of ICEF 15th anniversary.
Keynote speaker: Dr Dimitrios Tsomocos, Oxford University.

For more information please see the announcement at the ICEF Events and ICEF News pages.  

November 19-19, 2011

Hosted by the International Laboratory in Financial Economics (LFE) at the International College of Economics and Finance (ICEF) Higher School of Economics, Moscow (Pokrovski Boulevard, 11).

More information about the First International Moscow Finance Conference.

In September 2010 University of London degrees were conferred on 79 ICEF undergraduate students (18 with first class honours) and HSE master degrees on further 20 students, in a ceremony at the British Embassy in Moscow attended by the new Vice Chancellor of the UoL, Professor Geoffrey Crossick and by LSE Pro Director Professor Janet Hartley.

Former LSE Director Howard Davies visited ICEF Moscow in November 2010 for the third year running. He gave a public lecture entitled "Europe-The Lost Continent?", which generated a great deal of interest.

In January, 2011 LSE organized a Reception on the occasion of the visit by ICEF Director Sergey Yakovlev. The reception was hosted by Pro Director Janet Hartley and was attended by a large number of ICEF Alumni studying or working in London.

 

In 2010, the total number of ICEF students has grown by 20%. And more than 50% of ICEF's BSc graduates received either a First or Upper second class degree. Almost half of ICEF graduates went on to continue their education on Masters and PhD programs at leading world universities.

 

ICEF will continue in its efforts to become an integral part of the international research and educational community. ICEF plans to open a new "Accounting and Finance" degree on the Bachelor program, which has proven to be one of the most popular degrees offered by the University of London in association with the LSE via the International Programmes system.

Most recently, ICEF has set up an International research laboratory in Financial Economics with the participation of LSE. In November 2011 ICEF International Laboratory in Financial Economics (LFE) plans to host its First International Conference on Financial Economics.