HSE University will hold its regular, seventh Olympiad for the 2019/2020 academic year from October 24 to October 31, 2019.

Participation in the International Youth Olympiad-2020 (IYO-2020) is free of charge.

Participants of the IYO-2020 may choose between an on-campus (offline) mode and an off-campus (online) mode of participation.

Foreign (non-Russian) citizens, stateless persons or Russian nationals living abroad are invited to take part in the Olympiad, namely:

high-school students studying in the 10th or in 11th grades (or in the 11th or the 12th grades for those pursuing a 12-year school programme, respectively);

those who have graduated from international comprehensive schools or currently study in international colleges and are under 30 years of age.

Foreign citizens residing in Russia and who are under 30 years of age are also invited to take part in the competition.

The Olympiad will cover the following fields of study: English, Asian Studies, Design, Journalism, History (World History), Cultural Studies, Mathematics, Media Communications, International Relations, Law, Psychology, Advertising and Public Relations, Social Sciences (Person. Society. State), Modern Politics, Physics, Philology, and Philosophy. (Please note that the competitions in the following subjects will be held in Russian only: Advertising and Public Relations, Design and Philology).

The Olympiad winners and laureates who apply for admission to study at HSE University in 2020 will be entitled to a full scholarship (within a quota) of the Russian Government to study in degree programmes at the Bachelor’s / Specialist level at HSE University, provided that they comply with application requirements which will be made available on the International Youth Olympiad’s website in November-December of 2019.

Detailed information about the Olympiad registration procedure and rules for taking part in the webinars are available on the International Youth Olympiad’s website https://olymp.hse.ru/en/inter/