Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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The IPMEIT Graduate School of Business Engineering trains specialists whose competencies and projects are recognized both at the government level and by leading Russian companies. Business informaticians are in demand across a wide range of industries, including IT, energy, agriculture, and finance. This demonstrates the versatility and flexibility of the education they receive.
HSE students regularly win industry competitions and receive recognition from leading Russian companies.
At the 20th open competition for the best graduation project held by TGC-1, Polytechnic students demonstrated a high level of preparation, and Elena Rakhimova, a master's student in the Business Informatics (Applied Machine Learning in Business Management) program, won in the "Automation and Information Technology in Energy" category. She wrote her master's thesis on the topic of "Development of a Decision Support System for an Energy Generating Company." The students' projects from the Northwestern Federal District were evaluated by TGC-1 experts based on the topic's relevance to the industry, the quality of their development, and the project's effectiveness. Each project was reviewed by at least two experts from the company.
Also at the 7th Moscow Mayor's Hackathon "Digital Transformation Leaders," Konstantin Yugay, a Bachelor's degree student in Business Informatics and a member of the St. Petersburg team Wallcreepers, beat out 35 other teams to take third place. He presented a project to develop a lidar map editor for the automatic removal of dynamic objects, working for the Moscow Department of Transport and Road Infrastructure Development. He was awarded a diploma from the Moscow Government and a prize of 400,000 rubles. The hackathon became the largest competition for the best IT specialists and the main technology event of the autumn in Russia. Developers from 26 countries participated, and the total prize fund was 40 million rubles. VK Tech, Yandex Cloud, and SourceCraft served as technology partners of the competition.
Anastasia Yuniceva, a student majoring in Business Informatics, was among the winners of the 2025 grant competition held by the St. Petersburg Committee for Science and Higher Education. Yuniceva's project, "Digitalization of Agricultural Cultivation Processes Through the Implementation of an Intelligent Information System Using UAVs," was selected from more than 500 applications and awarded the St. Petersburg Government Prize.
Among the winners of the 2025 SPbPU portfolio competition who were admitted to the IPMEiT master's program, Alisa Karpenko received a grant as a bachelor's student in Business Informatics and is already continuing her research in the HSE's master's program. This highlights the students' consistent academic and extracurricular achievements.
Furthermore, large companies not only recognize students' achievements but also directly invest in their development. For example, companies within the Alfa Group financial and investment consortium recognize the relevance of students' ideas at the Higher School of Business and Management (HSBI IPMEiT) by awarding additional scholarships. Undergraduate students Ilya Akulshin and Diana Grigorieva were among 3,000 Alfa-Bank scholarship recipients from across Russia.
Thus, the company directly invests in talent, as the scholarship is not just financial support but a powerful incentive for students and a sign of recognition of their potential by future employers. The program provides not only financial support but also access to bank events and networking opportunities for business informatics professionals, confirming the high potential of our students and the interest of major companies in HSE graduates.
Alfa-Leasing has expressed its interest in participating in the launch of a new master's program at the Higher School of Business and Management (HSBI) of the Institute of Mechanics, Economics, and Technology (IPMET). This is a prime example of how HSBI's strategic partnership with leading market players meets their needs for highly qualified personnel and ensures that our graduates are in demand in the labor market. Direct demand from businesses is the best benchmark for modern education.
The Higher School of Business and Management (HSBI IPMEiT) is actively developing strategic partnerships with market leaders. The school is already supported by 18 companies, including PIX Robotics, SILA Union, 1C, KORUS Consulting, Dialog IT, Netrika, JSA-group, the Almazov National Medical Research Center, Nauka, and others. A bilateral cooperation agreement with Alfa Leasing is currently being prepared for signing.
Together, we are creating an effective educational ecosystem: from the co-creation of educational content and financial support for talented students to their subsequent employment. This allows us to train not just certified specialists, but future employees for market leaders. Together with our partners, we are effectively building a talent pool for the digital economy. After all, all student projects, carried out under the guidance of true HSE experts, have a clear applied focus—from energy and agriculture to the financial sector," notes Igor Ilyin, Director of the Higher School of Business Engineering at IPMEIT.
The academic and research achievements of students at the Higher School of Business and Management at the Institute of Mathematics, Economics, and Telecommunications (HSBI IPMEiT), and their support from employers and foundations, confirm the demand for graduates in the labor market and the alignment of their educational programs with current economic demands and national development priorities.
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