HSE University revised pre-defense rules for several programs, and students learned about them less than two months in advance

In 2026, the Faculty of Creative Industries at HSE University changed the procedure for the pre-defense of bachelor's theses. Students are now required not only to submit a Project Proposal (a description of the thesis) in English, but also to defend the work separately before a commission in Russian. Students and sources at the university told Novaya-Europe about this.