The National Research University - Higher School of Economics is a self-governing federal educational institution of higher professional training that implements programmes of secondary (comprehensive) general, secondary professional, higher professional, postgraduate, and continuing professional training; conducts fundamental and applied research in a wide range of fields; and acts as a methodological and research centre for the educational system of the Russian Federation in its main areas of activity.

Rector: Professor Yaroslav Kuzminov, PhD (Economics).