Selection criteria

Assistant: higher education and work experience in an academic institution for at least one year; if a сandidate has completed doctoral/postgraduate military studies or has a Candidate of Sciences (PhD) degree – work experience is not required.

Teacher: higher education and work experience in an academic institution for at least one year; if a сandidate has completed doctoral/postgraduate military studies or has a Candidate of Sciences (PhD) degree – work experience is not required.

Teacher at the Military Training Centre (MTC): reserve officer; relevant level of education, military training and awarded qualification in line with the code for the military occupational specialty of the vacant position; experience of military service, as considered relevant to the military training programme offered by the MTC – at least three years; a degree and work experience in a military academic institution – at least one year; if a holder of an academic degree or an academic title – work experience is not required; approval in place granted by a supervisor of the central authority of a military administration, who is charged with organizing military training in regards to this military occupational specialty. 

Senior Lecturer: higher education and a record of academic/teaching work for at least three years; if a holder of a Candidate of Sciences (PhD) degree – a record of academic/teaching work for at least one year.

Track Supervisor - Senior Lecturer at the Military Training Centre (MTC): reserve officer; relevant level of education, military training and awarded qualification in line with the code for the military occupational specialty of the vacant position; experience of military service, as considered relevant to the programme offered by the MTC, in addition to work with personnel – for at least five years; higher military education and a record of academic/teaching work for at least three years; if a holder of an academic degree or an academic title – at least one year; approval granted by a supervisor of the central authority of a military administration, who is charged with the organization of military training in regards to this military occupational specialty. 

Assistant Professor: higher education, a Candidate (Doctor) of Sciences / PhD and a record of academic/teaching work for at least three years or the academic title of assistant professor (senior research fellow); for candidates to vacancies, announced under an international recruitment campaign: a PhD, work experience at a foreign academic or research institution – for at least three years.

Assistant Professor at the Military Training Centre: reserve officer; relevant level of education, military training and awarded qualification in line with the code of the military occupational specialty for the vacant position; experience of military service, as considered relevant to the military training programme offered by the MTC – at least five years; higher military education and a record of academic/teaching work – at least three years or an academic title of assistant professor; holder of a Candidate (Doctor) of Sciences degree; approval in place granted by a supervisor of the central authority of a military administration, who is charged with the organization of military training with respect to this military occupational specialty. 

Professor: higher education, a Doctor of Sciences degree/PhD and a record of academic and pedagogic work of at least five years, or an academic title of professor; for candidates to vacancies announced as part of an international recruitment campaign: a PhD, work experience at a foreign academic or research institution for at least three years. 

Professor at the Military Training Centre: reserve officer; relevant degree level, military training and awarded qualification in line with the code of military occupational specialty for the vacant position;  experience of military service, as considered relevant to the military training programme offered by the Military Training Centre of at least 10 years; higher military education and not less than five years of academic and pedagogical work or academic title of assistant professors (professor); a Candidate/Doctor of Sciences degree; valid approval from the head of the central authority of a military administration charged with organizing military training relating to the given military occupational specialty.

At HSE University, three types of employment agreements are being introduced, which are underpinned by a flexible system of professional (career) trajectories, coupled with special mechanisms for selection, incentivizing and appraising employees. As the University’s goals become more diverse and complex, it needs more professionals with non-academic backgrounds, in addition to academic staff with scientific achievements. Moreover, the University is still striving to attract highly qualified teachers, who do not always have academic achievements. Therefore, in addition to an academic career track, two types of professional trajectories are being put in place: practice-oriented and teaching/methodological.  

Under each trajectory, career growth may be attained along three tracks: you can rise through the teaching ranks; you can receive honorary statuses under each trajectory; or, you can get promoted to administrative positions by taking on managerial duties.

When filling in an e-application, you will need to indicate your preferable professional (career) trajectories, i.e., where you see your best career growth at HSE University (first and second priority):

The academic trajectory is characterized by the execution of teaching activities, whereby research outcomes are actively engaged, as well as regular research work, high academic output, participation in academic conference, and work with doctoral students;

The teaching/methodological trajectory is characterized by high-quality course instruction, active teaching/methodological work and/or project work with students, methodological and technical support for courses (e.g., e-courses), without systematic academic achievements (necessary number of publications) and practical/applied work outside of the academic sphere;

The Practice-oriented trajectory is characterized by teaching activities with active engagement in the results of practical activities, practical experience, organization of project work related to applied research and expert analysis, as well as new product development, current or previous professional activities outside of the academic sphere, consultation and/or expert and analytical activities, along with applied research.

General Framework for Institutionalizing Three Career Trajectories 

The criteria for evaluation in teaching/methodological and practice-oriented trajectories, as approved by academic councils of respective faculties / regional campuses

When considering competition documentation, the HR and Selection Committees and the coordinating First Vice Rector shall confirm whether a candidate meets or does not meet criteria of a given trajectory, while also giving due consideration to the personal selection of the candidate his/herself.

The criteria for the evaluation for teaching/methodological and practice-oriented trajectories, as approved by the academic councils of respective faculties / regional campuses

Moscow Graduate School of Business 

Moscow_Faculty of Humanities School of Philosophy and Cultural Studies 

Moscow_Faculty of Mathematics  

Moscow_Faculty of Law 

Moscow_Faculty of Computer Science  

Moscow_Faculty of Social Sciences 

Moscow_School of Foreign Languages_teaching/methodological trajectory 

Moscow_School of Foreign Languages_practice-oriented trajectory 

Moscow_Faculty of Economic Sciences 

Moscow_Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs 

Moscow_Faculty of Urban and Regional Development 

Moscow_Faculty of Communications, Media, and Design  

Nizhny Novgorod  

Perm 

St. Petersburg 

St. Petersburg_Media and Art 

St. Petersburg_Department of Foreign Languages 

You must satisfy the requirements for one of the tracks described below:

Track 1: a candidate is entitled to a tier 2 or tier 3 academic bonus, ‘long bonus’ or ‘megabonus’, or is eligible for a tier 3 academic bonus during the period when the Competition is taking place*;

Track 2: at the time when the competition application is submitted, a candidate meets the criteria for assessing research productivity, as established in the Regulations for Staff Research Productivity Assessments at National Research University Higher School of Economics*;

Track 3: a candidate has the following number of publications  over the past three years (starting from 2018) (e.g., works accepted for print, as confirmed by a publisher):

for Professors – at least five publications, including three publications in periodicals indexed in WoS (indexes: SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI) or Scopus, or in journals from the list here: https://scientometrics.hse.ru/goodjournals*; in addition, at least one publication should appear in a periodical from first-second quartile of WoS and Scopus; 

for Assistant Professors  – at least three publications, e.g., at least two publications in periodicals indexed in WoS (indexes: SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI) or Scopus, or in journals from the list here: https://scientometrics.hse.ru/goodjournals*; in addition, at least one publication should appear in a periodical of the first-third quartile of WoS or Scopus;

for Senior Lecturers and Teachers – at least two publications, with one publication made in a periodical indexed in WoS (indexes: SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI) or Scopus, or in a journal from this list:  https://scientometrics.hse.ru/goodjournals*;

for Assistants, hired to a 1.0 FTE teaching position over a year ago – at least two publications;  

for Assistants, hired to a 1.0 FTE teaching position less than a year ago – a written confirmation from a subdivision’s head about plans in place to boost research productivity to reach that of a teacher by the next competitive selection period.

The criteria for research productivity may be discarded with respect to: teachers at the Faculty of Communications, Media, and Design; teachers who have returned from their maternity or childcare leave less than two years ago; teachers at the Military Training Centre. For participants in the Competition for Faculty Positions, who wish to pursue teaching/methodological or practice-oriented trajectories, and the criteria approved by academic council of faculties / regional campuses may be applied to assess research productivity.

Total years, when the award “Best Teacher” / “Best Teacher at HSE Lyceum” was received over all years of service*;

The arithmetical mean of ranking teaching quality assessed by students comes to at least 3.0 points and  the mean proportion of good and excellent grades for teaching quality assessment is not below 50% over the last calendar year;  the arithmetical mean of the ranking teaching quality assessed by HSE Lyceum learners comes to at least 4.0 points over the last calendar year*;

the fulfilment of a standard general teaching load, including the teaching load at HSE Lyceum (excluding the workload of a faculty day) in the current academic year – at a level of no less than 75%*;

fulfilment or active fulfilment of responsibilities under a unified contract (as assessed by a direct supervisor);*

passing the test for knowledge of academic regulations via HSE University’s online portal*.

* Only applicable to faculty members at HSE University

availability of a completed personal webpage on the HSE University’s website, with full syllabi for courses taught over the current academic year, full list of academic and teaching/methodological publications over the past 3 years (excluding the current year) and populated fields with identifiers*;

having passed the Staff Development Programme at HSE University (for categories ‘New Teachers’ and ‘Future Professors’)*;

proficiency in English, as considered sufficient for carrying out professional activities and confirmed with documentary evidence (e.g., language certificate, PhD certificate, a document confirming that you have taught courses in English, defended a dissertation/thesis in English, participation in international conferences with a report in a foreign language, a degree certificate in Linguistics, etc.);

absence of active disciplinary penalties in the previous calendar year;

awards/bonuses over the previous two calendar years*;