Elective courses: general information

During this period you will be able to log into SmartWay to get acquainted with the interface, and look through the list of available courses and time slots. Please look through the instructions

Your main goal for this stage - prepare for the selection

You should: 

1. look through the list of available courses 

2. get acquainted with courses’ specifications (content, format, estimation formula, whether a course implies any selection and what are the selection rules, or it is speed-based) 

3. look through available time slots. 

Note all the courses you find suitable to send applications during the actual selection faster. 

Please look through the instructions

Your main goal for this stage - select courses

Please note! Master's students will be able to select MagoLego courses during the second selection round only on December 19

During the first selection round first year bachelors and specialists can confirm previously selected optional English language course (this option is available during the first selection round ONLY) or select a new one

During the first selection round, you should follow 3 steps:

1. Open “My curriculum” section in the SmartWay system; 
2. Look through the list of elective courses and available time slots; 
3. Send applications for selected courses. 

• For courses with no additional selection application status (Approved/Declined, no places available) will be available in up to 30 minutes (during this period the application will have “Application in processing” status) ! Places are distributed according to the time the application was submitted.  
• For courses with competitive selection applications will be approved or declined by a professor based on selection rules stated in the course abstract or based on the student's rating. 
• You won’t be able to apply if the maximum number of applications has been reached. 

Then there is a selection process - you will se its results defore the start of the second selection round in your SmartWay account: all your applications for the courses that imply competitive selection will receive “Approved” or “Declined” status.

Master's students are able to select MagoLego courses

Your main goal for this stage - select timeslots for all courses starting in the 3^rd and 4^th modules. 

You should select time slots - groups in which you will attend lectures and seminars. Students themselves are responsible for schedule overlaps. 

! If you do not select any time slots for a course you have selected during the first selection round–your application for this course will be automatically withdrawn. 

During the second selection round you also may 

• change your selection – withdraw applications submitted during the first round. 

• submit applications for courses with vacant places. In this case, you can only submit course and time slot applications together. 

 Total amount of credits or field of study is not being changed (for example, selecting courses offered by allied educational programmes).

If both requirements - standard credit volume of a higher educational programme and allied field of study – are met, a student gets a degree without additional procedures.

If these courses are within an allied field of study, a student may take more courses in one year and skip some in another. If courses are not within allied fields of study – see.

Substitute courses included in the programme curriculum with courses not corresponding with educational standard of the area of study.

There are two options:

• Select “HSE Bachelor” study track. A student can choose any courses within the amount of credits stated in their agreement. No area of study will be stated in student’s diploma. Students are required to transfer from budget-funded to fee-paying place.
• Include courses to their curriculum as additional modules (part of a degree programme) – see.