Elective courses: general information

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

During the preview you can prepare for the selection itself. 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. 

During the first selection round you should: 

• Open “My curriculum” section in the SmartWay system; 

• Look through the list of elective courses and available time slots; 

• Send applications for selected courses. 

For courses with no additional selection application status (Approved/Declined) will be available in up to 30 minutes (during this period the application will have “Sent” status). Places are distributed according to the time 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 student's rating. 

You won’t be able to submit an application if the maximum number of applications has been reached. 

Selection process 

Before the start of the second selection round all your applications for the courses that imply competitive selection will receive “Approved” or “Declined” status in your SmartWay account. 

Please note! 2^nd year bachelors and specialists cannot select general courses during the 1^st selection round.

During the second selection round you should compile your timetable for courses starting in the 1st and 2nd modules. 

You should select time slots - groups you will attend lectures and seminars with - for each course. 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for a course you have selected during the first selection round – application for this course will be automatically withdrawn. 

During the second selection round you also may 

• for 2^nd year bachelors and specialists - select general courses

• 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.