Oxana Budjko

Oxana Budjko has worked in the field of international higher education in Russia for the past 28 years. Currently, she is the Head of the International Office at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia. She oversees the institution's global outreach efforts by expanding partnerships with universities worldwide, serving as a liaison for foreign faculty, and overseeing the institution’s student exchange, internship and international summer programs.

She has maintained successful cooperation with over 35 partner universities around the world, thereby enhancing international faculty recruitment, attracting interns from the US, and enabling HSE students to participate in summer and semester programs globally.

In addition, she oversees graduate school placement and maintains a domestic and international network of alumni who have undergone postgraduate training abroad. Each year, together with the HSE University International Admissions office, Oxana recruits about 250 international students, primarily for degree programs, while also organizing summer and other short-term programs in cooperation with partner universities.

International Institute for Fine Arts Practice, Research, and Preservation member of the Board of Directors, since 2019