Russian universities, your place is in the ranking...
MSU has strengthened its position in the top 200 best universities in the world
The number of Russian universities participating in the world ranking has increased by three more universities.
According to QS, MSU is still the only Russian university that has entered the top 200 universities in the world. This year, he managed to climb 6 positions and take 114th place, thereby improving the performance of the last two years (120th place in 2013 and 116 in 2012).
Saint Petersburg State University (SPbU), Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MSTU) and Novosibirsk State University have improved their positions again – 233rd place (240 in 2013 and 253 in 2012), 322nd place (334 in 2013 and 352 in 2012) and 328th place (352 in 2013 and 371 in 2012 2012) respectively.
For the first time, the National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI", which took the 490th place, Saratov National Research University, represented in the group 601-650, and MISIS, which took the place of the group 701+, appeared in the ranking.
When creating the rating, its authors used six criteria: credibility in the academic environment, the ratio of the teaching staff to the number of students, reputation among employers, the citation index, the share of foreign teachers and students.
In total, 863 educational institutions were included in the full version of the rating, including 21 Russian universities, which is three more than last year. MGIMO lost 13 positions and took 399th place (367 in 2012), St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University moved to the 481-490 group (451-460 in 2013). Ural Federal University has the same tendency – from 501-550 it moved to 551-600 group.
The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (moved from group 441-450 to 411-420), Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (from 601-650 to 551-600), National Research Tomsk State University (from 491-500 to 551-600), National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (from 551-600 to 501-550) improved their positions. RUDN moved to the 471-480 group from 491-500.
The National Research University Higher School of Economics remained in the 501-550 group. The Southern Federal University also retained its positions (601-650). Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod State University, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Far Eastern Federal University, Voronezh State University remained in the 701+ group.
According to the authors of the rating, all Russian universities managed to consolidate or improve their academic reputation indicators; 11 leading Russian universities were able to maintain positions in the rating or significantly improve their recognition indicators among employers. At the same time, Novosibirsk State University became the only state university that improved its performance on the citation index, which other Russian universities failed to do.
According to Ben Souter, head of the QS Research Department, the achievements of Russian universities reflect the efforts that have been made in the country to internationalize the higher education system in order to get closer to international standards. Also, according to him, "it is necessary to make even more efforts if Russian universities want to take more important positions in the top of the global ranking."
As part of an agreement with the British company QS Quacquarelli Symonds "Social Navigator" MIA "Russia Today" presents a Russified version of the tenth ranking of the best universities in the world according to QS.
QS Quacquarelli Symonds is a leading international provider of analytical information on higher education and employment. QS's activities extend to 50 countries, it cooperates with more than 2 thousand leading universities of the world and 12 thousand employers. Every year, QS evaluates about 3 thousand universities, choosing the best ones. The QS ranking of the best universities in the world includes only those universities that offer all levels of education: bachelor's, master's and doctoral studies (or postgraduate studies in Russian practice). At the same time, the university should cover at least two of the five fields of knowledge: humanities and arts; engineering and technical sciences; natural sciences; medicine and life sciences; social sciences and management. In 2013, the overall list of the ranking included 800 universities representing 76 countries of the world. During the preparation of the rating, more than 62 thousand representatives of the academic community and more than 27 thousand employers were interviewed.
The QS rating is created for classical universities where disciplines of at least two different subject areas are taught. Its compilers have been applying six main criteria for evaluating the university almost unchanged for 10 years: reputation in the academic environment, the citation of publications of university staff, the ratio of the number of teachers and students, the attitude of employers to graduates, as well as the relative number of foreign teachers and students.
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