Rating of the universities of the countries of BRICS of The BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings

2020

MSU took the 5th place in TNE rating for the universities of developing countries

Lomonosov Moscow State University took the fifth place in the rating of the British edition Times Higher Education (THE) among universities of the countries with actively developing economy. It is reported on^[1].

MSU was overtaken by four Chinese universities. Among the Russian universities also entered one hundred the best Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology MIPT (12th place), Higher School of Economics (18th), NIYaU MEPhI (27th), NIU ITMO (35th), National research Tomsk state university (5-e2), Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (72nd), Novosibirsk national research state university (82), NITU "MISIS" (89th) and SPbSU (100th).

2019

QS World University Rankings 2020

The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) company published results of annual rating of universities of QS World University Rankings 2020 in June, 2019. In total the rating of 2020 included 25 Russian universities: 15 of them improved the positions, five took lower places. Two Russian universities could not keep and left from top-1000 global rating. The first among the Russian educational institutions remain MSU, and the best university of the world in the eighth time in a row recognized the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of MIT.

MSU remains the best Russian university in the rating of QS — the university took the 84th place, having risen by six positions in comparison with last year. It is the best result since 2005 when the university reached a record 79th position. At the same time the university got 99.7 points from 100 on an indicator "A ratio of number of teachers to pupils". For the first time since the beginning of an exit of QS World University Rankings the second place among the Russian universities was taken by Novosibirsk State University (the 231st position), having overtaken St. Petersburg State University (the 234th position). The fourth recognized the Tomsk state university (the 268th position), it is followed by Bauman Moscow State Technical University (the 284th position), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (the 302nd position), the National research university "Higher School of Economics" (the 322nd position), National Research Nuclear University of MEPhI (the 329th position), Ural Federal University (the 364th position) and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (the 366th position).

On an indicator "A share of the international students" in the rating of this year of 19 of 25 universities of Russia improved the results — all in them from 2013 for 2018 the number of foreign students grew by 40%. Besides, seven of 50 best universities of the world on an indicator "A ratio of number of teachers to pupils" are Russian. In top-500 the rating of this year 16 Russian universities — one more, than last year entered (the ITMO rose from group 511-521 to the 436th place). However only five of 25 Russian universities grew on an indicator "Reputation among employers". The others 20 took lower positions in comparison with last year.

Scientific activity remains a weak point of the Russian universities: 18 of 25 universities got lower point by "The index of quoting", than last year, and any Russian university did not enter in top-600 on this indicator. At the same time two universities in 2019 left the institutional rating of QS: The Altai state university (from position 601-650) and Siberian Federal University (from a position 801–1000).

According to the minister of science and the higher education of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kotyukov, in the ministry work "on increase in praktiko-focus of educational programs, on the bigger involvement of the industrial companies as future employers in learning process of students, development of an online component in prof education". The Higher School of Economics National Research University considers that in spite of the fact that "the task of the national Education project on inclusion of Russia to number of ten leading countries of the world on quality of education is rather ambitious", "The tower accepts this call and every year improves indicators in ratings". "It is important to note that it occurs including due to improvement of indicators on reputation on which creation many decades usually leave" — the senior director on strategic development of Higher School of Economics National Research University Irina Karelina told Kommersant. According to the rector of Novosibirsk State University, the corresponding member of RAS Mikhail Fedoruk, all strategic work of NSU was built so that to provide at the international Campus level as one big university: "All this ecosystem — research institutes of the Novosibirsk scientific center, technoparks and NSU — in 60 years of existence naturally proved the stability" — mister Fedoruk explains improvement of a position of NSU in rating.

2018

MSU was included into one hundred the best universities in the rating of QS World University

Lomonosov Moscow State University took the 90th place in the rating of the best universities QS World University Rankings made by the research center QS Quacquarelli Symonds. MSU rose by five lines from the last year's 95th place. The relevant data are published on the website^[2].

This year 27 Russian — three more, than in 2017 entered the rating including 1000 of the best, according to experts of QS, universities of the world at once. At the same time almost all Russian universities improved the positions in rating.

The second ambassador of MSU the result among the Russian universities showed St. Petersburg State University (SPBSU) which appeared on the 235th place (the 240th in 2017).

Also the Novosibirsk State University (the 244th and 250th places respectively), the Tomsk State University (277th and 323rd), MSTU of Bauman (299th and 291st), MIPT (312th and 355th), MEPhI (329th and 373rd), Higher School of Economics (343rd and 382nd), MGIMO (355th and 373rd), the Tomsk Polytechnic University (373rd and 386th), St. Petersburg polytechnical university (404th and 401-410th), Ural Federal University (412th and 491-500th), Kazan Federal University (439th and 441-450th), RUDN (446th and 501-550th), MISIS (476th and 501-550th), Saratov State University (501-510th and 551-600th), ITMO (511-520th and 601-650th), Southern Federal University (531-540th and 551-660th), Far Eastern Federal University (541-550th and 601-650th), Altai state university appear in rating (the 601-650th, last year did not enter rating), N.I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod (601-650th and 701-750th), Samara national research university of a name of the academician S.P. Korolyov (The Samara university) (701-750th and 801-1000th), Novosibirsk State Technical University (the 801-1000th, the position did not change), Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics (the 801-1000th, the position did not change), Siberian Federal University (the 801-1000th, last year did not enter rating), the Yuzhnouralsky federal university (the 801-1000th, last year did not enter rating), Voronezh State University (the 801-1000th, the position did not change).

2017

RAEX: Rating of 100 best universities of Russia

The sixth annual rating of universities of the RAEX agency showed that scientific publications of the Russian universities began a thicket to be quoted, recorded the noticeable growth of positions of economic universities and decrease in competitiveness of the universities which are in process ^[3]

Top three of rating in 2017 did not undergo changes in comparison with last year: first place was won by Lomonosov Moscow State University, MIPT and NIYaU of MEPhI became prize-winners also. The most notable changes in top-10 rating - growth of the MGIMO university (the 5th place against the 7th in 2016) and decrease in positions of MSTU of N.E. Bauman (the 7th place against the 4th in 2016).

MGIMO shows steady growth in rating several years in a row, being the leader in attractiveness for entrants: here the highest USE for state employees (95.3 points) and the most expensive paid training - 463 thousand rubles a year. This year assessment of university on the level of demand of graduates employers improved. So, by the new criterion estimating the wage level of graduates in a year after the termination of university, MGIMO with an indicator of 62.4 thousand rubles was included in the top ten among all participants of rating.

Citing: "explosive" growth

The Russian universities made the greatest progress in the field of scientific publications. If according to the results of the rating of 2016 0.20 publications a year, then according to the results of relevant rating - already 0.29 publications indexed in foreign databases on average were the share of one employee of universities from TOP 100. Prompter dynamics is observed in the field of citing publications: the annual average number of citings counting on the employee grew from 0.32 to 0.53. By the way, such "explosive" growth as on citing, at universities from TOP 100 of rating of RAEX it is not observed more on one measurement.

Demand of entrants is displaced towards the economic and managerial directions

Dynamics according to publications and citing at participants of the 5-100 program is ambiguous (the project of improving competitiveness of the Russian universities among the leading world scientific and education centers). The number of publications counting on the employee grew by 45%, at the same time citing counting on article - for only 16%. It occurred against the background of stagnation of volume of Research and Development at participants "5-100": in a year it practically did not change (+0.1%). At the same time the total amount of financing counting on the student in these universities decreased by 11% at all. In such situation temptation to increase the number of publications can have an adverse effect on their quality.

"Economic" rise

In 2017 for the first time for all the time of drawing up educational ratings of RAEX synchronous growth in the list of 100 best universities was shown by the universities which are focused on training of economists and managers. So, a RANEPA moved from the 12th to the 11th place, the Financial university improved positions from 14th to the 13th place, REU of G.V. Plekhanov - from 25th to the 23rd place, VAVT - from 30th to the 29th place. Such uniform positive nature of dynamics of economic universities in the ratings of RAEX was not observed earlier.

Demand of entrants for long years is displaced towards the economic and managerial directions. For example, according to the results of the rating of 2017 the GPA of the USE of state employees of the leading economic universities made 85.3 whereas even the first participants have programs of improving competitiveness "5-100" - 80.4. As for paid acceptance, here a lead of economic universities even more sushchestven: the average cost of training at 1 rate is 267 thousand rubles against 149 thousand rubles at universities project participants "5-100" of "the first wave".

Steady growth of interest of entrants in the sphere of economy and management, mainly, is connected with claims for career achievements. Also it should be noted that the level of income of graduates of economic universities from top-30 is 28% higher than the rating of RAEX, than at other participants top-30 - 66.3 thousand rubles against 51.7 thousand rubles (according to the Ministry of Education and Science about the average monthly income of graduates next year after the termination of university). One more reason for optimism of economists and managers - the data of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection published in May, 2017: the highest level of salary in 2016 in Russia is recorded in a financial field of activity (78.3 thousand rubles).

Enlargement costs

The rating of universities of RAEX showed: integrations of universities due to associations cause a loss to strong universities as level material and staffing of the attached universities, as a rule, is rather low. At most the universities involved in processes of consolidation, positions in the rating of 2017 decreased. It affected also reference universities - the large scientific and education centers created in the subjects of the Russian Federation focused on requests of regional economy and regional labor market. So, the Ufa state oil technical university which attached the Ufa state university of economy and service decreased on 9 points and took the 57th place. And accession to Tyumen State Oil and Gas University of the architectural and construction university led to decrease in the joint university in rating on 14 positions at once - to the 52nd place.

At the same time in the future reference universities which should become the centers of the innovative, technology and social development of regions have an opportunity to increase competitiveness on condition of support by the state and effective management.

28 Russian universities were included into the subject rating of QS

Annually made subject rating of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) included 28 Russian universities. QS-2016 on 28 data domains included 17 universities of Russia. The complete list of educational institutions is submitted on a rating developer's site. Among the Russian leaders of the rating – Moscow State University, MISIS, the St. Petersburg mining institute, MIPT.

Except them the Novosibirsk State University, MEPhI, SPBSU, the St. Petersburg polytechnical university, the Tomsk state university and other universities got to rating.

MSU was included into 50 best universities in the field of information science, linguistics, mathematics, physics and astronomy. the 42nd place in a physics and astronomy was also occupied by MIPT. In 2017 the rating was formed on 46 different disciplines, new were four specialties – anatomy and physiology, management in hotel business and the industry of leisure, sports disciplines and also theology and religious studies.

2016

The universities of Russia are in the lead on natural and technical science

According to the system of the international ratings of the Round University Ranking (RUR) universities on 6 data domains of knowledge universities of Russia significantly strengthened the positions, first of all on natural and technical science. In the system of RUR ratings for 2016 700 universities from 74 countries of the world, including 23 of Russia and 43 universities of the countries of the former Soviet Union are provided.

Assessment of the universities was made on 6 enlarged areas of knowledge: the humanities, sciences about lives, medical sciences, natural sciences, social sciences, technical science.

The Russian universities show the greatest success in the field of natural sciences (14 universities in TOP-500) and technical (18 universities in TOP-500).

Results of Russia in the RUR Ratings of 2016

The Lomonosov Moscow State University who won first place among universities of Russia on 5 of 6 data domains became the leader among the Russian universities: The 96th place in the world in the field of the humanities, 120 in the field of sciences about life, 198 on medical sciences, 180 on social sciences and 160 on technical.

The Russian universities show the highest positions on natural sciences and the picture of distribution of positions looks as follows:

The National Research Nuclear University of MEPhI – the 145th place in the world in comparison with the 158th in 2015 (+13 positions) was at the 1st place in Russia. On the 2nd place, Lomonosov Moscow State University took the 205th place, against 213 the previous year (+8 places). Top three is closed by the Tomsk state university which was at the 208th place in the world, having risen to the 79th place (the 287th place in 2015). On the fourth place – Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (the state university) which showed dynamics in 78 positions (the 229th place in 2016 against the 307th the previous year). On the fifth place in Russia and the 256th in the world the Nizhny Novgorod state university of N.N. Lobachevsky which for the first time this year took part in rating on natural sciences was located.

• 1 (145 in the world). National Research Nuclear University of MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
• 2 (205 in the world). Lomonosov Moscow State University
• 3 (208 in the world). Tomsk state university
• 4 (229 in the world). Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
• 5 (256 in the world). Nizhny Novgorod state university of N.N. Lobachevsky
• 6 (296 in the world). Novosibirsk State University
• 7 (338 in the world). Tomsk Polytechnic University
• 8 (346 in the world). ITMO university
• 9 (370 in the world). Ural Federal University
• 10 (383 in the world). Kazan Federal University

World results of the RUR subject ratings of 2016

As well as in the overall rating measuring the universities of the world on all range of scientific areas, remain leaders the country of Western Europe and North America both on representation in subject ratings, and on the taken positions.

At the same time, the accelerated growth of positions of universities East and Southeast Asia, the Arab world is observed year after year. So the Qinhua University (People's Republic of China) rose from 39 to the 23rd place in the world on natural sciences in comparison with last year. The Indian institute of technologies in Delhi (India) for the first time in 2016 took part in RUR ratings and at once took the 136th place in the world on technical science. The leading university of Brazil in the field of natural sciences – the State university of Campinas rose from the 205th place in 2015 up to 111 in 2016.

The given examples show that in the long term 10-20 years the picture of distribution of world higher education and science will be and qualitatively and to differ quantitatively from current.

TOP-5 universities of the world in the field of natural sciences:

• 1. Princeton University, USA
• 2. Harvard University, USA
• 3. University of Pennsylvania, USA
• 4. Massachusetts institute of technologies, USA
• 5. Harvard University, USA
• TOP-5 universities of the world in the field of technical science:
• 1. Harvard University, USA
• 2. Stanford University, USA
• 3. University of Oxford, Great Britain
• 4. Princeton University, USA
• 5. Massachusetts institute of technologies, USA

Russia announced creation of the international rating of the universities

In November it became known that the Russian Union of Rectors (RUR) and the Russian Academy of Sciences will create the international rating of the universities. It was announced by the head of RSR, the rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichii^[4].

The rating, according to Sadovnichiy, will consider 34 indicators which are united in five groups: "Education" (40 percent of a deposit to result of university in rating), Science (30 percent), Internationalization, "Stability and potential of development", "Remote education" (on 10 percent).

Within rating not only the Russian, but also foreign universities, in particular, educational institutions of Japan, China, Brazil, India, Iran, Turkey and the CIS countries will be estimated.

It is going provide the first rating which received the name "Three Missions of the Universities" in September, 2017.

MSU confirmed the status of one of the best universities of the world according to the rating of QS WUR

On September 6, 2016 the Global rating of the QS World University Rankings 2016/17 universities in which the leading world universities are provided is published.

Lomonosov Moscow State University became the best in Russia again, having saved a position of 2015 — the 108th place in the world. In total for inclusion in rating this year 3,800 universities from which 891 entered the list that is 25 universities more, than in 2015 were considered.

"MSU once again confirmed the leading positions in the conditions of the increased global competition, especially from the high-growth universities of the Asian region. In 2016 we traditionally improved positions in categories of 'opinion of experts from the academic environment' (Academic Reputation) and 'the reputation of university among employers' (Employer reputation) which are key indicators of work of the university, these criteria define quality of teaching in university and the level of carrying out scientific research. Also this year we successfully waged a receiving campaign for involvement of foreign pupils that is a good backlog on the future," — the rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University academician V.A. Sadovnichiy commented.

Let's remind that totally since 2012 Lomonosov Moscow State University rose in the rating of QS World University Rankings by 8 positions ^[5]

Global rating of the QS World University Rankings 2016/17 universities: the Russian universities in the Top 500

The number of the Russian universities in the rating of THE grew to 24

The British ^[6] included in the annual rating of the best universities of the world of 24 Russian universities^[7]. Their number in the list grew from 13 to 24. All World University Rankings 2016-17 consists of 980 higher educational institutions of the world, is 180 more, than a year before.

The best position among domestic universities – it is traditional at Lomonosov Moscow State University, it shares the 188th position with University of Aberdeen (Great Britain). Though in comparison with the last year's rating of MSU lost 27 lines.

On the second place – Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. It got into group 301-350 (since the 200th position, specific places of universities in rating are not defined). The third place at St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Optics Mechanics (ITMO). In its last year in rating was not, now it appeared in group 351-400.

The impressive breakthrough was made also by the Higher School of Economics (HSE). The university which last year did not enter rating appeared in group from 401 to 500 this time. It is the fourth result among the Russian universities.

In the same group – Kazan Federal University, National Research Nuclear University of MEPhI, Novosibirsk State University, St. Petersburg State University.

In rating, covering only 5% of all universities of the world, also the Tomsk Polytechnic University (501-600), the Tomsk state university (501-600), Bauman Moscow State Technical University (601-800), Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University got (601-800).

Go to categories 801+: N.I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, National Research University " Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology " (MIET), National Research Saratov State University, National University of Science and Technology (MISIS), Novosibirsk State Technical University, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Samara State Aerospace University, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Siberian Federal University, Southern Federal University, Ural Federal University, Voronezh State University.

At the same time, nine Russian universities which were included in the list last year there did not appear this time.

The best university of the world recognizes Oxford (Great Britain) which for the first time from the moment of creation of rating bypassed Harvard (USA).

22 Russian universities were included into the international rating of QS

At once 22 Russian universities were included in 2016 into the international rating of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), TASS reports. Moscow State University became the best – as well as last year –. In the general list it holds the 108th place^[8].

St. Petersburg State University fell by two lines and took the 258th place. In top-300 also the Novosibirsk State University — 291 places entered, having gathered 26 positions.

MSTU of Bauman, the Moscow physics and technology university, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MSIIR), the Tomsk state university, the Tomsk Polytechnic University and also MEPhI and Higher School of Economics were also included in the top ten the Russian universities.

At the same time in new rating at once four Russian universities "added" more than hundred points — the Tomsk state university, MEPhI, Far Eastern Federal University, Voronezh State University.

The first three lines of rating hold American universities: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and Harvard.

Also the five of the best included the English Cambridge and California Institute of Technology (USA).

In total the QS rating of 2016 included the universities from 80 countries.

Originators note that this year the greatest breakthrough was made by the universities of developing countries: from the Middle East, from South America and Africa.

By drawing up rating several indicators are considered: authoritativeness of university in the field of scientific research, a faculty ratio to number of students, reputation of the university among employers, the index of quoting of scientific publications, a share of foreign students and foreign teachers.

RUR rating agency: 23 universities of Russia were included into the international rating according to the level of research activity of the universities

In total the version of 2016 of the world ranking of universities included 692 higher educational institutions from nearly 80 countries of the world. The published rating estimates the level of research activity of leading universities of the world.

Mainly, the rating is based on assessment of scientific publications of the universities indexed in special abstract base - Web of Science. Also the level of the international reputation of the university in the field of researches is considered.

As shows rating, despite the remaining leadership of countries of Western Europe and North America, distribution of world activity in the field of science steadily moves on the East. The universities of the countries southern and Southeast Asia from year to year surely increase the presence at rating.

Rating methodology In the rating of research activity of the RUR universities participating universities are estimated by five parameters: 1. The normalized citing – estimates quoting of scientific publications of university in comparison with the average level in the world. For example, whether scientists of university as 150% of an average in the world or as 75% are quoted.
2. Attitude of number of citings scientific articles of teachers and research associates of the university towards the number of articles.
3. Attitude of number of scientific articles towards the number of scientific and pedagogical workers.
4. The international reputation of university in the field of scientific research.
5. A share of the scientific publications of staff of university written in the international co-authorship (i.e. at least one foreign colleague should be the coauthor).

TOP-10 universities of Russia

In the top ten of the Russian universities it turned out 8 project participants of improving competitiveness of the universities, also known as Program 5-100 at once what clearly indicates positive result of this program.

The first three is provided by compact universities in which the number of students does not exceed 10 thousand. It is necessary to pay attention to specialization of universities of the first three. These are universities of natural-science orientation in which physical sciences are most developed. This fact accurately shows what direction of the Russian science remains competitive on the world scene.

The first 10 universities of Russia in the world ranking of universities of RUR were located as follows (in brackets positions of university in the world ranking are specified):

1 (177). National Research Nuclear University of MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
2 (351). Novosibirsk State University
3 (394). Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
4 (401). Lomonosov Moscow State University
5 (452). Ufa state aviation technical university
6 (616). Kazan (Volga) federal university
7 (625). Tomsk state university
8 (628). Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
9 (644). ITMO university
10 (449). Russian state university of oil and gas of Gubkin

TOP-10 universities of the World

The top ten of rating is provided only by universities of countries of Western Europe and North America. Great Britain is provided by four participants, the USA three, on one university at Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands. Thus, the representation of the countries in the top ten of rating of research activity is much higher, than in the overall world ranking of RUR at which there are universities only of two countries. Partly it demonstrates diversification of world science. In other words, universities of the top ten and even the first hundred are rather close each other on the amount of the gained points.

1. Imperial college in London, Great Britain
2. Californian institute of technologies, USA
3. University of Oxford, Great Britain
4. Cambridge university, Great Britain
5. Karolinska Institute, Sweden
6. The higher polytechnical school in Lausanne, Switzerland
7. University college in London, Great Britain
8. Princeton University, USA
9. Harvard University, USA
10. Leiden University, Netherlands

QS University Rankings: BRICS 2016

The rating of the universities of the countries of BRICS which is carried out by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) company included 55 Russian universities, follows from information posted on the website^[9]

In total 250 higher educational institutions of the countries of BRICS entered rating. Russia took the second place by the number of universities in rating after China. Besides, 13 universities – project participants 5-100 were included into the first hundred the best universities of the countries of BRICS.

Lomonosov Moscow State University took the 7th place in rating, having passed six Chinese and one Indian universities forward. St. Petersburg State University and Novosibirsk State University took the 20th place in rating.

Five Russian universities got in top-1000 the rating of the CWUR universities

At once five Russian universities got to the international rating ^[10], located in Saudi Arabia. There MSU, MIPT, SPbSU, MEPhI and NSU entered. On quality of education in the world twenty there was MIPT.

"Physics and Technology faculty conducts active international contacts with the foreign centers, and we have for a long time solid educational and scientific reputation therefore hit in the twenty of rating of CWUR by criterion of quality of education speaks about correctness of the development selected by us a vector. The support from the state which developed for years the unique "system of Physics and Technology faculty" and the new scientific directions bear fruit" – RBC tells the statement of the rector of MIPT Nikolay Kudryavtsev, referring to the press service of university^[11].

The universities of Russia are in the lead on growth rates in the international rating of Round University Ranking

According to the international rating of the Round University Ranking (RUR) universities for 2016 the universities of Russia showed significant growth, having risen, on average, by 44 positions up. In RUR rating for 2016 700 universities from 74 countries of the world, including 23 of Russia and 43 universities of the countries of the former Soviet Union are provided.

The RUR rating shows that the Russian universities are strongest on teaching level. In rating on quality of teaching at once 9 universities of Russia were included into world TOP-200. At this Lomonosov Moscow State University entered in top-50, having taken the 46th place in the world on quality of teaching, against the 67th place the previous year. TGU took the 100th place. RUDN - the 104th place. NIYaU MEPhI is the 126th place. UNN of N.N. Lobachevsky is the 146th place. TPU - the 148th place. The ITMO university is the 152nd place. MIPT - 161 places. RGU of Gubkin - the 186th place, MAI - the 205th place.

As show data of RUR rating, some universities of Russia on separate indicators of assessment are surely included into TOP 100. So Lomonosov Moscow State University takes the 41st place in the world on reputation in the field of teaching and the 53rd in reputation in the field of researches. In total MSU was included into TOP 100 on 6 indicators of measurement of rating at once. NIYaU MEPhI takes the 44th place in the world on citing. RUDN costs on the 36th place in the world on a share of foreign students that does university by one of the most international in the world. The first MGMU of Sechenov took the 30th place on the attitude of teachers towards students. MIET took the 58th place in the world on a share of the budget selected for researches in a total amount of the budget. Thus authors of rating emphasize that each university is strong in certain directions.

In general, results of RUR rating of 2016 show a long-term trend in improvement of positions of the Russian universities which authors of rating connect with complex effect of programs of target support of universities. First of all it is the Program of increase in a world konkuretosposobnost of the Russian universities better known as Project 5-100. And also programs of the National research universities, Federal universities, etc.

World results of RUR rating of 2016

By the number of universities the USA provided by 141 universities that in accuracy corresponds to results of four previous years, since 2013 remains the leader. On the second place with a big separation Great Britain (77 universities) follows that is 1 university more, than the previous year. Japan with 39 participating universities against 36 closes top three the previous year. Other east giant was at the fourth place. Continental China is provided by 30 universities against 29 the previous year and 23 in 2013. Data the trend obviously shows success of the efforts of the People's Republic of China directed to increase in global competitiveness and entry into the world rankings. Top five is closed by Australia with 28 universities (against 29 the previous year). Originators of rating also note that in 2017 Russia will be provided by 60-80 universities that will allow our country to come to 2-3 place in the world on representation. From the CIS 100-120 participating universities are expected.

In world TOP-10 overall rating 7 universities of the USA and 3 participants from Great Britain enter. The Californian institute of technologies was at the first place in the world, after it the Harvard University follows, the Stanford university closes top three. World TOP 100 includes universities in total from 19 countries of the world.

In BRICS countries on quality of teaching by leaders there were following universities:

• Brazil, the University of Campinas (the 59th place in the world)
• India, the Indian institute of technologies in Delhi (the 67th place in the world)
• China, Peking University (the 14th place in the world)
• South Africa, the University of Cape Town (the 279th place in the world).

2015

The BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings 2015

On December 3, 2014 the Chief Editor of THE World University Rankings Phil Beyti announced results of rating of the universities of the countries of BRICS and other actively developing world economies. Experts of THE estimated universities of 22^[12]

TOP 100 of the best universities of the countries of BRICS included 27 educational institutions from China, Taiwan 19 universities represent, India – 11, Turkey –8, Russia – 7. The first ten universities of rating:

1. Peking University China
2. National Tsing Hua University China
3. Middle Eastern technical university Turkey
4. University of Cape Town South Africa
5. Moscow State University Russia
6. National Taiwan University Taiwan
7. Bogazichi university Turkey
8. Istanbul technical university Turkey
9. Fudan University China
10. University of São Paulo Brazil

Three leading the Russian universities: MSU, MEPhI and NSU. Moscow State University improved the indicator of last year and takes the 5th place, National Research Nuclear University of MEPhI in the list on the 13th position.

The Novosibirsk State University (NSU) was included for the first time into the rating of the countries of BRICS and other actively developing economies of the world and takes the 34th place. 2014 became demonstrative for university: NSU heads for entry into TOP 100 of the best universities of the world, improving the positions in ratings. So, NSU got to the rating of the Top 400 best universities of the world according to the British magazine Times Higher Education (in rating only two Russian universities – MSU and NSU), according to data of other rating company, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), in a year of NSU rose by 4 positions up comparison with 2013 and takes the 18th place in the rating of the countries of BRICS.

The Russian universities in the rating of The BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings 2015:

• 5 Moscow State University
• National nuclear university MEPHI 13 «»
• 34 Novosibirsk State University (NSU)
• 64 St. Petersburg State University
• 69 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
• 70 Ufa state aviation technical university
• 90 Bauman Moscow State Technical University

QS University Rankings: The developing Europe and Central Asia 2014/15

In December, 2014 the QS Quacquarelli Symonds company provided rating: QS University Rankings: The developing Europe and Central Asia 2014/15.

1 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia
2= Univerzita Karlova (Karlov university) Czech Republic
2= Novosibirsk State University (NSU) Russia
4 Warsaw university Poland
5= Tartu university Estonia
5= The Czech technical university in Prague The Czech Republic
7 St. Petersburg State University Russia
8 Jagiellonian University Poland
9= Middle Eastern technology university Turkey
9= Masarikov university Czech Republic
11 Bogazichi university Turkey
12 Bilkent university Turkey
13 Istanbul university Turkey
14 Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Kazakhstan
15 Etvocha Laurent university Hungary
16 Koch university Turkey
17= Sabangchi university Turkey
17= Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, State university Russia
19 Ljubljana university Slovenia
20 Istanbul technical university Turkey
21 Bauman Moscow State Technical University Russia
22 Zhegeda university Hungary
23 Eurasian national university of L.N. Gumilev Kazakhstan
24 University of technology and economy of Budapest Hungary
25 Debrecen university Hungary

QS World University Rankings is an annual rating of league of the best universities of the world which is, perhaps, one of the most known and dear ratings in own way. QS World University Rankings made by specialists of QS Intelligence Unit in close work with the International advisory board consisting of the leading scientists is widely used by entrants and students, specialists of the universities and the governments around the world. The purpose of rating is recognition of the universities as multilateral the organizations and ensuring global comparison of achievements of the universities including with the universities of a world class.

By drawing up rating 368 universities from 30 countries of the developing Europe and Central Asia, including the Czech Republic, Turkey, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Serbia were investigated.

Representative office of the Russian universities in rating the biggest – 26 universities of Russia were included into TOP 100. The following two countries with the greatest number of the universities which got to rating – Turkey and the Czech Republic (on 10 universities), behind them Poland (9), Kazakhstan (8), Hungary (6) and Ukraine (6).

The universities of Russia in the rating of the QS universities: The developing Europe and Central Asia 2014/15

1 Lomonosov Moscow State University
2= Novosibirsk State University
7 St. Petersburg State University
17= Moscow physics and technology institute
21 Bauman Moscow State Technical University
31 Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MSIIR)
33 Tomsk State University (TSU)
34 National Research Nuclear University of MEPhI
37 Higher School of Economics National Research University
39 St. Petersburg state polytechnical university
45 Tomsk Polytechnic University
51-60 Kazan Federal University
51-60 Ural Federal University of the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
51-60 Southern Federal University
61-70 Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
61-70 N.I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod
71-80 Novosibirsk State Technical University
71-80 Far Eastern Federal University
71-80 Russian economic university of Plekhanov
71-80 National University of Science and Technology " MISIS"
81-90 Saratov State University of Chernyshevsky
91-100 Voronezh State University (VSU)
91-100 Perm State University
91-100 St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Optics Mechanics (ITMO)
91-100 St. Petersburg state electrotechnical university
91-100 Tomsk State University (TSU) of management systems and radio electronics (TSUCSR)

By drawing up rating such evaluation criteria as the academic reputation, reputation among employers, a share of foreign employees and students, a ratio of number of students to number of employees of the faculty, a share of employees with an academic degree, efficiency the Internet of resources, the number of the published articles falling on one employee of the faculty, the number of the quotes falling on one published article were used.

Reputation rating of higher education institutions of Times Higher Education (THE) 2015

The reputation rating prepared by the British magazine Times Higher Education (THE) which specializes in issues of education delivered MSU on the 25th line. It became the highest position which the Moscow university ever took in the rating which is annually developed since 2011. The leader of the Russian higher education made take-off in comparison with results of 2014 when the university appeared at group of the universities which separated places about the 51st on the 60th.

The SPbSU became the beginner of the rating prepared on the basis of answers of 10,500 professors from 142 countries which published scientific works and working in this sphere not less than 15 years. The St. Petersburg university got into group of the universities which took places about the 71st on the 80th.

Times Higher Education: World University Rankings 2015–201

Lomonosov Moscow State University rose by 35 lines in the rating of World University Rankings 2015-2016^[13]which makes the British edition Times Higher Education.

In the new rating of MSU took 161 places. The previous year the Moscow university was on the 196th place, and in 2013 entered into group from 226 on 250 place^[14].

Place-2015 (place-2014) name of university

• 1 (1) California Institute of Technology (USA)
• 2 (3) University of Oxford (Great Britain)
• 3 (4) Stanford University (California, USA)
• 4 (5) Cambridge university (Great Britain)
• 5 (6) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
• 6 (2) Harvard University (USA)
• 7 (7) Princeton University (USA)
• 8 (8) Imperial College London (Great Britain)
• 9 (9) ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
• 10 (11) University of Chicago (USA)
• ...
• 161 - Moscow State University of Lomonosov (Russia)

According to the reference from originators of rating, the strongest component in the rating of MSU is teaching: on this indicator the best Russian university takes the 24th place.

The weakest component of rating of MSU – citing articles on which the university occupies one of the last places — 792. Level of the researches THE conducted in MSU was estimated the 56th place. On income level which is brought by the industry to the university MSU takes the 42nd place. Slightly worse the situation with the international cooperation is – the 266th place from 800^[15].

In total World University Rankings 2015–2016 included 13 Russian universities that, among other, is explained by change of methodology of drawing up the rating expanded in 2015 from 400 to 800 participants. In last year's rating only two higher educational institutions from Russia were provided.

The universities following Russian got to World University Rankings 2015–2016: MSU, Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (group 201-250), the Tomsk Polytechnic University (group 251-300), Kazan Federal University and the nuclear university MEPhI (both in group 301-350), Novosibirsk State University, St. Petersburg State University (both in group 401-500), MSTU of Bauman (group 501-600), MIPT, NITU MISIS, Southern Federal University, Tomsk State University (TSU) and Ural Federal University (all five universities in group 601-800).

Rating of the best universities of the world of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) 2015

Lomonosov Moscow State University rose up in the rating of universities of the world according to QS World University Rankings by Subject made on 36 specialties. Eleven Russian universities in total took 46 positions in different specialties. MSU for the first time enters in top-50 in four directions of preparation at once, TASS reported in May, 2015.

"Improvement of positions of the Russian universities confirms increase in their international status and recognition on the international scene", - the head of research department of QS Ben Sauter noted.

MSU this year broke in top-50 the best universities of the world in such areas as linguistics (the 35th place), physics and astronomy (36), mathematics (42) and the modern languages (48).

Besides, the university was included into TOP 100 in the subject "computer science and information systems".

The rating of the best universities of the world calculated by a technique of the British consulting company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) is considered one of the most influential global ratings of universities.

Also St. Petersburg State University, Higher School of Economics and National Research Nuclear University of MEPhI got to the first hundred in different specialties.

The most part of the leading positions was "divided" among themselves by two American universities – the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was recognized by the first in 11 specialties, and Harvard – on 10. Other first place was also generally won by the American and British universities.

Thomson Reuters of 2015: MSU was included into the five of the best universities of Europe

Moscow State University took in the spring of 2015 the fifth place in the reputation rating of the best universities of Europe made by Thomson Reuters company. Interfax reports about it.

Also in the five of the best European universities — the British Cambridge, Oxford, King's College London and Institute of Technology of Switzerland.

In universal rating MSU was placed on the 52nd line. The American universities Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are in the lead in this list, Oxford and Cambridge follow further.

In total in rating 6.5 thousand universities are provided. The rating of Thomson Reuters is based on given survey 65 thousand experts from around the world conducted from 2010 to 2014.

The Thomson Reuters media company was formed in 2008 as a result of purchase by Thomson corporation of Reuters agency. The company since 2011 made the rating of reputation of universities together with the British magazine Times Higher Education, however this year Thomson Reuters decided to conduct an independent research.

In the last rating of Times Higher Education of MSU it appeared on the 25th place among the most prestigious universities of the world. Traditionally the Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford became the best.

It is selected 10.14 billion rubles to 14 universities for maintenance of competitiveness

In May, 2015 on the website of the Government of the Russian Federation the order which distribution in 2015 of subsidies from the federal budget in the amount of 10.14 billion rubles to 14 universities within the subprogramme "Development of professional education" of the state program Development of education for 2013-2020 affirms was published.

For the purpose of implementation of a task of ensuring occurrence by 2020 not less than five Russian universities in the first hundred leading world universities according to the world ranking by the Government of the Russian Federation since 2013 are provided state support to the leading universities of Russia which are selected based on tender for the purpose of increase in their competitiveness among the leading world scientific and education centers. In 2013 state support was provided to 15 universities (the total amount of a subsidy was 8.7 billion rubles of the federal budget), in 2014 – to 14 universities (the total amount of a subsidy – 10.15 billion rubles).

In 2015 the Tomsk State University (TSU), the Tomsk Polytechnic University and the ITMO University will receive 964 million rubles. The size of subsidies for Higher School of Economics will be 930 million. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, NITU "MISIS", NIYaU "MEPhI", Novosibirsk State University, the St. Petersburg polytechnical university and Ural Federal University will receive 761 million. Subsidies to the Nizhny Novgorod state university will make 482 million, to Samara State Aerospace University – 467 million, to Far Eastern Federal University – 425 million and to Kazan Federal University – 378 million rubles.

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