Moscow. June 5. website - The Interfax International Information Group presented the results of the IX annual National University Ranking based on the results of the 2017/2018 academic year.

The first place, as before, is occupied by the recognized leader of higher education in Russia - Moscow State University. Lomonosov. Second place remains with the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NRNU MEPhI); last year the university was also second. However, there are significant changes in the top 3: the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has risen to third place, having taken sixth position in last year’s ranking.

Phystech managed to overtake St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU), which retreated from third to fourth position, the Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE), which moved from fourth to fifth place, and Novosibirsk National Research State University (NSU), which moved, respectively, from fifth to sixth place.

Seventh place was taken by the National Research Tomsk State University (TSU, previously 8th place), followed by its neighbor National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU, previously 10th place) in eighth place. The ninth line remained with ITMO University (ITMO, previously 7th place), and the top 10 is closed by the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University, previously 9th place).

In total, the ranking assessed 288 leading universities in Russia (23 more than last year), including 29 national research universities, 10 federal, 33 flagship universities, as well as 21 universities participating in the 5-100 Project. The ranking also included 7 leading non-state universities.

The 2018 Interfax national university ranking is available on official resources and univer-rating.ru. Along with the NRU, this year also for the first time, based on data from the Dimensions scientometric system, a ranking of Russian cities by the level of publication activity in 2013-2017 was prepared.

Compilers' opinion

“The most noticeable rivalry is taking place between high-status universities that have prepared their strategic development programs and have the necessary resources to implement these programs. Among the high-status universities, in all respects, the group of the strongest universities - participants in the 5-100 Project undoubtedly stands out. In addition, the activation of the “Export of Education” program , undoubtedly played a positive role in the development of internationalization among the country’s universities, primarily high-status universities,” said First Deputy General Director of the Interfax agency Alexey Gorshkov.

He separately noted the successes of MIPT, which was in the top 3, and focused on the positive effect of the “Export of Education” program, which allowed participating universities to perform better in this year’s ranking by expanding academic exchanges.

“Dozens of universities, thanks to this program, improved their positions in this year’s ranking,” Chaplygin said.

About the rating

The activities of universities are assessed according to six parameters on a 1000-point scale, the integral assessment is formed in six main areas: education, research, social environment, international and interregional cooperation, innovation and university brand. Six parametric private ratings are also published based on each direction.

The data sources are open materials on the activities of universities, personal data collected by Interfax experts, monitoring data of universities conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, as well as the results of analysis carried out using the System for Comprehensive News Analysis (SCAN-Interfax).

A special project of the international information group "Interfax" National University Ranking was launched in 2010 in order to develop and test new mechanisms for an independent system for assessing Russian universities.

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The international information group Interfax presented the results of the IX annual National University Ranking based on the results of the 2017/2018 academic year.

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Financial University improved its result by several points compared to last year and took 24th place.

In total, the ranking assessed 288 leading universities in Russia (23 more than last year), including 29 national research universities, 10 federal, 33 flagship universities, as well as 21 universities participating in the 5-100 Project. The ranking also included 7 leading non-state universities.

The 2018 Interfax national university ranking is available on the official resources academia.interfax.ru and www.univer-rating.ru. Along with the NRU, this year also for the first time, based on data from the Dimensions scientometric system, a ranking of Russian cities by the level of publication activity in 2013-2017 was prepared.

About the rating

The activities of universities are assessed according to six parameters on a 1000-point scale, the integral assessment is formed in six main areas: education, research, social environment, international and interregional cooperation, innovation and university brand. Six parametric private ratings are also published based on each direction.

The data sources are open materials on the activities of universities, personal data collected by Interfax experts, monitoring data of universities conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, as well as the results of analysis carried out using the System for Comprehensive News Analysis (SCAN-Interfax).

A special project of the international information group "Interfax" "National University Ranking" was launched in 2010 in order to develop and test new mechanisms for an independent system for evaluating Russian universities.

We took as a basis the “leaks” about universities that users of our site send to us. A leak is a detailed review of a university that goes through several stages of verification. The drain has a given characteristic. It can be positive, negative or neutral. We ask students, teachers, university staff, and just people who know about the university from the inside to write us a mini-essay, which we call a “leak.” At the first stage of verification, “leaks” are checked by site editors. They filter out reviews that are unfounded and suspicious in our opinion. If the review is approved by the site editor, the review is published in the “Typical applicant” group. Users of the group determine by voting whether this opinion should be trusted or not. If the number of “don’t believe” votes exceeds the norm, we carefully read the comments to this publication and try to understand what exactly confused our readers. In some cases, we find reasoned comments explaining the dissatisfaction with the opinion. Next, we decide whether to take this leak into account in the evaluation of the university or not. If a comment passes all stages of verification, it turns into a “leak” and is taken into account in the formation of our rating. “Drain” has its own weight - the number of people who clicked the “support” button. Thus, the ranking of a university depends not only on the number of positive, neutral or negative leaks, but also on the number of readers who supported this or that leak. Old plums have a worse effect on a university's ranking than new ones.

1…n– numbers of positive reviews
n+1…m– numbers of neutral reviews
m+1…t– numbers of negative reviews
1…t– all review numbers
l i– number of likes for review number i
T- this year
t i– review year number i

June 6. website - The International Information Group "Interfax" publishes the results of the VIII annual National University Ranking based on the results of the 2016/2017 academic year (NRU-2017).

In first place is the permanent leader of Russian education - Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. In second place is the National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" (NRNU MEPhI), in third place is St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU). The National Research University Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE) took fourth place, and the Novosibirsk National Research State University (NSU) closes the top five.

The top 10 also included: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT, 6th place), St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics of Optics (ITMO, 7th place), National Research Tomsk State University (TSU, 8th place), Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University, 9th place) and National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU, 10th place).

The ranking assessed 264 leading universities in Russia, which is 26 more universities than in last year’s edition. The rating covers 21 participants in the 5-100 project, 29 national research universities (NRUs), 10 federal universities, as well as 33 flagship universities.

The full top 20 of the Interfax National University Ranking of 2017, as well as six private rankings in the main areas of activity of universities, were published on Tuesday morning on the official website of the NRU.

The editor of the National University Ranking, Alexey Chaplygin, notes that Moscow State University has remained a constant leader since the inception of the ranking in 2010, and MEPhI retained second place for the second year in a row due to the high level of international cooperation and work with high-tech businesses.

“By most criteria, NRNU MEPhI corresponds to the level of a world-class university, despite the historical closedness, which, largely thanks to participation in the 5-100 Project, is being successfully overcome,” noted A. Chaplygin.

He also noted the growth of the position of St. Petersburg State University, which managed to rise from fifth place to third. Success is associated with high performance in research and innovation activities.

“It should be noted that some graduates of St. Petersburg State University are leaders in world-class high-tech startups, albeit developed in Silicon Valley,” said A. Chaplygin.

Accelerated development is also demonstrated by one of the leaders of Russian education, the Higher School of Economics - HSE, which managed to move from 6th place to fourth position thanks to notable achievements in innovation and the development of technological entrepreneurship.

ITMO University managed to make another noticeable breakthrough, rising from 12th position to seventh - also thanks to innovation and successful cooperation with business, added A. Chaplygin.

Belgorod State Technological University, which received the status of a flagship university a month ago, rose by 57 points. V.G. Shukhova (30th place). South-Western State University (43rd place) made a leap by 53 positions, Moscow State Technological University "Stankin" (35th place) managed to rise by 32 positions, Bashkir State University and Stavropol State Agrarian University (50th place) rose by 25 positions and 47th positions respectively).

The activities of universities are assessed according to six parameters on a 1000-point scale, the integral assessment is formed in six main areas: education (20%), research (20%), social environment (15%), international and interregional cooperation (15%), innovation ( 15%) and university brand (15%). Six parametric private ratings are also published based on each direction.

The data sources are open materials on the activities of universities, personal data collected by Interfax experts, monitoring data of universities of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, as well as the results of analysis carried out using the System for Comprehensive News Analysis (SCAN-Interfax).

A special project of the international information group "Interfax" "National University Ranking" was launched in 2010 in order to develop and test new mechanisms for an independent system for evaluating Russian universities.