MSU took first place in the ranking of universities in developing countries

According to the QS Universities Ranking «Developing Europe and Central Asia 2015-16», which was published by the «Social Navigator» MIA «Russia Segodnya», the leadership is assigned to Russian universities, the best among them is Moscow State University.

This rating has been compiled over the past two years by the employees of QS Quacquarelli Symonds. The results of the study show that among the 20 countries in the ranking, Russia is ranked first. Its 4 universities entered the top 10 best and 23 — in the top 100. Turkey is in second place (12 in the top 100), while Poland is in third..

This is not the first time that the championship has been awarded by Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. The second place was given to Novosibirsk State University, the third — to Charles University in the Czech Republic, last year it was on the second line.

This study is aimed at showing as clearly and fully as possible the features of higher education in the world and to determine the full potential of universities in the region, including the post-Soviet space..

QS experts took into account the fact that in each country universities may have their own development priorities, which differ from the priorities of Western European and American universities..

For this rating, special methods were developed that use three main requirements: the efficiency of Internet resources according to Webometrics, the ratio between publication activity and the number of teaching staff, the proportion of employees with a scientific degree.

The breakthrough of this year was the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, which moved up 7 points and 12 points and took 10 and 22 places, respectively..

Regional Director at QS Zoya Zaitseva commented on the new positions of Russian universities in this international ranking, explaining such an advancement with the significance of Project 5-100 on increasing the competitiveness of the country’s leading universities with research and educational centers around the world. Thus, 11 out of 15 participating universities improved their positions. At the same time, the understanding of the need to participate in such international ratings has increased..

Sergey Kireev, dean of MEPhI and professor, is of the same opinion. Thanks to the rating, MEPhI has risen to third place, there have been transformations in the sphere of management, the internationalization of science and education, and academic mobility. This rapid development of the university is reflected in many world rankings. The professor mentioned that it was his university that was the only one among those participating in Project 5-100, which entered the top 100 of two subject ratings of the world’s leading rating agencies — QS (Physics & Astronomy) and TNE (Physical sciences).