Which Russian universities are included in the international QS ranking KXan 36 Daily News
Rating top universities world (QS World University Rankings) - a global study and the ranking of the best higher educational institutions of world importance in terms of their achievements in education and science. Calculated according to the methodology of the British consulting company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Considered one of the most influential global university rankings. Developed in 2004 by Quacquarelli Symonds in collaboration with the British edition of Times Higher Education. Until 2010 it was known as The World university rankings. Since 2010, the single ranking has been divided into two: the Times Higher Education publishes the ranking of the best universities in the world together with Thomson Reuters, and Quacquarelli Symonds continues to release a ranking called QS World University Rankings.
The ranking evaluates universities according to the following indicators: the activity and quality of research activities, the opinion of employers and career potential, teaching and internationalization. These indicators cover the key strategic missions of world-class universities, for which they are responsible to the participants in the process: the academic community, employers, students and their parents. Over 2,500 higher education institutions around the world are evaluated annually in the study. Based on its results, a ranking of the 500 best universities in the world is compiled, as well as university rankings in individual disciplines.
The level of achievement of universities is assessed based on the results of a combination of statistical analysis of the activities of educational institutions, audited data (including information on the citation index from the Scopus database, the world's largest bibliometric database of scientific publications), as well as data from a global expert survey of representatives of the international academic community and employers, who express their opinions about universities. Below are the quantitative and qualitative indicators by which the performance of universities is assessed.
| Index | Weight |
|---|---|
| The index of the academic reputation of the university. The indicator includes data from a global expert survey of representatives of the international academic community, which reflects the opinions of university leaders, professors and teachers conducting research activities about which educational institutions in the world conduct scientific research in their field of competence at the highest level. Data for the last three years are taken into account. | 40% |
| University reputation index among employers. The indicator includes data from a global expert survey of representatives of employers' organizations, covering all major industries and with a size of 100 employees or more. As part of the survey, the opinions of the management of employing organizations on the professional competence of university graduates hired by them are studied. | 10% |
| The ratio of the teaching staff of the university and the number of students. The indicator includes data on the ratio of faculty to the number of students and contains both information from the universities themselves and information government organizations in charge of education. | 20% |
| The index of citation of scientific works of the teaching staff of the university in relation to the number of teaching staff. The indicator includes the ratio of the total citation of scientific publications and the total number of teachers and researchers working at the university on a full-time basis for at least one semester. The citation index of scientific papers is estimated on the basis of the Scopus bibliometric database. Data for the last five years are taken into account. | 20% |
| The share of foreign university teachers in relation to the total number of teaching staff. The indicator includes the share of foreign teachers working at the university on a full-time basis (full-time equivalent) and spending at least one semester at the university. | 5% |
| The share of foreign students in relation to the total number of students in the university. The indicator includes the proportion of foreign students studying at the university in full-cycle programs. Students who are citizens of countries other than the country of study, study for at least one semester and are not exchange students are taken into account. | 5% |
The survey of representatives of the international academic community (QS Global Academic Survey) involves professors and university leaders with an average tenure in science of 19.6 years. Among them are leading scientists and rectors of more than 500 universities. The respondent can name up to 30 universities, without naming the university in which he serves. The survey is conducted in five subject areas: natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and arts, life sciences, engineering sciences and technologies. Several thousand companies from over 90 countries take part in the QS Global Employer Survey. A description of the methodology for selecting experts, a complete breakdown of respondents by country, position and industry is presented on the project website based on the results of another comparative study.
The compilers of the ranking emphasize that the volatility of the top 100 universities in the QS World University Rankings is noticeably lower than in most other similar rankings, which reflects the maturity and reliability of the methodology used. QS is a member of the Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence (IREG), the regulatory body for higher education ranking organizations. The authors of the project indicate that the QS research team works as objectively as possible, all data and rating methodology are available for external audit.
To see full list ranking of the best universities in the world and follow trends over time, readers should refer to the statistical tables on the project website. The site provides an interactive ranking, a description of the methodology and accompanying data, up-to-date information about universities, as well as expert advice for young people who want to make their choice of university.
The results of the QS World University Rankings, which represent the world's leading universities, have become known. Moscow State University again became the best in Russia, retaining its position last year - 108th in the world. In total, 3,800 universities participated in the ranking, of which 891 were included in the list.
According to MSU Rector Viktor Sadovnichy, MSU once again confirmed its leading position in the face of increased competition, especially from universities in the Asian region.
"In 2016, we traditionally improved our positions in the categories of "opinions of experts from the academic environment" (Academic Reputation) and "reputation of the university among employers" (Employer reputation), which are the main indicators of the university's work, it is these criteria that determine the quality of teaching at the university and the level conducting scientific research. Also this year, we successfully conducted an admissions campaign to attract foreign students, which is a good start for the future,” commented Viktor Sadovnichy, Rector of Moscow State University.
In recent years, our universities have been improving their positions in international rankings, which contributes to their promotion in the global market of educational services and attracts foreign students. In the latest QS subject rankings, eight of our universities are in the top 100. The leader was Moscow State University, which was in the top 100 in 12 regions. Most high place- 17th - he received in the field of "Linguistics". In second place is St. Petersburg State University, which is represented by two subjects. IN full version subject rating were 17 of our universities. MEPhI, Novosibirsk State University, Russian State University of Oil and Gas named after M.I. Gubkin. For this QS subject ranking, 4,226 educational institutions of the world were evaluated, and in total it included 945 universities. More than 113 million citations have been analyzed, and the provision of about 15,530 curricula has been verified.
“Just 5 years ago, few people in our universities knew about the Hirsch index, the impact factor, the Scopus and Web of Science databases, the world university rankings QS, THE and ARWU. Today everyone knows,” said Tomsk Polytechnic University Rector Petr Chubik.
As for another prestigious THE international ranking prepared by the British magazine Times Higher Education, five of our universities are included in the list of the 200 best universities in Europe. These are Moscow State University (it has 79th place), St. Petersburg Polytechnic University of Peter the Great (113), Tomsk Polytechnic University (136), Kazan Federal University (152), MEPhI (164).
In the first positions in all international rankings are Stanford, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge universities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Our universities in the QS Global University Rankings:
258 - St. Petersburg State University
291 - Novosibirsk State University
306 - MSTU im. Bauman
350 - MGIMO (U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
350 - MIPT
377 - Tomsk State University
400 - Tomsk Polytechnic University
401-410 - MEPhI
411-420 – HSE
411-420 - St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
501-550 - Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
551-600 - Far Eastern Federal University
551-600 - Saratov State University
551-600 - Southern Federal University
601-650 - NUST "MISiS"
601-650 - RUDN University
601-650 - Ural Federal University
701+ - Lobachevsky University of Nizhny Novgorod
701+ - Novosibirsk Polytechnic University
701+ - Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
701+ - Voronezh State University
Indicator.Ru looked into what Russian universities need to do to climb this list and what has changed in the system of counting British experts.The international QS rating has been published since 2004, and initially experts from the British publication Times Higher Education (THE) participated in the preparation of its methodology. Since 2010, the analytical company Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd. started publishing ratings independently. When compiling the rating, statistical information from the Scopus bibliometric database is taken into account.
Place* | university | A country |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | USA | |
| 2 | Stanford | USA |
| 3 | USA | |
| 4 | California Institute of Technology | USA |
| 5 | Cambridge | Great Britain |
| 6 | Great Britain | |
| 7 | University College London | Great Britain |
| 8 | Imperial College London | Great Britain |
| 9 | University of Chicago | USA |
| 10 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology | Switzerland |
Compared to the previous year, the position of universities remained almost unchanged: the California Institute of Technology moved up one position, while Cambridge, on the contrary, went down; Imperial College London and the University of Chicago were ranked 9th and 10th respectively in last year's rankings, while the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology dropped two places.
Among the top 300 universities are also St. Petersburg State University (240th place), Novosibirsk State University (250th place) and Moscow State Technical University. Bauman (291st place). According to QS, the citation index at NSU, unlike other domestic universities, has also grown.
MSTU. Bauman
NRNU MEPhI
SPbPU of Peter the Great
NUST MISIS
NI SSU named after N.G. Chernyshevsky
Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics
REU named after G.V. Plekhanov
SNRU named after S.P. Queen
The ranking methodology has undergone minor changes this year. Zoya Zaitseva commented: “Firstly, the ratio of the weights of the votes of domestic and international employers has changed. Previously, it was 30/70, from this year the weight will be equal, 50/50. This is a major plus for Russian universities who are finally working much more intensively with their contacts in the companies.”
In addition, the analysis of the Scopus database has changed. “Before, we considered a five-year window, exciting quotes from the year the rating was published,” explains Zaitseva. - However, after lengthy discussions with our Academic Council, it was decided to expand the window to six years. So, this year we analyzed 2011-2016 citations referring to articles published between 2011 and 2015. It enhances the importance last year in the analysis and gives us slightly more accurate data.”
Experts from Quacquarelli Symonds claim that the competent planning of the activities of Russian universities, aimed at improving their reputation, certainly helped them rise in the rankings. “The achievements of Russian universities this year indicate that careful, long-term strategic planning, purposeful and consistent investments, and the desire for internationalization will ultimately lead to tangible positive changes in the positions of Russian universities in the rankings. Despite the fact that Russian universities are still hampered by the relatively low results of bibliometric indicators, behind the high results of this year are the desire of Russian universities to strengthen their positions in the international arena and the implementation of an international strategy as an integral part of the development of the university,” said Ben Sauter, Head of the Department research QS Intelligence Unit.
Sources
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