TOMSK, Dec 1 – RIA Tomsk, Karina Sapunova.Tomsk Polytechnic (TPU) and classical (TSU) universities took the 56th and 60th places respectively in the rating of the countries of BRICS and emerging countries – BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings, compiled with Times Higher Education (THE BRICS & Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017), is reported on the rating website.
The rating is made up on the basis of 13 indicators of universal rating, including the academic and scientific reputation, quoting of scientific publications and others.
"The rating includes 300 universities for the first time, that it is more, than last year, when it included 20 higher education institutions, and than two years ago, when there were 100 higher education institutions. <…> The list of this year includes 41 countries that it is more, than the previous year, when it included 35 countries. For the first time the rating included higher education institutions from Bulgaria, Latvia, Philippines and Tunisia", – it is said in the message.
It is specified that Peking University is still on the first place in the rating, Tsinghua University is on the second. Moscow State University (MSU) keeps the third place, despite competition growth.
Tomsk Polytechnic University takes the 56th place, Tomsk State University are at the 60th.
24 Russian higher education institutions enter top-300 (the previous year there were 15 universities of the Russian Federation). 10 of them have lost the positions. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has the second result among the Russian higher education institutions, which is at the 12th place (last year it had the 81st). National Research Nuclear University MEPhI has the third result (the 18th place).
Vice Rector of TSU: higher education institutions of the Russian Federation can repeat success of the People's Republic of China
"If we analyze positions of higher education institutions of China, India and Brazil in recent years, then we will see that their number grows in rating, and positions constantly improve. The competition escalates in process of development of the rating and promotion to its top", – the press service of TSU quotes the Vice Rector for International Relations Artem Rykun.He also noted that the number not only higher education institutions from China grows in the rating (educational institutions from this country take the leading positions in the rating), but also the Russian universities.
"It means that higher education institutions of our country are capable to repeat success of the Chinese and Indian colleagues, however the strong competition is necessary to them. And 27 points, which TSU passed in a year, are points with the increasing rigidity degree, and in this regard our growth is extremely valuable", – Rykun considers.