TOMSK, Mar 8 – RIA Tomsk.Tomsk State University (Tomsk State University) and Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) entered the subject rating of the universities of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) agency as one of the best in the world on teaching of natural and human sciences, engineering sciences and technologies, is reported on the website of the rating agency on Wednesday.
TSU and TPU in 2013 were included into the 5-100 project to which participants additional financing for increase in the international competitiveness is allocated. In 2017 to the Tomsk universities were allocated 482 million rubles. Last year in the subject rating of QS TSU and TPU were among the best higher education institutions of the world on training in languages and physics.
"This year subjects of rating include ranging on five various subject domains: "Humanities and art", "Engineering sciences and technologies", "Biological sciences and medicine", "Natural sciences", "Social sciences and management". Besides addition of new subjects, the rating included more universities, than ever before", – is said in the message of QS.
According to the information posted on th0840e QS website, TPU for the first time entered the ranking on subject domain "Engineering sciences and technologies", taking 390 place. Tomsk Polytechnic University showed high positions in several subjects: in the direction of "Chemical Engineering" it entered the group 201-250 (the second place among Russian universities), in the directions "Engineering - electrotechnical and electronic" and "Engineering - mechanical, aviation and industrial" is located in the group 251-300 (the fifth place in Russia).
In the "Physics and Astronomy" direction TPU passed from group 301-400 where it was in 2016, to group 251-300. Also TPU for the first time entered the group of the ranged higher education institutions on the "Chemistry' direction in group 451-500.TSU in 2017 took the 328th place in the "Humanities and Art" area, in "Natural Sciences" area entered the group 401-450. Also the university kept leadership positions in subject "Modern languages" (251-300), and in subject domain "Chemistry" for the first time entered in top-500. The university has risen by 50 points in comparison with the previous year and entered the group of 201-250 best universities of the world on the subject "Physics and Astronomy".
In total in rating 28 Russian higher education institutions are presented, in 2016 there were only 17. As well as last year, the leader among higher education institutions of Russia – is the Moscow State University.