TOMSK, Apr 23 – RIA Tomsk.Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) entered the top 200 best universities in the world in terms of cooperation with industry, innovation and infrastructure development in the new ranking of Times Higher Education (THE), the university’s press service said on Thursday.
It was previously reported that the British edition of Times Higher Education (THE) in 2019 for the first time compiled a ranking of world universities for the implementation of 17 goals of sustainable development of mankind, identified by the United Nations (UN). These are elimination of poverty and hunger, promotion of health and well-being, quality education, decent work and economic growth and others. TPU entered the group 201-300, and in some areas it took places in the top 100.It is noted that in 2020, experts evaluated the contribution of TPU to five goals of sustainable development: "quality education", "industrialization, innovation and infrastructure", "reducing inequality", "sustainable cities and towns" and "partnership for sustainable development".
"Tomsk Polytechnic University was included in the group of two hundred of the best universities in the world in terms of cooperation with industry, innovation and infrastructure development in the Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings", – the press service said.
In the overall ranking, TPU entered the group of 401-600 together with St. Petersburg State University and 13 other Russian universities. According to the website of the ranking, 47 Russian universities were represented in it. The first in the overall ranking among Russian universities was the Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, TPU entered the top 30 domestic universities.
In 2020, 776 universities from 85 countries of the world were represented in THE ranking (in 2019, it was more than 450 universities from 76 countries of the world). The leader in the ranking in 2020 was the University of Auckland in New Zealand.