TOMSK, Sep 2 – RIA Tomsk. Innovative developments for the real sector of the economy and cooperation with industrial partners allowed Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR) to enter the World University Rankings according to the British edition of the Times Higher Education (THE), Rector of the university Victor Rulevsky said.
Earlier it was reported that TUSUR took the 17th place in THE rankings among Russian universities and 1001+ among the world universities.
Income from science
As the press service of the university said on Wednesday, TUSUR demonstrated its strongest position - the 220th place in the world - in terms of income received through the practical application of scientific potential (Industry income).
"High positions in attracting funding from industry are natural: the university pays special attention to applied developments for the real sector of the economy. The share of the innovative component in the TUSUR budget - is more than 48%, and the volume of R&D per one scientific and pedagogical worker - is more than 2 million rubles", - Rector Victor Rulevsky is quoted in the message.
According to him, an innovative "belt" of more than 210 partner companies created by TUSUR plays an important role in the formation of joint projects between the university and business.In recent years, three regional centers of the National Technological Initiative have also become a platform for combining the interests of science and production, which were opened at TUSUR in topical end-to-end areas: wireless communication, the Internet of things, sensorics and quantum technologies.
"In the coming years, TUSUR will focus on the development of these high-tech areas, as well as microelectronics, a safe digital environment and cyber-physical systems, space sciences, engineering and biomedicine", - the press service said with reference to the rector.
Citations and International outlook
The inclusion of TUSUR in the rankings is also related to the publication activity and citation of scientific articles: since 2014, the number of scientific publications of the university employees indexed in the Scopus database has increased 3.5 times, the citation of articles has increased more than 20 times.
"In addition, TUSUR traditionally has a strong position in the field of International outlook (staff, students and research), thanks to the high percentage of international students studying at the university", - says the statement.
As the press service adds, when preparing the rankings, 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators grouped into five areas are used. In particular, citation rate of scientific articles, contribution to innovation, income from research activities, teaching quality, the degree of the university's globality, that is, its ability to attract the best employees and foreign students are taken into account.