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
© РИА Томск. Павел Стефанский
"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.