TOMSK,
Jun 9 – RIA Tomsk. Experts of Russian International
Affairs Council (RIAC) made rating of English-language websites of Russian
universities in 2018 according to which Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) and
Tomsk State University (TSU) entered top-5: TSU keeps the third place, TPU is
on the fourth, having improved last result on four positions, RIAC website
reports.
According to the website, experts of RIAC included 65 Russian
universities in the rating "Electronic internationalization:
English-language Internet resources of Russian universities 2017-2018". It
included the federal universities, the research universities and the
universities participating in the 5-100 and Education Export projects
supervised by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
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Higher School of Economics (National Research University Higher School
of Economics) (104 points) heads the rating of the English-language websites of
the Russian universities, as well as last year, Saint Petersburg State
University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University)
got the second place (87 points). TSU get the third place in the rating for the
second year, it has 76 points. The website of TPU took the fourth place (75
points), having risen by four positions in the rating in comparison with 2017.
As the press service of the Tomsk Polytechnic University reports, the
updated version of the English-language website of TPU was launched in 2017.
During the rating the websites were estimated in 108 parameters united in 16
semantic blocks. It is information on entering a university, educational
programs, divisions and faculties, science and researches, library,
opportunities of employment and others.
"The working language of the world academic community is English.
And the English-language version of the website passes from the minor tool into
the category of the main for effective communication policy in process of
improvement of positions of TPU on the world scene. For us it is not the
English version of the Russian-language website, but a full-fledged independent
product", – the Vice Rector of TPU for External Affairs Liliya Kiryanova
is quoted.
As it was noted in TSU, the big team, including native speakers, works
on content of the English-language website. All of them constantly work on
improvement of a usability of the website, moderate it taking into account the
recommendations of experts.
"Education export actively develops in TSU, more and more
foreigners choose our university for study therefore the English version of the
website is what forms their impression about TSU", – the press service of
the university reported.