TOMSK, Mar 4 – RIA Tomsk.Tomsk State University (TSU) entered 13 subject rankings of Quacquarelli
Symonds (QS) – 2021, confirming an increase in the number of competitive
areas of training at the university, the TSU press service reported on
Thursday with reference to the rector Eduard Galazhinsky.
Earlier
it was reported that TSU was included in the QS World University
Rankings by Subject – 2021 in 13 disciplines. In 8 disciplines, it
retained last year's positions, in two it improved indicators. Also, the
university for the first time entered the rating in the areas of
"Mathematics" and "Philosophy".
As the press service
clarifies, TSU has become the sixth university in Russia in terms of the
number of subjects included in the published part of the QS rankings.
"TSU
pays more attention not so much to a specific ranking, but to
increasing the number of competitive areas. Now there are 36 of them at
TSU, of which 13 are in the visible part of the rankings. It is
important to increase the qualitative diversity, including for
interdisciplinary research," – TSU Rector Eduard Galazhinsky is quoted in
the message.
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It is noted that TSU is for the first time
presented in the subject ranking of philosophy (group 151-200), and this
is the result of efforts made at the Faculty of Philosophy to promote
the concepts of scientists at the global level. Also, for the first
time, TSU entered the QS ranking in mathematics (group 401-450), and
according to the press service the Regional Scientific and Educational
Mathematical Center, created in 2018, played a role in achieving this
result.
It is added that the university improved its
indicators in "Physics & Astronomy" (group 151-200, in 2020 – group
201-250) and "Computer Science and Information Systems" (group 401-450,
in 2020 - 451-500) and retained positions in disciplines of
"Linguistics", "Archaeology", "Modern Languages", "English Language
& Literature", "Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing
Engineering", "Chemical Engineering", "Chemistry" and "Biological
Sciences".