Thursday, September 22, 2016

A list of Russian universities that were ranked among the best according to the – RIA Novosti

22.09.2016

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MOSCOW, 22 sen — news. the British magazine Times Higher Education (THE) ranked the 980 the best universities in the world in 2016-2017, which includes 24 Russian higher educational institutions.

In THE last year’s ranking was only 13 Russian universities.

the Main Russian University – Moscow state University named after Lomonosov has become a leader among other Russian educational institutions. In the overall ranking he was ranked 188 th place with Aberdeen University in the UK. MSU is the only Russian University, which entered this year in the top 300 list. The University, founded in 1755, is one of the oldest and largest classical universities of Russia, it includes 15 research institutes and 41 faculty. Now studying at the MSU nearly 39 thousand students and employs about four thousand professors and teachers.

Dmitry Svintsov and the staff of the laboratory of optoelectronics of two-dimensional materials MIPT

the Saint-Petersburg national research University of information technologies, mechanics and optics (ITMO). He made the list THE first time and took the among Russian universities third place (351-400 line in the global ranking). ITMO, founded in 1900, trains specialists in the field of information and photonic technologies, the University has 19 faculties and seven research institutes.

Higher school of Economics is ranked fourth among Russian universities in the ranking and 401-500 in the world rankings. HSE was founded in 1992, until 2008, was run by the Ministry of economic development, after transferred to the jurisdiction of the Russian government. The HSE has three branches – in St. Petersburg, Lower Novgorod and Perm. In the HSE study of 27 thousand students and employs 2.5 thousand teachers.