Five Russian universities were in the top-1000 CWUR university rankings – RIA Novosti

14:11 11.07.2016

(updated: 14:14 11.07.2016 )

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MOSCOW, July 11 – RIA Novosti. As many as five Russian universities – Moscow State University, MIPT, St. Petersburg State University, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute and Novosibirsk State University – got into a prestigious international ranking of universities compiled by the organization CWUR, and MIPT was in the world top twenty on the criterion of the quality of education, the press service of MIPT

“Fiztech conducts active international contacts with foreign centers, and we have long been possess solid educational and scientific reputation, so getting into the twenty CWUR rating on the criterion of the quality of education says the correctness of the chosen direction of development. The support of the state, developed over the years unique “system Phystech” and new research areas are bearing fruit, “- said the rector of MIPT Nikolai Kudryavtsev, whose words the press service of the university

The organization Center for World university Ranking, based in Saudi Arabia, published annually. world rankings of universities in 2012. It gets thousands of leading scientific and educational institutions of the world, who are selected on several key criteria of the quality of education and to the number of patents received by staff and graduate level.

Last year, the rating fell five Russian universities – Moscow State University (59 th place), MIPT (250), St. Petersburg State University (406), Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (755), Novosibirsk State University (985). In this position, the local educational institutions have changed somewhat – the MSU dropped by 77 line, MIPT rose to 218 place, St. Petersburg State University dropped to 430 position, MEPI slipped down one position and NSU – went up by 26 steps. The first three places took the trio of Harvard, Stanford and the MIT, followed by the British Cambridge and Oxford

According to individual criteria Russian universities were among the leaders of the rankings -. MIPT entered the top 20 for the criterion Quality of Education in world. According Kudryavtseva, the assessment of quality of education deserved MIPT graduates, who receive significant scientific international awards or participate in international collaborations. Similarly, the quality of education in the Moscow State University was also appreciated – Moscow University took the 15th place in this category

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