UrFU Ranked 331 in QS World University Rankings

17:07, June 10, 2020

The university is successfully developing academic reputation and internationalisation

Ural Federal University has moved up 33 positions in the QS World University Rankings, now ranking 331 globally. Compared to the last year's results, our university improved academic reputation and internationalisation indicators.

«Such improvement in the recently published QS ranking is the result of the university’s consistent work over several years, its participation in the 5-100 international competitiveness enhancement program. We can see a significant increase in academic reputation by 75 positions compared to last year. In addition, the success in the ranking also resulted from an increase of 58 positions in the share of foreign students,» said the Rector of UrFU Victor Koksharov.

According to the First Deputy Vice Rector for Science Vladimir Krizhaev, the university is progressing thanks to joint research projects with leading international scholars, as well as big international research events organised by UrFU and participation of our faculty in such events abroad.

«In this new context, online cooperation between our faculty and researchers with their colleagues and students in other countries takes centre stage. Many international events in research and education are changing their format. The ones who succeed will be those who are best to adapt», — comments Dr. Kruzhaev.

QS World University Rankings have been publishing since 2004. Universities are ranked by academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty to students ratio, citations, number of students and faculty members. The latest ranking features 1604 universities across the world, 28 of them in Russia.