GSEM UrFU has significantly improved its positions in the international THE rating

11:21, November 2, 2020

University is now ranked 301-400 in Business and Economics

Economists of Graduate School of Economics and Management of Ural Federal University have made a big step forward in the ranking this year. In 2019, GSEM UrFU was included in this rating for the first time in Business & Economics subject area and immediately took position in 401-500.

“In 2020, we moved to a higher ‘league’, taking the 301-400 position. The success of our business school is not the result of momentary exertion of forces, but of long and hard work. After all, the position in the ranking is based not on one indicator only, but on a cumulative result. Achievements in teaching, internationalisation, the number of publications, their citations are also taken into account, " says Irina Turgel, Deputy Director for Research and Innovation of the School of Economics and Management, GSEM UrFU.

“Actions of business school to stimulate internationalisation, research activity, and the introduction of online technologies helped to achieve these high positions. In this case, the priority task is to ensure not only quantitative growth, but also an increase in qualitative indicators. In 2016, GSEM researchers published 249 papers indexed in the international databases Scopus and Web of Science; In just three years, this number has grown by 76%, reaching 438 publications in 2019. At the same time, the number of publications in the most authoritative journals on economics and management is also growing: In 2019, the number of top publications of A and A * levels in journals included in the ABDC rating (compiled by the deans of the most famous business schools in the world) tripled compared to the previous year. For the second year we are implementing the project to achieve leading positions in the subject rankings of THE and QS (project manager - Prof. Irina Turgel, project team: Dmitry Gladyrev, Ekaterina Syrvacheva).

Irina Turgel also noted GSEM is developing a system of research journals indexed in international databases (it now has 3 journals, in this subject area we are ahead of other federal universities). Over the past year, the number of international partners has increased by 20%, universities from new countries for the school have become partners (an agreement has been signed with India, in the process - with universities in Indonesia and Malaysia). The universities with the most prestigious accreditations are becoming partners of the university. The system for identifying and supporting young researchers created at school will ensure the movement forward. This year, GSEM has increased the number of grants and expanded the list of eligibility criteria for young researchers, as well as foreign specialists with PhD degrees and young foreign researchers who plan to continue their academic.

“We are not going to stop there. The personnel, research, expert potential of the school allows for setting ambitious goals and continuing to move towards gaining leading positions in leading international ratings. "