UrFU Enters Top-100 of World's Best Universities in Several Subjects

18:10, March 4, 2021

The School entered the QS rating in the subject area "Social Policy and Administration", and also significantly improved its position in the rankings in economics, econometrics and management

GSEM UrFU has made progress in the new subject rating of the international agency QS. For the first time, the School entered the top 100 in the field of Social Policy & Administration.

Also, GSEM UrFU rose by 100 positions in the ranking of Economics and Econometrics (group 351-400).

The School retained its position in Business and Management Studies (401-450), and overall improved its position in Social Sciences & Management — 334th place (an increase of 17 positions).

«The key achievements are related to the scientific research of scientists from the School of Public Administration and Entrepreneurship of GSEM UrFU – sociologists and economists who study problems of concern to different groups of the population», says Anna Bagirova Vice Director for research and innovations and Innovation of GSEM UrFU. – An important distinguishing feature of our research is that their results help to develop and improve social policy and management of socio-economic processes in the regions. One of the factors of our success is the publication of the results of scientists ' research in thematic journals. In recent years, the results of researchers have been presented in highly specialized publications, including the Russian "The Journal of Social Policy Studies", "Public Administration Issues", as well as published in European countries "Central European Bulletin of Public Policy", "Administratie si Management Public", " Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences", etc.

An important component of this year's rating is successful educational programmes in the subject area. I would like to note that most of the master's, specialist's and bachelor's degree programmes support the area of our research in the field of social policy. These are" Public Administration"," Public Policy and Administration"," Legal support of national security", "Public Relations and Advertising", and" Economic Security", understood in our School as security in the public sector – all these programmes prepare our students to work with problems in the field of public administration. Our graduates successfully work in state authorities, representative authorities and local government, in political parties and public associations, in state-owned enterprises and institutions."

The greatest contribution to the promotion in the economic rankings was made by the teachers of the School of Economics and Management of GSEM UrFU.

«These subject areas are of fundamental importance from the point of view of positioning the School in the international and Russian research and educational space," says Irina Turgel, Director of the School of Economics and Management. – They are characterized by a high level of international competition. So in 2020, in accordance with the QS criteria, 1,371 universities from around the world were assessed in the Economics and Econometrics rating, and 1,661 universities were assessed in the Business and Management Studies rating. Economics and management is a field of research and educational activity that concentrates a significant contingent of students, postgraduates, researchers and teachers. The indicators in the ratings are not just numbers, but the result of the systematic work of the team. The success of the School was ensured by the high assessment of academic experts and experts-employers, articles in highly rated publications, and active citation of publications».