South Ural State University has taken its place in group 900-1000 and has become one of the world’s best universities. Among leading Russian universities, SUSU holds a position in group 29-34.
The tenth annual edition of the Three University Missions ranking has included 2000 universities from 111 countries and territories from around the world. The USA and China have once again become leaders in terms of representation (261 and 258 universities respectively). Russia is also among the three world’s leaders (151 universities), followed by the Great Britain, Japan, and India (112, 100 and 85 universities respectively).
“Behind each university’s achievement are the knowledge, professionalism, and dedication of the teaching staff, scientists, administrative staff, and students. I would like to thank the SUSU team for our collaborative work that helps our university strengthen its positions in the international educational and scientific space. Our entering the list of the world’s best universities sets a benchmark for further development and new achievements,” noted SUSU Rector Alexander Wagner.
The Three University Missions, the Moscow international ranking, takes into account three parameters, and the main one is “Education”. It includes the amount of student wins in international student contests, share of international students as compared to the total number of students, university budget to number of students ratio, and students number to academic staff number ratio. The “Science” parameter takes into consideration the university’s share in total national publications, IREG List awards won by academic staff and alumni, average normalized citation impact (at the national and global level), and research income per academic staff member. The “University & Society” parameter includes data on the university’s amount of Massive Open Online Courses, university’s website and followers on university social media, number of the university’s alumni with an individual article about them on Wikipedia, and transparency.
The Three University Missions ranking system is an alternative to foreign indicators of development of universities. It passed the international third-party audit by PwC (a major audit company) and by the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence international expert council, and is approved by 25 leading specialists from 16 countries around the world.