15 Russian Universities in ARWU Ranking by Subject
ShanghaiRanking Consultancy published the results of annual survey.
More than 4000 universities from all over the world were covered. More than 1700 ones are published in the release. They are ranked in 54 subjects across natural sciences, engineering, medical sciences, life sciences and social sciences. Russian universities are represented in 27 subjects, up three from the previous year. Traditionally, they showed the best result in exact sciences. Seven universities were ranked for physics, including Novosibirsk State University, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and National Research Tomsk State University. Five universities were ranked for mathematics (Higher School of Economics, Novosibirsk State University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology etc) and five for nanoscience and nanotechnology (ITMO University, Novosibirsk State University, National University of Science and Technology MISIS etc).
The number of Russian universities in the top 100 has increased as well. While there were five Russian higher education centres in the top 100 in 2017, their number increased to six in 2018 and to eight in 2019. For example, HSE is listed in the 51-75 group for Social Science and in the 76-100 group for Mathematics. In the 76-100 group, ITMO University was ranked for Automation and Control, MISIS for Mining and Mineral Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering, Novosibirsk State University for Mining and Mineral Engineering and National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University for Mechanical Engineering. Kazan Federal University made its first ever appearance in ARWU ranking in the 401-500 group for Chemical Engineering.
ARWU ranking is based on several performance indicators such as the number of papers authored by an institution from 2013 to 2017 and their citations in the international academic community, the ratio of publications in collaboration with international scientists and the number of staff wining a significant award in an academic subject since 1981 (for example, Abel Prize or Fields Medal in mathematics, or ASME or Timoshenko Medal in mechanical engineering).
