Two Russian Universities - Lomonosov Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University - have been rated among the world’s top 100 universities in the World Reputation Rankings for 2015.
Times Higher Education (THE), a London-based weekly magazine specializing in news and issues related to higher education, issued its regular ranking of the top 100 most powerful global university brands today. Lomonosov Moscow State University was ranked 25th, the highest position it has ever been awarded in such rankings issued annually since 2011. The university has made giddy progress, ascending to its present position from last year’s ranking among universities sharing positions from 51 to 60.
MSU's high positions in the world rankings will further increase the interest of applicants in the university, MSU's rector Viktor Sadovnichy said.
St. Petersburg State University, a newcomer in the ranking, was placed in a group of universities sharing positions from 71 to 80.
Information transparency and "a systematic approach to the formation of the team of researchers" allowed St. Petersburg State University to enter the world's top universities for the first time with a better academic reputation, PSU's rector Nikolai Kropachev said.
The editor of Times Higher Education, Phil Baty, said that this new rating is an inspiring result for Russia. Foreign professors monitor the positive changes at Moscow State University, particularly the construction process of the campus.
"We are seeing increased interest in Russia to make universities global and more visible on the world stage," Baty noted.
The rankings' top-ten was occupied solely by US and British schools, with Harvard topping the list and the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford occupying second and third positions respectively, TASS reports.
