Seven Russian universities are in top-100 according to Times Higher Education
05.12.2014

Moscow. The 3rd of December. INTERFAX. Seven major universities of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk and Ufa were included in the second edition of the universities ranking of BRICS and emerging economies countries by the British magazine “Times Higher Education” in 2014.

“Russia has significantly increased its representation from two universities in 2013 to seven universities in 2014. Lomonosov Moscow State University managed to rise from tenth to fifth place, and St. Petersburg State University – from the 67th position to the separated 64th,” reports the website univer-rating.ru.

For the first time the annual ranking includes National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (13) and Novosibirsk State University (34).

Also for the first time Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (69), Ufa State Aviation Technical University (70) and Bauman Moscow State Technical University (90) entered the top-100.

The rating attributed the success of some Russian universities to diminution of requirements to the annual number of publications indexed by Thomson Reuters (from 200 to 100).

The first place in the ranking-2014 was taken by China (27 universities), the second – Taiwan (19 universities), third – India (11 universities). Russia is on the fifth position.

The top 100 of best universities in BRICS and emerging economies countries is created by the magazine “Times Higher Education” on the basis of assessment of education, scientific researches, transfer of knowledge and level of internationalization. Authors of the ranking have evaluated universities from 22 countries.

 

2015 rank

2014 rank

Institution name

Country / region

1

1

Peking University

China

2

2

Tsinghua University

China

3

9

Middle East Technical University

Turkey

4

3

University of Cape Town

South Africa

5

10

M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University

Russian Federation

6

4

National Taiwan University

Taiwan

7

5

Boğaziçi University

Turkey

8

7

Istanbul Technical University

Turkey

9

8

Fudan University

China

10

11

University of São Paulo

Brazil

11

16

National Chiao Tung University

Taiwan

11

6

University of Science and Technology of China

China

13

Not ranked

Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute

Russian Federation

14

15

University of Witwatersrand

South Africa

15

Not ranked

Sabanci University

Turkey

16

27

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

China

17

21

Stellenbosch University

South Africa

18

19

National Tsing Hua University

Taiwan

19

12

Bilkent University

Turkey

20

25

National Cheng Kung University

Taiwan

21

22

Zhejiang University

China

22

18

Nanjing University

China

23

31

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Taiwan

24

35

Sun Yat-sen University

China

25

Not ranked

Indian Institute of Science

India

26

40

Wuhan University

China

27

24

State University of Campinas

Brazil

28

17

University of the Andes

Colombia

29

20

Koc University

Turkey

29

13

Renmin University of China

China

31

31

Charles University in Prague

Czech Republic

32

43

Harbin Institute of Technology

China

33

Not ranked

Federico Santa María Technical University

Chile

34

Not ranked

Novosibirsk State University

Russian Federation

35

33

National Central University

Taiwan

35

39

Tianjin University

China

37

Not ranked

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

India

38

37

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

India

39

13

Panjab University

India

40

44

National Taiwan Normal University

Taiwan

41

26

National Sun Yat-Sen University

Taiwan

42

49

Dalian University of Technology

China

43

30

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

India

44

36

China Medical University Taiwan

Taiwan

44

47

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

India

46

23

University of Warsaw

Poland

47

45

University of KwaZulu Natal

South Africa

48

59

National Autonomous University of Mexico

Mexico

49

29

King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

Thailand

50

83

University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad

Morocco

51

73

Istanbul University

Turkey

52

55

Pontificia University Católica de Chile

Chile

53

28

Wuhan University of Technology

China

54

55

Tongji University

China

55

60

Semmelweis University

Hungary

56

37

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

India

56

65

Xi'an Jiaotong University

China

58

41

Jagiellonian University

Poland

59

53

Masaryk University

Czech Republic

60

42

East China Normal University

China

61

60

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

62

68

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

China

63

52

Mahidol University

Thailand

64

Not ranked

East China University of Science and Technology

China

64

67

Saint Petersburg State University

Russian Federation

66

75

National Taipei University of Technology

Taiwan

67

60

University of Debrecen

Hungary

68

51

Hunan University

China

69

Not ranked

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russian Federation

70

Not ranked

Ufa State Aviation Technical University

Russian Federation

71

57

Jawaharlal Nehru University

India

71

99

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Mexico

71

76

United Arab Emirates University

United Arab Emirates

74

34

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

India

75

71

Taipei Medical University

Taiwan

76

Not ranked

Beijing Institute of Technology

China

77

78

University of Pretoria

South Africa

78

50

Aligarh Muslim University

India

79

90

Sichuan University

China

80

70

China Agricultural University

China

80

60

National Yang-Ming University

Taiwan

82

80

Hacettepe University

Turkey

83

66

Chung Yuan Christian University

Taiwan

84

79

American University of Sharjah

United Arab Emirates

84

71

National Taiwan Ocean University

Taiwan

86

53

Asia University

Taiwan

87

69

National Chung Hsing University

Taiwan

88

73

Chang Gung University

Taiwan

89

58

Yuan Ze University

Taiwan

90

Not ranked

Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russian Federation

90

85

Chulalongkorn University

Thailand

90

98

Northwestern Polytechnical University

China

93

Not ranked

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Malaysia

94

88

Shanghai University

China

95

Not ranked

Jilin University

China

95

Not ranked

National University of Sciences and Technology

Pakistan

97

87

UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista

Brazil

98

46

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

India

98

Not ranked

Xidian University

China

100

80

National Chung Cheng University

Taiwan