Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a UK-based global higher education company, has released its latest QS World University Rankings.

This year's league table features 25 Russian universities led again by Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) which has moved up from 90th to 84th. It is followed by Novosibirsk State University (NSU) in 231st place, up 13 rungs from last year, and by Tomsk State University (TSU), which is now rated 268th.

Russian universities have also made headway in the top 400 range, increasing their representation from 10 to 13. The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has stopped just short of the top 300, rising from 312th to 302nd, followed by the Higher School of Economics (322nd) and National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (329nd).

Ural Federal University (UrFU), which ranks 364th, and Kazan Federal University (KFU) and RUDN University, both in 392nd place, have found their way into the top 400 for the first time ever. ITMO University has made a major push towards higher rating ranges, gaining more than 70 positions to end 436th.

The top 500 also includes SPbPU (439th) and NUST MISIS (451st).

The progress made by Russian universities in the top 300, 400 and 500 groups speaks to their considerable potential and growing competitiveness, since it becomes increasingly more difficult for a university to improve its standings within the higher ranges.

See the full ranking results here https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2020

Source: https://5top100.ru/en/news/105383/