Eight universities-organizers of the Open Doors entered the THE Emerging Economies University Rankings.

Eight Open Doors Olympiad organizers earning a top 100 spot: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in 12th place and National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in 18th, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI at Number 27, ITMO University at 35, Tomsk State University (TSU) at 52, St Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) at 72, Novosibirsk State University (NSU) at 82 and NUST MISIS at 89.

The THE Emerging Economies University Rankings cover institutions from countries classified as emerging by the FTSE. To compile its rankings, THE uses 13 performance metrics that fall into five broad categories: teaching (learning environment); research (volume, income and reputation); citations (research influence); international outlook (staff, students and research); and industry income (knowledge transfer).