VSUES in the TOP 100 of the National Ranking of universities «Interfax» 2021

24 сентября 2021 University life

The international information group «Interfax» presented the XII annual National University Ranking (NRU) for 2021. According to the results of the rating, VSUES is still among the TOP 100 best universities in Russia (82nd place in the consolidated rating). In the region, VSUES remains the third after two federal universities of Far Eastern Federal University and M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University among 25 Far Eastern universities, of which only four are in the TOP 100.

In 2021, within the framework of the NRU project, the number of universities for which an assessment of their activities was carried out increased slightly – 341 leading universities compared to 337 in 2020. The rating includes all the country''s status universities: 29 national research universities, 10 federal, 33 reference universities, as well as 21 universities participating in the 5-100 Project. The activities of 11 non-state universities were also evaluated. According to the universities specializations, an assessment was carried out: 98 classical universities, 106 technical and technological universities (transport, architectural and construction and meteorological universities are also included), 22 economic and social universities, 32 agricultural universities, 38 medical universities, 32 pedagogical, 5 law, 5 humanities universities, 4 design universities, 3 communication universities and 4 universities of service and tourism.

The activity of universities was evaluated according to six parameters: education; research; university brand; social environment of the university; innovation and entrepreneurship; international and interregional cooperation.

VSUES is included in the TOP 100 of the NRU 2021 in the following parameters: «innovation and entrepreneurship» (46th place), «international and interregional cooperation» (68th place), «education» (74th place). By the level of 2020, the parameters «innovation and entrepreneurship» have increased by 68 points at once and by three points: «international and interregional cooperation» and «research» (146th place). This indicates that the university has shown a high level of development of technological and social entrepreneurship, interregional cooperation, collaborations with educational and scientific institutions, global web communications.

The results of the NRU 2021 for the first time show the distribution of leading universities by territory. VSUES belongs to the universities from the Top 10 of the Far Eastern Federal District, characterized as young developing academic centers. The group of leaders of the Far Eastern Federal District includes FEFU (rank 1, 1000 points), M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University (ring 2, 890 points), VSUES (rank 3, 711 points) and Pacific National University (rank 4, 691 points). The remaining six universities of the Far Eastern Federal District from the Top 10 have no more than 600 points (the gap from the leaders is more than 90 points), and the neighboring positions differ by 2-3 points, i.e. the competition is fierce, and the density of results is very high.

The Top 10 of the Far Eastern Federal District includes three universities in Vladivostok: FEFU, VSUES and PSMU (8th place and 594 points on a 1000-point scale). Among the universities of Vladivostok, VSUES has the 1st place in the parameter of international and interregional cooperation, the 2nd place in five parameters (consolidated rating, education, research, university brand, social environment of the university) and the 3rd place in the parameter of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Judging by the results of the national rating of NRU 2021, many federal and regional universities in 2020 have increased their competitiveness in the context of the pandemic due to the accelerated digitalization of educational processes and the strengthening of competencies related to new technologies and innovative solutions. In this reality, a small drop in the values of indicators significantly affects the change in positions in the rating.

In order to consolidate and improve the positions of VSUES in the national ranking, it is necessary to find new solutions to increase the activity of the university in all areas of activity. The entry of VSUES into the Interfax University program «Digital Technologies for Education and Science», which is aimed at improving the skills of young specialists, teachers and researchers, the introduction of modern practices for working with big data in the research activities of leading universities and research centers of the country, seems promising. Within the framework of this program, Interfax actively cooperates with universities, contributing to the integration of unique databases and modern IT solutions into the educational process and scientific activities.