Forbes Russia Ranks UrFU as Most Successful Regional University of the Nation

12:46, June 23, 2020

UrFU managed to get ahead of many leading metropolitan universities

Ural Federal University took fourth place in Russia in the new Forbes ranking. This is the best result among regional universities in the country. In addition, UrFU managed to get ahead of many leading metropolitan universities, including participants in the 5-100 project.

The top place in the ranking of the 100 best Russian universities was first taken by the Higher School of Economics. Out of a hundred points, the maximum possible by the rating methodology, the university scored 68.07. Second is Moscow State University with 67.55 points. In third place is the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (53.04). Ural Federal University scored 50.48 points, which is 2.71 more than the fifth-largest National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow). The separation from the nearest federal university amounted to 16.84 points - Southern Federal University took the 20th place.

The assessment of universities consisted of three main metrics - “Quality of education”, “Quality of graduates” and “Forbes factor”. In the first metric, by which a maximum of 50 points could be obtained, the presence and share of foreign teachers, the share of foreign students, teachers' salaries (compared with the average salary in the region where the university is located), the organization of foreign internships, etc. were evaluated. 

The metric “Quality of graduates” (maximum - 30 points) was formed on the basis of a survey of large Russian employers. Finally, the Forbes Factor (maximum 20 points) was determined by the university’s presence in leading foreign ratings, as well as the presence of promising Russians rating “30 to 30” according to Forbes and children of Russia's richest businessmen among students and recent graduates.