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About RUDN

RUDN University today
Mission
Uniting people of different cultures by knowledge RUDN University creates leaders to make the World better

RUDN University received the maximum "5 stars" of the QS Stars international ranking — highest scores for six out of eight indicators. It’s a breakthrough in “Employability” and significan rise in "Teaching" and "Academic Development".

UIGreenmetric ranked RUDN as the greenest university of Russia. RUDN is number 42 among world universities.

QS World University Rankings (317).

176
joint educational programs
more than
10000
international students
more than
2000
continuing education programs
students from
160
countries
472
educational programs
more than
8000
places in University’s dormitories
more than
34000
students
More than
200
laboratories
All achievements
Positioning
Academic

Multiprofiled nature and interdisciplinarity:  Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Social Sciences, Economics, Humanities, Agrarian fields of studies

Multi-level higher education system: Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD programs,  medical residency

The world leader in teaching Russian as a foreign language; 12 foreign languages 

Leading Russian  university  for Master’s programs in foreign languages

Over 1,000 educational programs

Wide range of Life Long Learning programs

Global

Agreements with more than 250 foreign universities and research centers, about 176 joint international educational programs

RUDN University is the hub for the CIS Network University and the University of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO); member of BRICS University

Leader in internationalization among Russian higher education institutions; students from 160 countries of the world

Over 100,000 alumni work in all the world countries

Engagement in  the UNO, UNESCO and Council of Europe programs and forums

Entrepreneurial

2/3 of university revenues are generated through  entrepreneurial activities

Shared research centers as the basis for research commercialization

Agreements with foreign companies for  research results implementation

Wide  range of  programs for continuing professional development 

Network clusters in cooperation with industry and business for technologies  transfer

Research

Priority research areas: Mathematics, Physics, Medicine, Information Telecommunication Systems,High Tech Engineering

Joint research in cooperation with leading Russian and foreign higher education institutions and research centers

Research laboratories and shared research  centers equipped with state-of-the-art facilities

Multiprofiled and interdisciplinary research

University with a rich history
Preserving traditions and values
Annual Reports
Documentation
News
all news
About RUDN
17 Sep
“Natural Sciences”, “Life Sciences” and “Medicine and Health” of RUDN University are among the best in the world

Preliminary results for 4 out of 11 subject rankings of THE World University Rankings by Subject 2022 have become known. RUDN University is represented in three of them: “Natural Sciences”, “Life Sciences” and “Medicine”.

About RUDN
03 Sep
RUDN University goes up 200 positions in THE WUR 2022, world ranking of the best universities in the world

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia has risen to position 601-800 in the Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2022 (THE WUR 2022). The list includes only 1,662 universities in the world, 60+ of them are Russian.

About RUDN
16 Jun
RUDN University becomes the best Russian university in the ARWU subject ranking in "Agriculture" and goes 100 positions up in "Mathematics"

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia has become the best among Russian universities in the international ARWU (Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects) ranking in Agriculture. RUDN University entered this ranking for the first time and immediately found itself among 201-300 best. The university also shot up 100 positions in Mathematics.