RUDN strengthens its position among the best universities in the world
RUDN has strengthened its position in the THE World University Rankings by Subject 2021 — the university is presented in 9 directions.
For the first time, RUDN University features in 3 subject rankings:
- “Education” — 176-200
- “Arts and Humanities” — 301-400
- “Life Sciences” — 501-600
RUDN University has also been presented in 6 THE subject rankings for several years. This year — in the following positions:
- “Business and Economics” — 501-600
- “Social Sciences” — 501-600
- “Computer Science” — 501-600
- “Medicine and Health” — 601+
- “Natural Sciences” — 601-800
- “Engineering and Technology” — 601-800
Positions are assessed by 13 performance indicators grouped in 5 areas: “Teaching”, “Research”, “Citations”, “International outlook” and “Industry Income”.
In “Education” RUDN University showed the best result due to achievements in 3 indicators: “Proportion of international students” (99.7 scores), “Staff — to — student ratio ” (79.8 scores) and “Citations” (74.9 scores) .
In “Arts and Humanities”, RUDN University showed positive dynamics in terms of “Citations” (96.4 scores) and “Proportion of international students” (89.3 scores).
In “Life Sciences” RUDN entered the ranking according to the indicators “Proportion of international students” (95.6 scores) and “Proportion of international staff” (61 scores).
“At the Agrarian and Technological Institute, we focus on international research and academic projects and work with leading scientists in the world. Among our staff soil scientists Yakov Kuzyakov and Evgenia Blagodatskaya, who received the Web of Science Clarivate Awards as the most cited scientists in the field of Agriculture and Forestry. We have established a center for ‘Smart Technologies for Sustainable Development of the Urban Environment in the Context of Global Changes’, where the Nobel laureate Ricardo Valentini (Italy) works. Our summer school for soil scientists ‘From Sea to Sea’ has been gathering 40-50 participants from Russia, Austria, USA, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan and China for 2 years. This year, the school’s lecturers were famous soil scientists, climatologists, biologists from France, Germany, Italy, Australia and the United States,” says Elvira Dovletyarova, Director of the Agricultural and Technological Institute.
The new list of federal innovation sites (FIS) of the Russian Federation includes 30 new organizations. Among them is the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. This became possible thanks to the development of the Digital Preparatory Faculty of RUDN University.
RUDN rose to the 26th position in the UI GreenMetric 2022 ranking and confirmed the status of the “greenest” university in Russia. The ranking includes 1,050 world universities, of which 52 are Russian.
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia is represented in all 16 subject rankings and in five out of six subject profiles of the Expert Analytical Center ranking. RUDN University showed the best results in the following areas: “Ecology” and “Agriculture and Biological Sciences” — 1st place. “Mathematics”, “Chemistry”, “Artificial Intelligence”, “Renewable Energy” are in the TOP — 5 subject ranking. In total, 152 universities were ranked in 2022 (137 in 2021).