RUDN University becomes the best Russian university in the ARWU subject ranking in "Agriculture" and goes 100 positions up in "Mathematics"
For the first time, RUDN University entered the ARWU (Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects) 2021 ranking of the best universities in the world in the field of Agriculture, and immediately — in the range 201-300. RUDN University received the maximum 100 points in the Citation Index category and in “International cooperation” — 95 points. Also, the following was ranked: “Number of employees awarded prestigious awards in the subject area”, “Productivity of scientific activity”, “Number of publications in the best journals.”
In addition, RUDN University has improved its results in “Mathematics”. Over the year, the university has skyrocketed by 100 positions and took place in the 201-300 range. This is the third result among Russian universities. The best indicators of RUDN University were demonstrated in the categories “International cooperation” and “Productivity of scientific activity”.
This ARWU ranking scores 54 subject areas in the categories: natural sciences, engineering sciences, wildlife sciences, medicine and social sciences. More than 4,000 universities from 93 countries participated.
ARWU ranking results
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