Star Status Upgrade
The international QS Stars ranking has assigned 5 quality stars to RUDN. Peoples' Friendship University of Russia has the highest scores for six out of eight indicators. The breakthrough occurred, in particular, in “Employability”. Significantly increased results are witnessed in the category "Teaching" - by 3 points. The success of RUDN University in the field of "Academic Development" ensured 2nd place among all Russian universities.
A total of 13 Russian universities are included in the QS Stars ranking, and only 3 of them have 5 stars: RUDN University, MGIMO and Plekhanov Economic University.
QS Stars ranking results are announced every 3 years. Positions will be updated following the results of 2020-2023.
In 2016, RUDN University received 5 stars in 5 categories, but the overall condition was rated as 4.
The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) again has the name of Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who has become a symbol of the African peoples’ struggle for independence. This was announced on Thursday by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
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.