Altai State University was ranked among top 700 world universities

ASU took the 25th place among the higher education establishments of Russia. It was positioned right after Saint-Petersburg State Electronical University and outscored 6 federal universities of the Russian Federation.

Altai State University took the confident 4th position among 9 higher education establishments of Siberian Federal District only giving way to Tomsk State University, Novosibirsk State University and Tomsk Polytechnic University. Such leading Siberian universities as Novosibirsk State Technical University, Irkutsk State University, Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR) were left behind. It is to be noted that Altai State University was the only higher education establishment of Altai Krai to be included in Round University Ranking.

Altai State University earned the maximum of points in such categories as “Teaching Quality” (449th position) and “International Level” (479th position).

Such substantial growth can be explained by systematic work carried out by ASU. The university strengthens international ties, transfers the best educational practices and adopts the breakthrough scientific developments and experience in humanitarian cooperation. Positive effect from result-oriented attitude towards university development also manifests itself.

Round University Ranking (RUR) is the fourth most important international university ranking after Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). RUR ranking agency is an official representation of Times Higher Education British international ranking on the territory of Russia and CIS countries.
RUR rankings system is designed as an evaluation system aimed to provide sufficient information about universities' performance to address stakeholder's personal tasks: students, academic community, university management, policy makers, etc.

RUR has been assessing activity of world leading universities for 8 years (2010–2017). An overall university ranking measures performance of world universities by 20 unique indicators and 4 dimension areas: teaching, research, international diversity, financial sustainability. Data is provided by Clarivate Analytics (formerly the IP&Science Business of Thomson Reuters).

The First Vice Rector for Educational Work of Altai State University Evgeny E. Shvakov commented on the ranking results:

“The fact that Altai State University was included in such a significant ranking is a result of our work, which has been carried out for the recent years. Of course, the quality of teaching at ASU is very high, because over 90% of lecturers hold the academic degrees. Besides, ASU works hard on internationalization of education. The number of foreign students increases each year. The number of ASU lecturers, who travel abroad in order to participate in joint educational programs together with other universities, also increases. We invite more foreign lecturers to conduct classes at Altai State University. We appreciate that the status of Altai State University has been confirmed on such a high level.”