AltSU entered the top five Russian universities in THE University Impact Rankings for the fifth time
June 1, the international ranking agency Times Higher Education published the fifth edition of THE University Impact Rankings, which assesses the impact of universities on the development of society and the achievement of the UN sustainable development goals. The ranking includes almost 1.6 thousand of the strongest universities in the world.
The ranking takes into account the achievements of universities in reaching each of the 17 sustainable development goals, and also forms a general list - University Impact Rankings 2023, which includes 86 Russian universities.
It should be noted that, despite a significant annual increase in the total number of participants (+185 universities by 2022), AltSU maintains its position among the universities of the Russian Federation, and for the fifth year in a row has been included in the TOP-5 universities of the Russian Federation, occupying the highest positions in this global ranking.
In particular, in 2023 Altai State University ranked 301-400 in the world and ranked 4th among the universities of the Russian Federation, between RUDN University and the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.
The strongest position of AltSU in the ranking at the end of 2022 remains its contribution to the achievement of the UN goal in the field of sustainable development of society “Goal No. 4. Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.”
Within the framework of this goal, AltSU ensures the availability of educational resources of the university for the population, holding open lectures, summer schools, developing a system of specialized classes and further vocational education.
In 2022, work was built with 203 schools in the region - an increase in activity by 4 times.
The project "Professional environment: school-university-business" was launched, in which schoolchildren get acquainted with enterprises and the possibility of employment there after graduating from AltSU. As a result, more than 22,000 schoolchildren, including 3,000 from rural schools, are covered by career guidance and talent support programs. Dozens of projects have been implemented, many of which were launched for the first time, such as "Eco-tournament," "Discover AltSU," "TraEKTORIYA Lyceum," and "Academy of Creative Education."
Cooperation continued through Yandex Lyceum, the Humanitarian Projects Foundation and the Sirius Educational Center.
The platform "Open University of AltSU" has passed certification on the GIS “Modern digital educational environment” - the platform of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The online courses of the university have become available to a wide audience of students and are highly appreciated by the expert community.
Educational programs for IT and non-IT areas of training in more than 20 enlarged groups of specialties and directions have been developed and updated with new end-to-end competencies.
As part of the implementation of the federal project “Development of the Human Resources of the IT Industry,” in May 2022, the university opened the School for the Development of Digital Competences “Digital Up” (Digital Department), which has become one of the key drivers in the region for the training of IT personnel capable of further develop application software and databases, create web and business applications, use modern domestic information and analytical platforms and develop our own IT solutions based on artificial intelligence for implementation in various sectors of the economy. Already following the results of the first year of the project implementation, the Digital Department of Altai State University was awarded a diploma from Innopolis University “For outstanding success in the implementation of the Digital Departments project”.
In 2022, the University took part in all announced competitions and grants of the federal project "Personnel for the Digital Economy" and became the winner of 3 competitions related to the development of EP in order to provide priority sectors of the Russian Federation with highly qualified personnel in demand in the digital economy.
Also last year, Altai State University created an international educational hub based on the Association of Asian Universities, developed 10 double-diploma interdisciplinary master's programs (250 students) with the universities of the Greater Altai Consortium, 300+ online courses on the Digital Greater Altai open platform; 10+ project sessions with universities in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (20+ contracts) and program customers (30+ Russian and foreign enterprises).
The model for designing double-diploma master's programs at AltSU was highly appreciated by the authorities of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation; the collection "Best International Educational Programs and Practices" of Russian and foreign universities (AltSU together with RUDN) is recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation as a manual for improving the mechanisms of international cooperation and replication in Russian universities.
The second nomination for which the university was awarded was UN goal "No. 8. Promoting steady, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all."
In 2022, Altai State University defended its position in the list of basic universities of the Priority 2030 program, the goal of which is to form more than 100 progressive modern universities in Russia that will become leaders in creating new scientific knowledge, technologies and developments for implementation in the Russian economy and social sphere.
The research topics of the university were formed taking into account the priorities of the development of the regional economy. 4 strategic projects were implemented, designed to make a significant contribution to the sustainable development of the region's economy, including the strategic project "Innovative technological solutions and products for the sustainable development of agriculture – AgroBioTech."
In 2022, work was carried out within the framework of 6 consortiums, thanks to which results were obtained, focused primarily on external customers. Among the main joint results are:
• a technology for processing agrochemical, agrometeorological and agronomic data was developed with the creation of cartographic models that characterize the integral clustering of fields necessary for the agro-industrial complex;
• innovative steppe land use technologies have been developed for the conservation, restoration and efficient use of the landscape and biological diversity of steppe farmlands;
• developed technologies for the conservation of the gene pool of agricultural, medicinal crops and rare plant species using biotechnology methods;
• a line of functional food products "Intellect of Nature" was developed.
In September 2022, a research and development center (R&D) was created at AltSU as part of the university's innovation ecosystem. The main priority of its activity is the expansion of formats of interaction with customers, the transition from the implementation of targeted research work to a comprehensive partnership with a deep harmonization of research agendas.
Also in 2022, AltSU won a grant in the amount of 7 million rubles as part of the federal project "Platform of University Technological Entrepreneurship" of the state program of the Russian Federation "Scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation". As a result of the project, the acceleration program "Business Asset of Altai" was implemented, within which almost 1,000 participants were trained and more than 50 start-up projects were prepared.
The third nomination for which the university was awarded was traditionally UN goal "Goal No. 16. Promote the building of peaceful and open societies for sustainable development, ensure access to justice for all and create effective, accountable and participatory institutions at all levels" for the implementation of major socially significant projects.
The largest international project of the university, which unites scientific, educational and media areas, is the complex project of the REC "The Greater Altai" "The Turkic world of the Greater Altai: unity and diversity in history and modernity." In September, the university, together with the national leader in the field of international activity - RUDN University - with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Rossotrudnichestvo, the relevant ministries of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, held an educational forum "Altai-Asia 2022. Eurasian educational space - new challenges and best practices." The forum has become the largest expert platform in the field of internationalization of universities; representatives of all the leading universities of the country and foreign partner universities took part in it. Based on its results, a collection of best practices for international networking was recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation for use by Russian universities.
To participate in all-Russian projects, the university has created a regional team of the project “It’s Your Move,” which actively involves students. In 2022, the project involved more than 800 participants and implemented 94 projects to develop student initiatives. 11 university students made it to the final, 3 became winners.
One of the most notable activities is the support of the volunteer movement. In 2022, the Center for the Development of Volunteerism involved more than 1,500 students in systemic volunteering. 137 events of various levels (from university to international) were worked out, almost 31,000 beneficiaries were involved in the volunteer activities of the detachment. Of the large-scale projects, one can note the action of mutual assistance “#WeAreTogether” and the opening of centers for the collection of humanitarian aid for refugees from the DPR and LPR and mobilized and families of military personnel on the basis of the university.
During 2022, Altai State University’s student environmental club “Open Air” organized and conducted 9 environmental education events: 2 eco-quizzes, 1 eco-quiz, 1 eco-quest for schoolchildren on the territory of the Altai Regional Children’s Ecological Center, 2 eco-lessons in schools in the city of Barnaul, 2 screenings of films about ecology.
In September 2022, on the basis of Altai State University, a community of e-sports players was opened - Altai State University eSports League. At the moment, more than 160 people are officially registered in the Cyberleague of AltSU. In November, Altai State University eSports League held its first tournament of the Siberian Federal District — the Rector’s Cup of Altai State University in virtual sports. The participants were 261 people from 11 educational institutions (8 universities and 3 professional educational institutions) from 3 regions of the Siberian Federal District - Tomsk Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast and Altai Krai.