INTERFAX AGENCY PUBLISHED RESULTS OF THE NATIONAL RATING OF RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES 2018
The Interfax news agency presented the results of the 9th annual National University Ranking. Tomsk State Pedagogical University has confidently confirmed its status as one of the leading universities of Russia, showing high results for all the indicators evaluated by the agency. TSPU took 51st place in the general ranking of higher educational institutions of Russia (according to the data by the Ministry of Education and Science in total 769 universities are registered in Russia).
According to the "University Brand" indicator, TSPU took the 25th position, improving the result of 2017.
Brands of universities were evaluated by : contribution to the formation of the national elite, communication with target audiences, media activity, perception of research by international and Russian-speaking academic communities.
Also, TSPU significantly improved last year's results in the areas of "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" (40 positions), "Education" (17 positions) and "Internationalization" (6 positions).
Research project The National University Ranking () has been implemented by the Interfax Group since 2010. Its purpose is to develop mechanisms and procedures for an independent evaluation system for Russian universities and their educational programs; increase the competitiveness of the Russian education system, scientific research and technological entrepreneurship and to develop federal and regional universities, whil will form a basis of a the new economy of the country.