Tomsk State University has been ranked among the top 10 universities in Russia in the pilot rating of universities in BRICS countries. The rating comprises 600 higher education institutions from 10 BRICS countries: Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Iran, the UAE, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Ethiopia. In total, the top 100 of the rating includes 24 universities from Russia.
The first pilot version of the BRICS universities ranking was compiled by the Association of Ranking Compilers (ARC). Novosibirsk State University has the best indicators among Russian regional universities, ranking 19th. TSU ranks 36th in the rating and is second among regional universities in the Russian Federation.
The pilot BRICS ranking includes four universities from the University of Tomsk: Tomsk State University (36th place), Tomsk Polytechnic University (56th place), Tomsk State University of Architecture and Construction (351-400th), and Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio-electronics (401-450th), which confirms the high quality of education in the Tomsk region.
For reference: The BRICS universities were assessed using the approaches of the Three University Missions global ranking, which was widely discussed internationally and successfully passed the PwC audit. The Three University Missions ranking has been compiled since 2017, and one of its advantages is that it is based on verifiable objective benchmarks rather than subjective assessments by experts.
The BRICS universities were assessed using the approaches of the Three University Missions global ranking, which has been compiled since 2017 and has successfully passed the PwC audit. This ranking has been widely discussed internationally and has the advantage of being based on verifiable objective benchmarks rather than subjective assessments by experts. The pilot rating of BRICS universities takes into account the national peculiarities of educational institutions in the BRICS countries. As a result, the new ranking places increased weight on the criteria of "number of students winning international student competitions" and "share of international students," while reducing the weight of the indicators "ratio of university budget to the number of students" and "ratio of academic staff to the number of students." Additionally, for the first time in the history of academic rankings, a new criterion has been introduced to assess the research component - "joint publications with BRICS partners." This measures the number of research papers prepared over four years in collaboration with international colleagues from BRICS countries.