NRU BelSU entered the list of TOP-20 leading universities of Russia

The rating includes 50 Russian universities in the total which were evaluated according to five indicators: availability and certain number of educational programs, publication activity of scientific and academic staff, citation of articles and proportion of the graduates with honors. This year the ranking also assessed Master programs along with Bachelor programs. As the Executive Director of the Interfax group Alexei Gorshkov noted, the quality of staff training is the most pressing challenge for the system of the country and territories management, as well as the relevance of research in the field of governance. The leader of the rating is the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). The five leading universities that ensure the best management staff training also included NRU HSE, MGIMO, Russian University of Economics named after G.V. Plekhanov, Lomonosov Moscow State University. This year Belgorod State University entered the list of TOP-20 universities of the rating with the 16th position (getting 350 points), thus improving its position by two times (2019 - 30th place).