14.05.2020

Sechenov University improves its position in Round University Rankings 2020

Sechenov University improves its position in Round University Rankings 2020 The Round University Rankings 2020 (RUR), released on 13 May 2020, has revealed the world’s best universities. Sechenov University is among the biggest risers in the ranking, having improved its position by 80 points. It is currently ranked 545 in RUR World University Rankings, and 16 in RUR Russian Universities Ranking (compare to No. 625 in the world and No. 19 in Russia last year). Sechenov University has also been ranked as the best medical university in Russia.

“Sechenov University is transforming into a world-class life sciences university with stellar research infrastructure and internationally recognised courses. Our multidisciplinary approach to education proved successful in the world university rankings,” said Sechenov Rector Pyotr Glybochko.

The Round University Rankings is an international world university rankings system which measures performance of 1100 leading world universities from 82 countries by 20 unique indicators and 4 key areas of university activities: teaching, research, international diversity, financial sustainability. All raw data for RUR Rankings is provided by an international company Thomson Reuters. RUR Rankings is designed as an evaluation system aimed to provide sufficient information about university performance to address stakeholder's personal tasks: students, academic community, university management, policy makers.