UrIH UrFU is among the leaders in the RAEX subject ranking in the humanities

16:47, March 31, 2022

The results of the new rating were published by the RAEX agency

Ural Federal University has become the leader among all Russian universities in the new rating from the RAEX agency. The rating is part of the Three Missions of the University ecosystem and analyzes 29 areas of study. UrFU was included in 21 subject ratings - this is the best result in Russia for this indicator. As for the medal standings, here UrFU became the best among universities outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg. UrFU was among the leaders in such humanitarian areas as sociology (7th place), history and archeology (8th place), philology and journalism (11th place).

The rector of UrFU adds that in several areas the average Unified State Exam (USE) points of applicants on a budget have increased, as well as the number of achievements in science, including in the interests of industrial partners. It is also important that graduates have no major problems with employment after graduation from UrFU.

Promotion of Ural Federal University in the rankings in the humanities, according to Viktor Koksharov, is associated with the development of scientific schools, the dynamic growth in the pace of publication activity and the successful functioning of editorial offices that publish internationally recognized scientific journals.

"The Ural Institute of Humanities is rightfully considered to be the Mecca of the Ural. Dissertation councils work here, more than 60 international scientific events are held annually. The inclusion in the global and Russian scientific agenda with the support of developed scientific schools is a guarantee of success for humanities students at UrFU. Advancement in subject rankings in linguistics is due to major international conferences attended by Russian and foreign scientists," says the Head of UrFU.

Viktor Koksharov emphasizes that the Ural Federal University has high hopes for participation in the Priority 2030 program. Specialists of the Ural Institute for the Humanities of UrFU take part in the implementation of the strategic project "Human Well-Being in the Context of Digital Transformation".

Reference

When compiling the subject rankings, statistical data were analyzed, no online surveys of experts were conducted. Data from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, bibliometric data providers Clarivate Analytics and Scopus, organizers of the student competitions "I Am a Professional", the media and social media monitoring and analysis system SCAN-Interfax, online course aggregators, web analytics platform Alexa, and social networks were used.

In total of 29 published rankings included 136 universities from 41 regions of Russia. In the subject lists, the universities of Moscow and St. Petersburg are most widely represented - 40 and 17 universities, respectively. Then Tatarstan follows by a wide margin - 6 universities, and Bashkortostan - 5 universities in the lists of the best.