Among 698 universities from 50 different countries, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) ranked 41st in the Times Higher Education’s (THE) ranking of universities in emerging economies.
The THE Emerging Economies University Rankings only include higher education institutions from countries classified as developing, based on the FTSE country classification that investors use.
Key Takeaways:
- Times Higher Education’s Emerging Economies University Rankings named Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in Russia among its top 50 universities.
- The Emerging Economies University Rankings only include universities from considered developing countries.
- SPbPU showed a positive trend in four of the five ranking categories assessed, including education and research.
The same 13 indicators and five assessment categories as those in the THE World Universities Ranking were used for the rankings, but with different weightings:
- Teaching – 30%
- Research – 30%
- Citations – 20%
- International cooperation – 10%
- Innovation and knowledge transfer income – 10%
Last year, SPbPU showed a positive trend in four of the five ranking categories assessed, including education and research.
The share of foreign faculty, students, and articles in international co-authorship has also increased SPbPU’s global activity.
The university has also exhibited competitive performance in terms of research citations and income from innovation and industry.
To make its program offerings accessible to students and trainees across countries, SPbPU opened new dual-degree programs, translated summer and winter schools into an online format, and launched free online courses. In fact, almost a fifth of the university’s students come from different countries around the world.
SPbPU plans to continue actively developing its international competitiveness despite the pandemic’s difficulties and limitations.
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