International information group “Interfax” presented XII Annual National Ranking of Universities (NRU) for 2021. Saint-Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design is in the top 20 best universities in terms of the quality of education in the Russian Federation university ranks 104th in the consolidated ranking.
The Interfax Group has been leading the NRU project since 2010. The main goal is to develop mechanisms and procedures for an independent evaluation system of Russian universities and their educational programs, to increase the competitiveness of the Russian education system, scientific research and technological entrepreneurship, and to develop federal and regional universities.
The rating assessed the work of 341 leading universities and institutes in Russia, including one national research center. The activity of universities was evaluated according to six parameters: educational activity, research activity, social environment, internationalization (international and interregional cooperation), brand, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Saint-Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design entered the top 20 in the assessment of the quality of education, taking the 18th place. Among the universities of the Northwestern Federal District, Ƶ ranks 17th, in St. Petersburg - 12th, in terms of the quality of education in the city, according to the ranking, the University of Industrial Technologies and Design is the third. In the “Brand” category, the University of Industrial Technologies and Design improved its position from 169 to 46th place in Russia.
Ƶ is in the top 10 universities of the North-West in the direction of “Art and Culture”, taking 8th place, as well as in the top 20 in the direction of “Engineering, technology and technical Sciences”, the university has the 14th position in the North-West.
The full version of the results of the National University Ranking 2021 is available on the Interfax website.