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24-534: In 2024 UrFU was ranked 516 in the world by QS World University Rankings, 701-800 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities , 1001-1200 by World University Rankings by Times Higher Education . In 2023, it was ranked 959 in the Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report . In 2022, the university's rector Victor Koksharov signed the address letter in support of

48-577: A further criticism has been that the metrics used are not independent of university size, e.g. number of publications or award winners will mechanically add as universities are grouped, independently of research (or teaching) quality; thus a merger between two equally-ranked institutions will significantly increase the merged institutions' score and give it a higher ranking, without any change in quality. There are two categories in ARWU's disciplinary rankings: broad subject fields and specific subjects. The methodology

72-440: A larger one focused on training engineers in areas such as metallurgy, machine-building, civil engineering and power engineering. At the same time, UPI was developing several new (for the time) areas of knowledge like nuclear energetics, organic chemistry and synthesis, and telecommunications. Despite such partition, both universities were connected closely with each other. The first international students arrived at Ural University in

96-461: A pretty good stab at a fair comparison." While ARWU has originated in China, the ranking have been praised for being unbiased towards Asian institutions, especially Chinese institutions . The ranking has been criticised for "relying too much on award factors" thus undermining the importance of quality of instruction and humanities . A 2007 paper published in the journal Scientometrics found that

120-638: A supervisory board was created in UrFU. As of March 2019, it consisted of: UrFU Alumni Association was established in 2012. In 2012–2013, the university established offices of the Alumni Association in Mongolia and Russian cities of Moscow, Nizhny Tagil , Kamensk-Uralsky and Noyabrsk . Currently, the Alumni Association is represented in Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, China, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. Among

144-572: Is also criticised in France for its use as a motivation for merging universities into larger ones. Several methods for ranking universities were analyzed. Many scholars proposed developing new methodologies for global university rankings, expressing concerns about bias against universities in the Arab region within current ranking systems. They emphasized the need to adjust the weighting of indicators to account for overlooked institutional differences. Indeed,

168-470: Is integration of Ural Federal University into the international research and educational environment. The university participates in network educational projects ( Shanghai Cooperation Organisation , European Union , UNESCO , BRICS ). The Ural Federal University is the largest federal university in Russia. It has 15 educational buildings, 18 dormitories, 20 sports facilities and 438 multimedia classrooms. UrFU

192-522: Is ranked among the top 10 universities in Russia and is a participant in the Priority 2030 program. The university has more than 400 collaboration agreements with international partners. It also has student exchange programs with more than 150 universities from 40 countries. Key areas of scientific research at UrFU: In accordance with the Federal Law of 03.11.2006 No. 174-FZ "About autonomous institutions",

216-514: Is similar to that adopted in the overall table, including award factors, paper citation, and the number of highly cited scholars. Considering the development of specific areas, two independent regional league tables with different methodologies were launched – Ranking of Top Universities in Greater China and Best Chinese Universities Ranking. Best Chinese Universities Ranking was first released in 2015. Ranking of Top Universities in Greater China

240-588: The Russian invasion of Ukraine . The Ural University was established in the town of Ekaterinburg in 1920 by a decree of the head of Soviet revolutionary government Vladimir Lenin . However, the university underwent a number of changes due to the lack of resources in such circumstances as revolution and civil war. Finally, the university split into two: Ural State University (USU), a smaller university responsible for education in natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, and Ural Polytechnic Institute (USTU-UPI),

264-536: The THE-QS World University Rankings . In 2009, the company acquired GmbH Unisolutions, a supplier of software solutions to support higher education institutions in the area of internationalisation, especially with managing participation in Erasmus programmes. On 5 October 2017, QS Quacquarelli Symonds acquired Hobsons Solutions, the international division of Hobsons, Inc. On 3 November 2021, QS acquired

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288-490: The 1940s. During almost 100 years of the university's history, it has produced more than 2,500 specialists from Europe , Asia and Africa . Since 2008, the university has been bearing the name of Boris Yeltsin , who graduated the Department of Civil Engineering in 1955 and became the first President of Russian Federation in 1991. The merger process of USTU-UPI and USU to create Ural Federal University (UrFU) began in 2009 and

312-519: The criteria used are not relevant; that the aggregation methodology has a number of major problems; and that insufficient attention has been paid to fundamental choices of criteria. The ARWU researchers themselves, N.C. Liu and Y. Cheng, think that the quality of universities cannot be precisely measured by mere numbers and any ranking must be controversial. They suggest that university and college rankings should be used with caution and their methodologies must be understood clearly before reporting or using

336-544: The famous graduates of the Ural Federal University there are politicians, scientists, sportsmen, writers and directors. The famous alumni of the Ural Federal University: The "Dedicatied to Young People" short film, which features Ural Federal University graduates giving advice to current UrFU students, won the ‘Most Creative Corporate Institution Video’ QS-Apple Creative Award and received

360-501: The last ten years, the university was attended by more than 20 international delegations. Among them are the ambassadors of the US , France , United Kingdom , Sweden , The Republic of South Africa , and Mongolia . Ural Federal University held the following positions in national and global rankings: Globally: Emerging market regional: Russia: Ural Federal University includes the following institutes: One important direction of activity

384-489: The results from the Shanghai rankings could not be reproduced from raw data using the method described by Liu and Cheng. A 2013 paper in the same journal finally showed how the Shanghai ranking results could be reproduced. In a report from April 2009, J-C. Billaut, D. Bouyssou and Ph. Vincke analyse how the ARWU works, using their insights as specialists of Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM). Their main conclusions are that

408-514: The results. ARWU has been criticised by the European Commission as well as some EU member states for "favour[ing] Anglo-Saxon higher education institutions". For instance, ARWU is repeatedly criticised in France, where it triggers an annual controversy, focusing on its ill-adapted character to the French academic system and the unreasonable weight given to research often performed decades ago. It

432-774: The size of the institution, and thus larger institutions tend to rank above smaller ones. EU Research Headlines reported the ARWU's work on 31 December 2003: "The universities were carefully evaluated using several indicators of research performance." A survey on higher education published by The Economist in 2005 commented ARWU as "the most widely used annual ranking of the world's research universities." In 2010, The Chronicle of Higher Education called ARWU "the best-known and most influential global ranking of universities" and Philip G. Altbach named ARWU's 'consistency, clarity of purpose, and transparency' as significant strengths. University of Oxford Chancellor Chris Patten has said "the methodology looks fairly solid ... it looks like

456-625: The title of QS-Apple Creative Idol. The contest was held in 2011, at the 7th QS Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education Conference and Exhibition, in Manila (Philippines), and was organized by Quacquarelli Symonds . Academic Ranking of World Universities The Academic Ranking of World Universities ( ARWU ), also known as the Shanghai Ranking , is one of the annual publications of world university rankings . The league table

480-445: The web-based counselling and application platform StudentApply. In 2024, QS acquired the career navigation platform 1Mentor. In 2022, the firm's founder, Nunzio Quacquarelli, was appointed as the company's president. Jessica Turner serves as the company's chief executive officer, responsible for the firm's operations and strategy. QS World University Rankings is a portfolio of comparative university rankings . Its first edition

504-434: Was completed by the spring of 2011. The number of full-time students studying at UrFU exceeded 45,000 in 2024. The foreign students come from more than 100 countries, and are taught by more than 4,400 faculty members. 358 educational programs were provided by 13 institutes. More than 400,000 people have graduated from Ural Federal University over the years. In 2024, more than 4,400 international students study at UrFU. During

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528-585: Was established to provide suggestions. The publication currently includes global league tables for institutions as a whole and for a selection of individual subjects, alongside independent regional Greater China Ranking and Macedonian HEIs Ranking . ARWU is regarded as one of the three most influential and widely observed university rankings, alongside QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education World University Rankings . It has received positive feedback for its objectivity and methodology, but draws wide criticism as it fails to adjust for

552-649: Was first released in 2011. Quacquarelli Symonds Quacquarelli Symonds ( QS ) is a higher education analyst and a for-profit services provider headquartered in London with offices in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The company was founded by Nunzio Quacquarelli in 1990 to provide information and advice to students looking to study abroad. It then expanded to include a wider range of higher education-focused products and services before partnering with THE in 2004 to create

576-464: Was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003, making it the first global university ranking with multifarious indicators. Since 2009, ARWU has been published and copyrighted annually by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, an organization focusing on higher education that is not legally subordinated to any universities or government agencies. In 2011, a board of international advisory consisting of scholars and policy researchers

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