HSE — Saint Petersburg takes a leading position in quality of admissions

Higher School of Economic – Saint Petersburg took the 6^th position in quality of budget-funded admission in the country in 2017 according to the data gathered in the 8^th annual monitoring regarding quality students enrolled into Russian higher educational institutions based on the results of  Unified State Exam (USE) and Olympiads in 2017 – informs  International Information Agency ‘Rossiya Segodnya’.

The trend to improve quality of applicants has been traced for more than a year. There is a gain in one position if to compare with the 7th place held by HSE St Petersburg last year. 

Top-10 universities by quality of budget-funded admissions 

(over 300 budget students)

University	Average USE score (budget students), 2017	Change in average score comparatively to 2016	Number of budget students, 2017
Moscow State University of International Relations	95,6	0,2	454
Moscow Physics and Technology Institute	94,1	0,3	860
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow	93,9	1,7	1948
Saint Petersburg State University	90,7	0,7	1927
ITMO University, Saint-Petersburg	90,3	3,4	1229
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Saint-Petersburg	88,8	1,7	475
Lomonosov Moscow State University	88,5	0,7	3727
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	88,4	0,6	513
Moscow State Linguistic University	87,0	2,3	547
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation	86,9	1,1	600

The list of the best universities with best fee-paying applicants, same as last year is identical to the list of universities with best non-fee-paying applicants. HSE has taken the 5^th position in this ranking (78 points, 805 applicants).

Yaroslav Kuzminov

HSE Rector

 

The enhancement of the quality of admission is determined by the improvement in the quality of education provided by the schools. This is firstly connected to the implementation of the May presidential decrees: there has been a definite improvement: in several regions teachers have entered the middle class, which was reflected in the quality of education. Moreover, there has been some intensive investment made into developing modern educational techniques. Russia has improved its positions in the international assessments of the quality of education. HSE has always been known for quite high student dropouts, however during the last three years this figure has dropped down to 8%. That means that the results of the applicants correspond to their actual knowledge.

Context
The study has been conducted since 2009 and includes more than 400 universities, accepting students based on based on comparable parameters (state exam and Olympiads). The study excludes creative universities and security forces educational institutions.