HSE Enters Top 35 in THE Emerging Economies Rankings

The Higher School of Economics has climbed to 32nd place in Times Higher Education Emerging Economies Rankings, improving its previous position by 16 places.

Only 27 Russian universities made it into the rankings, of which 17 are participating in Project 5-100. This year, practically all Russian universities have improved their performance.

HSE has taken 5th place among Russian universities and shows growth in almost all categories analysed in the rankings. The most significant improvement was observed in the categories of international outlook and research influence, in which HSE has traditionally performed strongly according to global university rankings. In addition, there has been significant growth in international recognition of HSE, evident by the university’s performance in the categories of teaching and research.

THE Emerging Economies Rankings have been published for the 5th time and include 350 of the best universities from countries with emerging economies (42 countries in total). It uses the same 13 performance indicators that are used in THE World University Rankings, however the weightings are calibrated according to the features of the emerging economy universities.

The 13 indicators are categorised according to five areas: Teaching (the learning environment); Research (volume, income and reputation); Citations (research influence); International outlook (staff, students and research); and Industry income (knowledge transfer).