In total, 1,406 universities of the world are represented in THE Impact Rankings by the end of 2022, of which 94 are Russian. Kemerovo State University is the only Kuzbass university in this prestigious list.
"Two Kuzbass universities have already received recognition at the highest international level over the past week. This is a high assessment of independent experts. Kuzbass is becoming a region where it is prestigious to study. We are creating a modern educational base in the universities of the region, through REC we are tying up joint projects of students, young scientists and production workers. All this is important so that graduates of our schools do not aspire to the capital's educational institutions, but on the contrary, come to us to receive higher education from other regions of the country," Governor Sergey Tsivilev stressed.
The main evaluation criteria of the rating are international student and teaching mobility, the number of international scholarship programs, the level of scientific research, contribution to innovation, citation of scientific articles, the level of educational services, etc.
Earlier, Kemerovo State Medical University received international accreditation in several areas.
In addition, on the eve of the start of the admission campaign, the National Rating — 2022 was published on the portal of the aggregator of independent assessment of higher education, which included 694 Russian universities. In it, Kemerovo State University entered the 1st league, this is the best indicator among the universities of Kuzbass.
It should be noted that KemSU scientists were included in the rating of the best researchers according to the international academic platform www.research.com . This rating is based on the Hirsch index, the number of publications, citations and other indicators related to specific research areas. The leaders in the field of materials science and chemistry included representatives of Kemerovo State University: Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Senior Researcher of the Scientific and Innovation Department of KemSU Viktor Atuchin (ranked 6th in Russia in the chemistry ranking, as well as 3705th in the world ranking: Hirsch index - 65, citations - 12,646, publications — 281); Albert Nasibulin, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Head of the Laboratory of Carbon Nanomaterials at KemSU, ranked 4th in Russia and 3161st in the world in the materials science ranking: the Hirsch index is 61, citations are 14,220, publications are 387).
For reference. THE University Impact Rankings is a world ranking of the impact of universities on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals approved in 2015. These include the adoption of urgent measures by all countries in the spirit of global partnership in order to eliminate poverty, fight hunger, improve health and education, overcome social inequality, solve climate change problems, etc.