Ranking agency Round University Ranking (RUR) together with the international company Clarivate Analytics prepared a separate reputation ranking — Reputation World University Ranking.
According to International News Agency "Russia Today", this ranking is based on two indicators: the university's reputation in the field of teaching and research.
The leader of the reputational ranking among Russian universities was Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, which was ranked the 45th place among the world's universities.
Samara National Research University went up to 80 positions and was ranked the 644th place this year.
"The leaders in terms of reputation growth deserve special mention. According to this criterion, in the first place there is Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, which immediately added 117 positions for the year, the second place is occupied by Voronezh State Technical University — plus 86 positions for the year; Samara National Research University occupies the third place (plus 80 lines in the ranking)", — note the compilers of the ranking.
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Round University Ranking is a world university ranking, assessing effectiveness of 750 leading universities in the world based on 20 indicators. It is has been publishing by a Russian RUR Ranking Agency since 2010. RUR is aimed to provide transparent, comprehensive analytical system for benchmarking and evaluation universities across the borders to the widest possible audience: students, analysts, decision-makers in the field of higher education development both at individual institutional and at the national level.
It should be reminded that Samara University is among the best universities in the world according to several authoritative global rankings, among which is QS World University Rankings (QS), annually compiled by the British company Quacquarelli Symonds — in 2018 Samara University significantly improved its performance in it and moved to a group of universities, ranking from 701 to 750. And THE World University Rankings — in 2017 Samara University was able to improve its indicators significantly and move to the list of universities holding the 601 –800 places of this ranking.