The international information group «Interfax» published its annual National University Ranking for 2023. The performance of universities was evaluated on a 1,000-point scale in such areas as education, cooperation (internationalization), research, brand, innovation, and socialization.

The experts noted a significant increase of the Baikal State University scores among 368 universities of Russia. In each of the six areas BSU showed strengthening its positions.

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The university showed good results in education, taking 131 place with 740 points. In the field of research and innovation BSU is at 152 (191 points) and 142 (286 points) positions respectively. It must be emphasized that in the field of international cooperation, in comparison with 2022, Baikal State University has improved its position by three times. In this area, the university scored 460 points and switched from 176th to 58th place.

"Strengthening positions of BSU in each of the areas in the rating is the result of effective and coordinated work of the entire team of the university. The growth of the university's performance in the field of international cooperation is primarily associated with an increase in the enrollment of foreign students, attracting new foreign partners from the priority countries for the Russian Federation, with being an active member of international associations, participation in international conferences and exhibitions, as well as the development of multilingual online resources of BSU. We will raise the prestige of our education in Russia and, of course, abroad," noted Mikhail Kuz’min, Vice-Rector for International Relations of Baikal State University.

For reference. The National Ranking of Universities is a result of the annual large-scale study of Russian universities, which is conducted by the Interfax Group since 2010. Its main goal is to develop mechanisms and procedures for an independent evaluation of Russian universities and their educational programs, to increase the competitiveness of the national system of education, research and technological entrepreneurship, to develop federal and regional universities.