In 2023, system integrator Paraweb launched the first rating in Russia, which
comprehensively and objectively evaluates the websites of Russian universities,
both public and private. The rating is independent and is not affiliated with
any educational organization or department, and is based on expert evaluation of
websites by authoritative representatives of professional IT and PR communities.
The experts were managers and practitioners who create their own Internet
projects and have extensive experience in developing, analyzing and promoting
digital products.
During the 2023-2024 academic year, more than twenty experts evaluated the
sites according to 30+ criteria: from technical parameters to site style and
architecture. Special attention was paid to the ergonomics and adaptability of
the site (including mobile versions), navigation and the proposed logic of
digital paths of visitors, the design system and its compliance with the
corporate identity of the university, the structure and content of the web
resource, as well as the fulfillment of mandatory requirements for the websites
of educational organizations and compliance with the legislation of the Russian
Federation, including the availability and quality of the version for people
with disabilities.
The rating presents the 250 best websites of universities, which in addition
to BSU included four Irkutsk universities: Irkutsk State University of Railway
Transport, Irkutsk State University, and Irkutsk State Medical University.
The rating was topped by the website of the Siberian State Medical
University. The top 10 included the sites of Tomsk State University, Tomsk
Polytechnic University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, St.
Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Russian
Institute of Theater Arts, Innopolis University, St. Petersburg Peter the Great
Polytechnic University, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Immanuel Kant
Baltic Federal University.
The website of Baikal State University entered the TOP-100 of the best
websites of Russian universities (95th place), demonstrating the result at the
level of leading Russian IT universities, such as Skolkovo Institute of Science
and Technology, Moscow State Technological University "STANKIN", Ural Federal
University, Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics, which
scored from 60 to 70 points and ranked from 37 to 132.