In the UK, published a rating of the best universities in the world – Росбалт.RU

Twenty-four Russian universities entered the ranking of 980 best universities in the world in 2016-2017, compiled by the magazine Times Higher Education, 11 of which made the list for the first time.

this is the first year for the 12-year history of the British rating Oxford was the best University in the world, surpassing Harvard (USA).

“This means that the US has lost its status of the state in which is the best University in the world. ETH Zurich — Swiss Federal Institute of technology Zurich also strengthened its position in the top 10, being the second year in a row in ninth place. Last year the University became the first non-Anglo-American Institute of top ten best universities in the world for the last ten years”, — stated in the message of the authors of the ranking.

Good position in the ranking of Germany saves nine German universities in the first hundred, whereas other European countries are losing ground, including France, Italy and Spain.

“In the long term success of Europe in the ranking cannot be guaranteed, as the new leading Asian universities seeking to join the world’s elite,” said editor rating Phil Batey.

as for Russia, in 24th place in the list, then the leading University of Russia — Moscow state Lomonosov University remains in the top 200 on the joint 188-m a place, and Moscow Institute of physics and technology rose to the level 301-350″.

Debuted in list of University of ITMO (St. Petersburg national research University of information technologies, mechanics and optics), and Higher school of Economics, and levels 351-400 401-500, respectively. “This is partly due to the fact that Russia more than ever, recognizes the importance of participating in global equities comparative testing,” said Batey.

At the same time, he underlined that the Russian authorities will not be easy to implement your plan and to achieve by 2020 include five universities in the first world hundred.

In last year’s rating of 13 Russian universities was among the 800 best universities in the world, MSU was on the 161-th position.

the Rating of Times Higher Education is one of the world’s largest research academic reputation.