HSE is now a member of top 500 universities of the World according to the QS yearly World University Ranking. HSE has made it to top 500 together with Moscow State University, St.Peterburg State University, Tomsk State University and Novosibirsk State University. Universities are ranked according to several indicators including research activities, teaching, internationalization etc.
"This is an excellent result for such young university as yours" commented newly appointed QS managing director Zoya Zaitseva.
Rankings are available at the QS Top Universities website
Victory in the national contest of research universities is not like a victory in the Olympic Games or a world championship. Those victories are the culmination of a career: they allow the winner to get a prize, a material reward, to rest on his or her laurels and, for example, open a school for young figure skaters or athletes. Our victory, and maybe it might sound pompous, forces us to start a new cycle of development, to publicly set ourselves goals by which the state and society at large will judge us. The future of our country largely depends on the existence of modern research universities. That's why the HSE has, on one hand, gained a very honourable position, and on the other hand, faces very difficult tasks.