Personal growth      04.03.2020

Students named the best and worst universities in the country. According to students, the worst universities in Russia are KFU, MAI and UrFU Russian universities through the eyes of students

The results of the study “ Russian universities through the eyes of students-2017”. Best Universities countries were Moscow State University of Law named after Kutafin, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, St. Petersburg State University and MGIMO. Kazansky became outsiders federal university, MAI and Ural Federal University. Most often, students complain about the old age of teachers and the lack of communication with the university management. However, outsider universities consider the data obtained to be untrue, Kommersant writes.

During the year, 600 students from 85 regions left feedback about their university on the platform of the "Typical Applicant" project, which unites Russian applicants. Based on the results of the analysis of 438 pages of text, a rating was compiled. Kutafin Moscow State Law University, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, St. Petersburg State University, MGIMO, RANEPA, Far Eastern Federal University, Novosibirsk National Research State University, St.

In the responses, students most often touched on the topics of the age of teachers, the presence of a hostel, corruption, the attitude of the university management, the position of the university in the rankings and the level of difficulty of study. In particular, criticism was caused as high study load, and too low.

The reviews were processed by a robot that evaluated the pairs of words that were most often used by students, the head of the Typical Applicant project explained at the presentation of the rating. Vladislav Bely: "There is a tendency: next to the words" elderly teacher "there is always the word" bad "". Mr. Bely emphasized that all reviews were double checked: first, their reliability was assessed by the community members themselves, and then by the site experts.

The worst universities, according to students, were Kazan Federal University (KFU), Moscow aviation institute, Russian State University Justice, St. Petersburg State the University of Economics and Ural Federal University named after Yeltsin (UrFU). “KFU has a lot of opportunities for students! But you will never know about them, because close administrations and other cunning guys know all the news, ”says one of the reviews on the portal. “I saw that UrFU led the anti-rating of Russian universities, and I want to say that there are problems, but not so big. It was really interesting. And this is a fundamental education that no one will take away from you,” writes one of the graduates of the Ural Federal University.

“The understanding of standards in the student community is changing, before the key topic was conditions, and now it’s personnel - students are focused on the quality of education,” said the head of the Social Navigator project Natalya Tyurina A that represents the rating. According to her, Lomonosov Moscow State University and NRU " graduate School economics” is not in the list of leaders “not because everything is unambiguous there, but because around these universities there is the most heated discussion” among students. “We assume that there are probably worse universities, but we have enough reason to say that these universities have problems that should be paid attention to,” said Natalya Tyurina.

As usual, the quickest response to unwanted information was in Tatarstan. In response to the publication of the rating, the rector of KFU Ilshut Gafurov stated that the data of the study are not true: " Average age teachers at the university are 45 years old, we have direct communication systems between students, teachers and administration. According to Gafurov, 44,000 students study at the university, and there is no certainty that it was they who left these reviews: “There is no data on who specifically was asked, there are no principles for an objective survey.”

Moscow State University of Law named after Kutafin, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, St. Petersburg State University and MGIMO were recognized as the best Russian universities from the students' point of view. On Thursday, the second rating "Russian universities through the eyes of students" was published. The outsiders of the study were Kazan Federal University, MAI and Ural Federal University. Most often, students complain about the old age of teachers and the lack of communication with the university management. However, outsider universities consider the data obtained to be untrue.

On Thursday in Moscow, the results of the study "Russian universities through the eyes of students-2017" were presented. During the year, 600 students from 85 regions left feedback about their university on the platform of the "Typical Applicant" project, which unites Russian applicants. Based on the results of the analysis of 438 pages of text, a rating was compiled. Kutafin Moscow State Law University, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, St. Petersburg State University, MGIMO, RANEPA, Far Eastern Federal University, Novosibirsk National Research State University, St.

In the responses, students most often touched on the topics of the age of teachers, the presence of a hostel, corruption, the attitude of the university management, the position of the university in the rankings and the level of difficulty of study. In particular, both the high teaching load and the too low one were criticized.

The feedback was processed by a robot that evaluated the pairs of words that were most often used by students, Vladislav Bely, the head of the Typical Applicant project, explained at the presentation of the rating: “There is a trend: next to the words“ elderly teacher ”there is always the word“ bad ”. Mr. Bely emphasized that all reviews were double checked: first, their reliability was assessed by the community members themselves, and then by the site experts.

The worst universities, according to students, were Kazan Federal University (KFU), Moscow Aviation Institute, Russian State University of Justice, St. Petersburg State Economic University and Yeltsin Ural Federal University (UrFU). "There are a lot of opportunities for students at KFU! But you will never know about them, because all the news is known to close administrations and other cunning guys," says one of the reviews on the portal. “I saw that Ural Federal University topped the anti-rating of Russian universities, and I want to say that there are problems, but not so big. It was really interesting. And this is a fundamental education that no one will take away from you,” writes one of the graduates of the Ural Federal University .

“The understanding of standards in the student community is changing, before the key topic was conditions, but now it’s personnel - students are focused on the quality of education,” said Natalya Tyurina, head of the Social Navigator project, representing the rating. According to her, Lomonosov Moscow State University and National Research University “ The Higher School of Economics” is not on the list of leaders “not because everything is unambiguous there, but because these universities are the subject of the most heated discussion” among students. “We assume that there are probably worse universities, but we have enough reason to assert that that there are problems in these universities that should be paid attention to,” said Natalia Tyurina.

“The published data do not correspond to reality,” KFU rector Ilshat Gafurov said in an interview with Kommersant. “The average age of teachers at the university is 45 years, we have direct communication systems between students, teachers and administration.” Mr. Gafurov emphasized that 44,000 students study at the university, and there is no certainty that it was they who left these reviews: “There is no data on who specifically was asked, there are no principles of an objective survey.”

Anna MAKEEVA

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Usually universities are evaluated by rating agencies. However, there is a study in which students themselves give credits (or failures) to institutes and universities. The third annual monitoring “Russian universities through the eyes of students‒2018” was attended by students from 98 state universities of the country.

The best reviews from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI - 81 points. In second place is the Moscow State law university named after Kutafin - 80 points. MGIMO ranked third with 79 points.

Also in the top 10 are St. Petersburg State University (67 points), Russian Academy National economy And public service under the President of the Russian Federation (63), the famous Pleshka - Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (61), Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (50), Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (47), Moscow State Linguistic University (38) and St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" (38).

Worst Review Results showed three, oddly enough, considered strong universities: St. Petersburg University of Economics (SPbGEU) -37; Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) - 38; Ural Federal University Yeltsin (UrFU) - 61.

How were the plus and minus scores calculated?

- We took as a basis the “leaks” about universities, which were sent by the users of our site, - the authors of the monitoring explain. – Drain is a detailed review of the university, which goes through several stages of verification. It can be positive, negative or neutral.

We ask students, teachers, university staff, just people who know about the university from the inside to write a mini-essay, which we call a “drain”. At the first stage of checking the "drains" are checked by the site editors. They weed out unsubstantiated, suspicious reviews.

If the review is approved by the site editor, the review is published in the “Typical Applicant” group. Members of the group determine by voting whether to trust this opinion or not. If the number of votes “I don’t believe” exceeds the norm, we carefully read the comments on this publication and try to understand what exactly confused our readers. Sometimes we find reasoned comments explaining the dissatisfaction with the opinion.

"Drain" has its own weight - the number of people who clicked on the "support" button. Thus, the ranking of a university depends not only on the number of positive, neutral or negative “leaks”, but also on the number of readers who supported this or that “leak”. Old plums have a worse effect on university rankings than new ones.

Moscow State University of Law named after Kutafin, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, St. Petersburg State University and MGIMO are recognized as the best Russian universities in terms of students. On Thursday, the second rating "Russian universities through the eyes of students" was published. The outsiders of the study were Kazan Federal University, MAI and Ural Federal University. Most often, students complain about the old age of teachers and the lack of communication with the university management. However, outsider universities consider the data obtained to be untrue.


On Thursday in Moscow, the results of the study "Russian universities through the eyes of students-2017" were presented. During the year, 600 students from 85 regions left feedback about their university on the platform of the "Typical Applicant" project, which unites Russian applicants. Based on the results of the analysis of 438 pages of text, a rating was compiled. Kutafin Moscow State Law University, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, St. Petersburg State University, MGIMO, RANEPA, Far Eastern Federal University, Novosibirsk National Research State University, St.

In the responses, students most often touched on the topics of the age of teachers, the presence of a hostel, corruption, the attitude of the university management, the position of the university in the rankings and the level of difficulty of study. In particular, both the high teaching load and the too low one were criticized.

The feedback was processed by a robot that evaluated the pairs of words that were most often used by students, Vladislav Bely, the head of the Typical Applicant project, explained at the presentation of the rating: “There is a trend: next to the words “old teacher” there is always the word “bad””. Mr. Bely emphasized that all reviews were double checked: first, their reliability was assessed by the community members themselves, and then by the site experts.

The worst universities, according to students, were Kazan Federal University (KFU), Moscow Aviation Institute, Russian State University of Justice, St. Petersburg State Economic University and Yeltsin Ural Federal University (UrFU). “KFU has a lot of opportunities for students! But you will never know about them, because close administrations and other cunning guys know all the news, ”says one of the reviews on the portal. “I saw that UrFU led the anti-rating of Russian universities, and I want to say that there are problems, but not so big. It was really interesting. And this is a fundamental education that no one will take away from you,” writes one of the graduates of the Ural Federal University.

“The understanding of standards in the student community is changing, before conditions were the key topic, but now it is personnel - students are focused on the quality of education,” said Natalya Tyurina, head of the Social Navigator project, representing the rating. According to her, Lomonosov Moscow State University and the National Research University Higher School of Economics are not on the list of leaders “not because everything is clear there, but because there is the most heated discussion around these universities” among students. “We assume that there are probably worse universities, but we have enough reason to say that these universities have problems that should be paid attention to,” said Natalia Tyurina.

“The published data are not true,” KFU rector Ilshat Gafurov said in an interview with Kommersant. “The average age of teachers at the university is 45 years, we have direct communication systems between students, teachers and administration.” Mr. Gafurov emphasized that 44,000 students study at the university, and there is no certainty that it was they who left these reviews: “There is no data on who specifically was asked, there are no principles of an objective survey.”

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