Irkutsk State University has been the only University of Irkutsk region to be listed in “The University Rankings: Emerging Europe and Central Asia” published by the British consulting agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
In the overall ranking ISU is placed on 151-160 position, in the list of Russian Universities it takes the 41st place.

The ranking is based on the analysis of such universities’ performance indicators in science and education as:
• Employer Reputation;
• Academic Reputation;
• Faculty/Student Index;
• Papers per Faculty Index;
• Citations per Paper;
• International Faculty Index;
• International Students Index;
• Staff with PhD;
• Web-impact