Irkutsk State University has once again been included in the World University Rankings 2025 by subject: Physical sciences, published by the Times Higher Education magazine.
THE ranking agency not only provides a comprehensive assessment of universities’ activities within the framework of compiling the global university ranking, but also evaluates universities within specific scientific fields. Thus, the World University Rankings 2025 by subject: Physical sciences analyzes universities based on indicators such as Teaching (evaluates teaching reputation, student-to-staff ratio, doctorate-to-bachelor ratio and institutional income), Research Environment and Research Quality (research reputation, income, and productivity, citation impact, research strength and influence), Industry (income from industry partnerships and patents) and International Outlook (international students, staff, international scientific collaboration and co-authorship).
THE World University Rankings 2025 by subject: Physical sciences analyzes the achievements of universities in areas such as Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics, Astronomy, Geology, and Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences.
A total of 1447 universities are included in the THE World University Rankings 2025 by subject: Physical sciences, including 56 Russian universities. ISU is the only representative of higher education in the Angara region in this ranking and holds the 24th position. In the overall ranking, our university is in the 1001+ place. The best among Russian universities in the category of physical sciences is Lomonosov Moscow State University, which is ranked 66th.
Rector of ISU, Professor Alexander Schmidt:
For several years ISU has been included in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 by subject: Physical sciences, which includes a large group of Physical science disciplines. On the one hand, this is an indicator of involvement of the university in advanced scientific research in this area and the engagement of its staff in shaping the global scientific agenda. On the other hand, this is a good benchmark for representatives of other scientific and educational directions of the university and for ISU as a whole.
