Russian-Armenian Slavonic University is included in the ranking of the best universities from QS University Rankings
ArmInfo. The Russian-Armenian University is included in the rating of the British company Quacquarelli Symonds - QS EECA University Rankings 2018 - Developing Europe and Central Asia.
This year, the 250 best universities in the region were evaluated. Only two Armenian universities were in the rating - Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (RAU) and Yerevan State University (ESU).
The authors of the rating use the methodology of ranking the best universities in the world QS World University Rankings. In general, universities are evaluated according to the following criteria: scientific reputation, reputation among employers, the ratio of faculty and students, the share of foreign faculty, the share of foreign students, publication activity, scientific citation of publications, and the proportion of employees with a scientific degree. In addition, the QS ratings traditionally focus on the reputation of universities in the academic environment. The results are identified using the QS Global Academic Survey - a survey of representatives of the international academic community (QS Global Academic Survey). Professors and heads of universities with average experience in science of 19.6 years take part in it. Thus, the quality of vocational training of graduates of this university is also assessed, organizations - potential employers assess the level of competitiveness of graduates in the world labor market.
The rating of the best universities of the world (QS World University Rankings) is a global study and the accompanying rating of the best higher educational institutions of world importance in terms of their achievements in the field of education and science. Calculated by the methodology of the British consulting company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). It is considered one of the most influential global university ratings. Developed in 2004 by Quacquarelli Symonds in conjunction with the British edition of Times Higher Education. Until 2010 was known as The World University Rankings. Since 2010, the unified rating has split into two: the Times Higher Education edition issues the ranking of the world's best universities The World University Rankings in conjunction with Thomson Reuters, and Quacquarelli Symonds continues to issue a rating called QS World University Rankings. The "QS University Rankings: Emerging Europe and Central Asia (EECA)" rating was first published in 2014. In 2017, the published part of the rating includes 300 best universities in the region, located in 24 countries, 97 of them are in Russia, 45 - in Turkey.