This was reported on the foundation's web site.
It is noted that the list represents the total ranking of universities participating in the scholarship program of Vladimir Potanin. It is based on the indicators of all the competitions of the program: the scholarship competition for graduate students, the grant competition for lecturers on master’s programs, competition of socially important projects and school of the foundation.
We add that TSU, TUSUR and TPU won the third, the fourth and the fifth places in the ranking. In the 2014 list the Tomsk universities won the seventh, sixty seventh and fourth places respectively. The Higher School of Economics tops the list.
To clarify, while compiling the rankings the following parameters are also taken into account: the general level of intelligence and erudition of the university students, the level of receptivity of the students, active life position, and the level of attention to the teaching staff at the university.
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