QS Rankings: SPbU attracts international students to St Petersburg
St Petersburg makes the top100 student cities rankings, coming in the 78thplace globally. Theleague table has been compiled by the QS Quacquarelli Symonds since 2014. In the top 100Russia has been so far represented only by Moscow.
St Petersburg ranks above Moscow for affordability: it has been named the 7th best student city in the world, while Moscow is now 40th, according to latest global rankings. Although for desirability both cities remain equal, coming in 88 and 85 for this category correspondingly, St Petersburg however does fall behind Moscow for employer activity and student mix.
Analysts highlight that university rankings influences the student city rankings. So, Russia’sleaders Moscow University and St Petersburg Universitymake a significant contribution to the city rankings.
St Petersburg University is an only university in St Petersburg to make the top 300, and the University aims to interact with employers and provide students with the best opportunities, said SPbU Rector Nikolay Kropachev. The University attracts employers to develop educational programmes, perform education quality assessment and be actively involved in research. TheUniversity’spartners can now formulate topics for graduation projects and work with the students’ research supervisors. Moreover, employers can be members of SPBU Human Resources and Research Commissions.
—TheUniversityexplores and expands opportunities to attract best researchers and students globally, which will hopefully make St Petersburg a more desirable destination, — said Nikolay Kropachev.