Innovations, Inclusiveness and Employability were rated as the highest 5 stars among the total 7 categories that are assessed.
Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev got 4 stars in QS Stars University Ratings from the British consulting company QS Quacquarelli Symonds. As such, KNRTU-KAI joins the list of other Russian universities as RUDN University, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, SybFU, KFU, that also ranked 4 stars, and bypassed Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration and RSSU.
QS Stars University Ratings provided by QS Quacquarelli Symonds company allows students and educational experts to get holistic impression about institutions as much as possible. Unlike other rankings, where universities rank in a general table depending on the number of points scored, in the QS Stars ranking, universities receive a fixed score from 1 to 5 in a number of areas - from the quality of education and research to the development of sports and social infrastructure and accessibility for persons with disabilities.
For the following categories included in the total amount of points, KNRTU-KAI received:
Teaching: 5 stars
Employability: 5 stars
Facilities: 5 stars
Innovation: 5 stars
Inclusiveness: 5 stars
Specialization – program strength; computer science & information systems
(for BSc in information systems and technologies): 3 stars
Research: 2 stars
Internationalization: 2 stars
Overall: 4 stars
QS Stars is a rating system that provides a detailed look at an institution, enabling you to identify which universities are the best in the specific topics that you care about, program strength, facilities, graduate employability and more.
In the methodology used for QS Stars, universities are evaluated by dozens of indicators which are grouped in several categories. After the assessment, universities are awarded with an overall Star result which ranges from 0 to 5+ Stars, depending on the number of points achieved through the evaluation.
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