Omsk State Agrarian University improved the quality of its activities according to the EU standards

According to the data of the European Scientific- industrial Chamber on compliance with EU standards for higher education institutions, Omsk SAU took the 125th place in the academic Ranking of World Universities-European Standard (ARES). In 2020, Omsk SAU climbed one place.

ARES allows assessing the ability of universities to educate students at a high level. Students' involvement in research activities and their interaction with future employers are taken into account. The ranking is processed automatically, so there is absolutely no human factor. There are four categories of universities according to the ranking results:

1. Category A (AAA, AA+, AA, A+, A): High quality performance;

2. Category B (BBB+, BBB, BB+, BB, B+, B): Good quality performance;

3. Category C (CCC+, CCC, CC+, CC, C+, C): Sufficient quality performance;

4. Category D (DDD+, DDD, DD+, DD, D+, D): Inadequate quality of education of scientific activity and demand for graduates by employers with significant risk (Conditional failure).

This time, Omsk SAU was assigned the BB+ category (in 2017-2019, – it had category B).

Only 32 agrarian HEIs are present in this ranking. Among them, Omsk State Agrarian University holds 2nd place.

Out of the 7 Omsk universities represented in the ranking, 3 universities are higher in the ranking than Omsk SAU. Omsk State University holds 75th place among Russian HEIs (category BBB+). Omsk State Technical University is on the 77th place (category BBB+), and Omsk State Medical University is on the 88th place (category BBB+).

You can see the current status of Omsk SAU on the official website of the European Scientific-Industrial Chamber.http://eurochambres.org/sidebar/detail.php?CODE=ares-2020-russian-federation

What are the ARES criteria? First of all, it is the quality of education and strategies to improve it. This criterion has the largest weight (35%) during the assessment. Quality of education includes the use of new technologies in education, monitoring education quality, training teachers, developing innovative infrastructure, etc.) 20% are given to the University's research activities, 15% goes to international activities, 15% relates to interaction with employers, and last 15% goes to the regional significance of the university. This approach allows universities for the Humanities to take a decent place in the ranking along with technical universities.