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The National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) presented the results 15th monitoring of the quality of admission to state-funded and fee-paying places at Russian universities in 2025Novosibirsk State University remains among the leaders of Russian higher education and continues to challenge Moscow universities for the top spot: based on the 2025 results, it ranked 15th in the ranking of the best Russian universities based on the quality of total admissions. The top group includes 10 Moscow universities, three from St. Petersburg, and one representative each from Tatarstan (Innopolis), Nizhny Novgorod, and Novosibirsk (NSU).
At NSU, the average Unified State Exam score for state-funded places was 83.8, while the average overall admissions score (fee-based state-funded places) was 80.4. In 2025, NSU admitted 116 Olympiad winners and runners-up. The geographic scope of admissions also expanded: first-year students from 64 constituent entities of the Russian Federation were admitted to NSU, bringing the share of out-of-town students to over 70%.
According to HSE, for the first time in the ranking's history, technical universities—MIPT, MEPhI, and the Central University—have entered the top three. Thus, government policy aimed at prioritizing the development of engineering and technical specialties, as well as the growing demand for highly qualified specialists in these fields from companies and enterprises, is yielding results. Since 2024, a steady trend has been observed, with an increasing concentration of high-scoring applicants specifically at technical and IT-focused universities.
NSU has also noted an increase in demand for STEM programs: according to the results of the 2025 admissions campaign, the largest increase in the number of applications from applicants was observed in the following programs: "Informatics and Computer Engineering," "Mathematics and Mechanics," "Mathematics and Computer Science," "Applied Mathematics and Physics," and "Physics."
"The university is consistently developing a systemic model for training personnel for technological leadership based on the integration of educational activities with engineering research practices. The training of research engineers capable of developing technological products and solving complex scientific and technological problems relies on the traditionally high level of fundamental training of NSU students. This is ensured by the university's deep integration with the research institutes of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Moreover, in recent years, NSU's pool of high-tech companies with which the university collaborates on educational and research projects has significantly expanded," commented NSU Rector and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Dmitry Pyshny.
NSU is introducing new educational programs supported by industry-leading companies. This allows students to engage in real-world projects and challenges posed by industry while still in their studies. The infrastructure of the new campus also provides additional educational opportunities.
Thus, on September 1, 2025, classes began in the classroom building, which is part of the second phase of the new NSU campus, being built as part of the national project "Youth and Children." The university's new educational programs are also being implemented in the new academic building. One of them is Bachelor's program in Applied Artificial Intelligence, which is co-financed by industrial partners to the extent of at least 30%. In 2025, it won a federal grant competition for training top specialists in artificial intelligence (the only university in the Urals region to do so). The pilot program enrolled 176 students from more than 25 regions.
The NSU Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) offers an educational format called educational and research laboratories, which were created with the support of companies. Currently, the FIT has four such laboratories, one of which is a joint project with the largest Russian developer of database management systems (DBMS) Postgres Professional — opened in 2025. Since 2024, the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics has been working Master's program "Digital Twins and Scientific Engineering", which is being implemented with the support of the State Corporation Rosatom. In February 2026, a new project was launched at the Novosibirsk State University's Moscow Mathematical Faculty. School of Mathematical Modeling of the Joint-Stock Company "Engineering and Technical Center "JET"(JSC ITC JET, part of JSC Rosatom Service).
In 2025, NSU became one of the leaders among regional universities in training IT specialists (national “Rating of Universities in the Digital Economy” (https://d-economy.ru/analyst/ranking-universities-of-digital-economy-2025/). NSU also maintains its leading position among regional universities in the 2019–2024 IT graduate salary rankings by SuperJob portal, ranking 7th.
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