Lobachevsky University is featured in 2025 subject rankings of higher education institutions

On 24 April, RAEX agency published the subject rankings of Russian higher education institutions within the   Three University Missions rating family.

The study covered 35 subject areas including mathematics, a wide range of natural science and engineering majors, social sciences and humanities, as well as pedagogy, medicine, and agriculture. In 2025, 166 higher education institutions from 40 constituent entities of the Russian Federation were included in the best universities lists.

In the 2025 rankings, Lobachevsky University is represented in 10 subject areas. UNN is among the top 10 Russian universities in biology. UNN has also strengthened its positions in physics (15th place), history and archaeology (11th place), psychology (17th place) and political science and international relations (19th place).

Our university maintained high positions in chemistry (11th place), mathematics (18th), and electronics, radio engineering and communication systems (16th place). In sociology, UNN took 13th place, and in hospitality industry, 18th place.

Subject rankings of Russian universities are based on an assessment of the three university missions - educational, scientific, and social. The rankings aim to answer the question: which universities provide the best educational and research training for students in a particular subject area, taking into account the university's contribution to social development. The rankings are based solely on objective indicators and do not use the results of expert surveys.

To be shortlisted, a university must enroll students in the first year of study in a particular subject area, and there must be at least 200 students enrolled in all years of study in this subject area. Only main universities were considered, university branches were not included in the analysis.