In 2026, NSU returned to the top 100 in the QS Subject Rankings in Archaeology (last year, it ranked 101-150). Only three Russian universities are included in the rankings with NSU in first place (ranked 51-100) followed by Moscow State University (101-150) and Altai State University (151-200).
The InteRussia team announces a call for applications to join the InteRussia fellowship programme for foreign specialists in the field of information technology, focused on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Smart City Systems, which will be hosted by Novosibirsk State University.
Sciences at the NSU Information Technologies Department (FIT), together with colleagues and students, has developed a quantitative method for determining authorial style using mathematical statistics.
On March 26, NSU hosted a meeting for international recruiting companies and leading Novosibirsk universities on their new campus.
In December, NSU held the qualifying round for the first foreign "Your Path to Real Science" Physics Olympiad. 100 schoolchildren in Africa and China participated.
For Stage 1, the universities have chosen chemistry as a priority for their joint work. In the future, the number of subject areas will increase and the universities plan to reach an annual target of 100-150 postgraduate students.
The final round of the Novosibirsk State University International Physics Olympiad, "Your Path to Real Science," was held in Mali at the Django Cissé Private Lyceum – the Kati Multifunctional Center. Nineteen students from Mali, Niger, and Guinea advanced to the final round. 15 students in physics (14 from Mali and one from Niger) and four in mathematics (from Guinea).
The second edition of the Russian version of the BRICS university ranking pilot program, part of the "Three University Missions" family of rankings, has been published.
The Times Higher Education (THE) published the second edition of their global ranking of interdisciplinary research. It evaluates 911 universities from 94 countries including 44 Russian universities.
A team of researchers from Novosibirsk State University took first place in the international scientific competition SemEval-2026 Task 8 "MTRAGEval: Evaluating Multi-Turn RAG Conversations".
The Olympiad was attended by 790 students from 16 countries including India, Spain, Russia, Uzbekistan, and Algeria.
The Olympiad winners and prize-winners will receive preferential treatment when applying to NSU and they will either receive a scholarship from the Russian budget or significant tuition discounts.