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.
In August
2025, a group of students from Novosibirsk State University's Geology and Geophysics (NSU GGE) Department participated in their first internship focusing on sedimentology, stratigraphy, and paleontology, organized by Peking University.
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The Chinese Ministry of Education approved the application submitted by the universities.
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.
Recently, a delegation from Jiangsu Normal University, one of China's leading universities, led by President Chen Fener, an academician in the Chinese Academy of Engineering, visited NSU. The universities agreed to a partnership in education and science. The first joint educational projects should begin as early as 2026.
NSU took the highest positions in the fields of "Biology" and "Chemistry" ranking in the top 3 best universities. NSU Physics was ranked in 5th place and 6th place in "Mathematics".
Four students from the NSU Natural Sciences Department won gold and silver medals at the 4th International Chemistry Olympiad, which took place October 15 to 17 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, at Magtymguly Turkmen State University. Alexander Tomilov and Nazim Mustafin won gold medals while Nikita Chernovsky and Alexander Sapov won silver.
Compared to 2024, NSU rose two positions, from 7th to 5th place, to move ahead of Tomsk State University and St. Petersburg State University.
In February 2025, the NSU Economics Department launched a "Product Management" course. This is the first Product Management course in Russia that pays special attention to the use of artificial intelligence.
The ninth Moscow International "Three University Missions" Ranking was published ranking 2,581 universities from 165 countries. The final ranking table included 2,000 universities from 112 countries, including 156 universities from Russia. NSU ranked 238th globally, moving up 3 notches from last year, and retained its 6th place in Russia.
The SuperJob portal published a ranking of the best universities in Russia according to IT specialist’s salaries. It was based on university graduate data from 2019-2024. Novosibirsk State University took 7th place, finishing behind universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
It will combine developing new treatment methods using an innovative medical bed with developing a new Medical Decision Support System.