The Interfax Group presented the 16th annual National University Ranking for 2025. Novosibirsk State University was in the top 5 best universities in Russia, second only to the Moscow universities Moscow State University, MEPhI, MIPT, and HSE. Compared to 2024, NSU rose two positions, from 7th to 5th place, to move ahead of Tomsk State University and St. Petersburg State University. The ratings assessed 389 Russian universities according to six parameters: Brand, Education, Research, Social Environment, Partnership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
NSU's advancement in the ranking is primarily due to its improved positions in two sub-ratings: "Research" (from 7th place in 2024 to 5th in 2025) and "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" (from 15th place in 2024 to 8th in 2025). It is important to note that NSU has significantly improved its position in the latter parameter for the second year in a row (in 2023, it was in 35th place).
Mikhail Fedoruk, NSU Rector and Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, commented,
Over the past 5 years, extra-budgetary income from research activities has increased 5-fold amounting to 1.9 billion rubles by the end of 2024. NSU participates in all key development programs including "Priority 2030", "Network of Modern Campuses", Research Centers in Artificial Intelligence, etc.
NSU is actively working in the field of technological entrepreneurship. The NSU Startup Studio has more than 55 student teams that have already won federal competitions conducted by the Foundation for Assistance to Innovations and received 1 million rubles each for the implementation of their projects.
