The Lomonosov Moscow State University took the first place. The second place - St. Petersburg University.

350 world universities are presented in the published part, including 105 best universities of Russia, and 24 in the first hundred.

The expert assessment is based on the results of surveys of representatives of the academic and business communities. Data on the ratio of teachers and students, a number of scientific publications, citation indices, the share of doctors of science in the University staff, a number of foreign teachers and students were also taken into account.

QS annually publishes the lists of the world best higher education institutions.

The QS rankings are recognized as one of the most influential in the world along with the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.