At the South Ural State University we endeavor to become a world-class research university with strong entrepreneurial culture and specialization in Supercomputing, Engineering, Natural and Life Sciences. Achievement of this goal will provide University with a rank in top-100 universities according to major global rankings (THE or QS), as well as top-100 positions in the following subject rankings: Computer Science, Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Science. In line with the goal of becoming a top-100 university, SUSU has set specific strategic goals in Education, Science, Governance, Funding and Infrastructure.
Strategic goals by activity
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Strategic goals |
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Education |
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Science |
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Governance, financing and infrastructure |
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SUSU Competitive advantages
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The University will monitor the progress towards the goal with the help of key performance indicators (KPIs) detailed in the table below. In addition to seven obligatory KPIs it contains three additional KPIs aimed to control Master’s and PhD’s students’ share growth, number of joint study programs and programs offered in English language as well as the progress of the University in the Webometrics ranking.
Obligatory and additional KPIs
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№ |
Mandatory KPIs |
UOM |
Target values |
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2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
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1 |
Position in global university rankings |
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1.1 |
Rank in THE |
Rank |
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701+ |
650-700 |
450-500 |
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1.2 |
Rank in QS |
Rank |
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701+ |
650-700 |
450-500 |
250-300 |
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1.3 |
Rank in QS «Computer Science» subject ranking |
Rank |
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350-400 |
300-350 |
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1.4 |
Rank in QS «Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering» subject ranking |
Rank |
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250-300 |
250-300 |
200-250 |
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1.5 |
Rank in QS «Materials Science» subject ranking |
Rank |
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150-200 |
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2 |
Number of articles in the Web of Science and Scopus after eliminating duplication per academician/researcher |
Number |
0,5 |
0,8 |
1,3 |
2,1 |
3,4 |
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2.1.1 |
Number of articles in the Web of Science per academician/researcher (5 years) |
Number |
0,3 |
0,4 |
0,7 |
1,2 |
2,0 |
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2.1.2 |
Number of articles in the Web of Science per academician/researcher (3 years) |
Number |
0,2 |
0,3 |
0,6 |
1,0 |
1,6 |
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2.2.1 |
Number of articles in the Scopus per academician/researcher (5 years) |
Number |
0,5 |
0,7 |
1,2 |
1,9 |
3,1 |
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2.2.2 |
Number of articles in the Scopus per academician/researcher (3 years) |
Number |
0,4 |
0,6 |
0,9 |
1,5 |
2,5 |
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3 |
Average citation index per researcher/academician measured by the total count of articles included in the Web of Science and Scopus databases with elimination of their duplication |
Number |
0,7 |
1,0 |
2,3 |
5,2 |
11,6 |
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3.1 |
Average citation index per researcher/academician measured by the total count of articles included in the Web of Science database |
Number |
0,3 |
0,5 |
1,2 |
2,9 |
6,8 |
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3.2 |
Average citation index per researcher/academician measured by the total count of articles included in the Scopus database |
Number |
0,6 |
0,9 |
2,1 |
4,7 |
10,6 |
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4 |
Proportion of foreign professors, academicians and researchers in the total headcount of researchers and academicians, including Russian nationals holding a PhD from foreign universities |
% |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
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5 |
Proportion of foreign students enrolled in the main educational programs of the University (including students from the CIS countries) |
% |
9 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
18 |
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6 |
An average USE (Unified State Examinations) score of full-time students enrolled at the University with their tuition to be paid out of the federal budget under bachelor and specialist degree programs |
score |
67 |
69 |
72 |
75 |
78 |
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7 |
Proportion of revenues from non-budget sources in the structure of the University's revenues |
% |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
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Additional KPIs |
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1 |
Share of master's degree and postgraduate students in total |
% |
27% |
30% |
35% |
38% |
40% |
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2 |
Number of educational programs implemented in partnership with leading international universities and research organisations |
Number |
5 |
8 |
12 |
16 |
20 |
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3 |
Cumulative rise in Webometrics ranking |
Rank |
100 |
200 |
300 |
400 |
500 |
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