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New higher education institution with long-term traditions. Fifth anniversary of the decree on creation of NEFU.

  • 21 October 2014
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New higher education institution with long-term traditions. Fifth anniversary of the decree on creation of NEFU.

Today, on October 21, five years to the presidential decree about creation of North-Eastern Federal University were executed. Today NEFU is the diversified higher education institution having ample opportunities for carrying out educational and research work in which about 20000 students are training.

"New academic year began with visit of the president of Russia Vladimir Putin. Appreciation given by the head of the country increases our responsibility even more, puts new levels for which achievement we have to seek. The second stage of implementation of the Program of development of university comes to the end. The main objective of a stage is formation of NEFU as one of leaders of Russian education: carrying out researches and innovative development of the all-Russian and world levels, entry into the list of the first 180 National ratings of universities", – were noted by the rector of NEFU Evgenia Mikhaylova in the performance at a meeting with an asset of university in September.

In five years NEFU reached much. In the National rating of universities of "Interfax" news agency and radio "Ekho Moskvy" federal higher education institution the second year are in a row enters in TOP-40 the best universities of Russia (2012 – the 35th place, 2013 – the 38th place). In 2013 the university took the sixth place among the Russian higher education institutions on a level of development of high school communications on social networks in the rating which is carried out by "Interfax" news agency.

In a "Expert RA" rating of higher education institutions of Russia in 2013-2014 academic year NEFU took the 61st place, having risen in a year by twenty positions. He took the highest positions by such criteria as "Conditions for receiving quality education", "Level of research activity".

In 2014 the university entered in TOP-200 the best higher education institutions of the countries of BRICS (QS BRICS rating: 2014 – 151-200th places). The federal higher education institution was included in the list of leading higher education institutions in a national rating of Bio Forum universities (Life Sciences, 2014). NEFU entered in TOP-40 higher education institutions which were chosen by winners of the Olympic Games of school students, having taken the 24th position.

The northeast federal university was officially founded in April, 2010 on the basis of the M.K. Ammosov Yakut state university – higher education institution with 75-year history. Six research institutes, 13 institutes, five faculties, three branches are a part of university: Polytechnical institute in the Mirnyi city, Technical institute in the Neryungri city and the Chukchi branch which was established at the end of 2010 in the Anadyr city, – and also two colleges and one lyceum.

Author: Варвара ЖИРКОВА, редакция новостей СВФУ

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