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63-607: Ivan Ivanovich Panaev (Russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Пана́ев ; March 27, 1812 – March 2, 1862) was a Russian writer, literary critic, journalist and magazine publisher. Panaev was born into a gentry family in St Petersburg. He graduated from the Boarding School for the Nobility at Saint Petersburg State University in 1830. He began publishing his works in 1834. His first romantic novellas included The Bedroom of

126-510: A Society Woman (1834, published 1835) and She Will Be Happy (1836). He married Avdotya Bryanskaya in 1837. Avdotya became a well-known writer and memoirist. Panaev became acquainted with Vissarion Belinsky in 1839; their friendship significantly influenced Panaev's literary career. Between 1839 and 1846 his works were published in Otechestvennye Zapiski . They included the novellas The Onager (1841) and Actaeon (1842),

189-427: A few vocal opponents of the regime. Seeing they were educating "class enemies", a purge was conducted in 1922 based on the class background of the students, and all students, other than seniors, with a bourgeois background were expelled. In 1924, the university was renamed Leningrad State University after its namesake city. In order to suppress intellectual opposition to Soviet power, a number of historians working in

252-409: A literary gathering organized by Panaev and his wife. Dostoyevsky was a frequent visitor to the important literary salon run by Avdotya Panaeva. Dostoyevsky stopped attending the salon after quarreling with Ivan Turgenev , a fellow visitor. In 1847, together with Nekrasov, Panaev took over Sovremennik , making it into a popular literary magazine and a financial success. Between 1851 and 1861, under

315-656: Is a public research university in Saint Petersburg , Russia, and one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the Great , the university from the beginning has had a focus on fundamental research in science, engineering and humanities. During the Soviet period , it was known as Leningrad State University ( Russian : Ленинградский государственный университет ). It

378-547: Is a federal state institution of higher education managed by the government of the Russian Federation . It has 24 faculties and institutes which are further subdivided into departments, and other main structural subdivisions. The superior body of self-government of the university is its Assembly, which elects the rector and the Academic Board of the university for a five-year term. The Assembly consists of

441-679: Is planned for the Russian Academy of Education (RAE) to join the Working Group later on, as well. The ranking methodology was developed in collaboration with more than 100 organizations: universities, councils of rectors, rating agencies and expert associations, notably the IREG Observatory on Academic Rankings and Excellence and the Russian Union of Rectors. The Expert Council of the ranking comprises experts in

504-535: Is published annually since 2017. Plans were first announced in 2016 in Russia for the development of a new international ranking that would evaluate not only the quality of education and research, but also the level of international cooperation as well as the contribution to sustainable development and distance learning. The non-profit Association of Rating Makers, established by RAEX International Group and leading Russian rating agencies and ranking compilers, acts as

567-577: Is the oldest higher education institution in Russia. While the latter was established in 1755, the former, which has been in continuous operation since 1819, claims to be the successor of the university established along with the Academic Gymnasium and the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences on 24 January 1724, by a decree of Peter the Great . Between 1804 and 1819, Saint Petersburg University officially did not exist;

630-855: The Bolshaya Neva , designed by Domenico Trezzini and originally built as the Palace of Peter II of Russia . The New Gostiny Dvor designed by Giacomo Quarenghi and built in the 19th century in that part of the island is occupied by the Institute of History, Institute of Philosophy. The Faculty of Psychology is in front of it on Admiral Makarov Embankment of the Malaya Neva . The Graduate School of Management, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry and Medical Technologies, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Military Studies are on Vasilievsky Island, but farther to

693-634: The Bolshevik takeover of power and reluctant to cooperate with the Narkompros . Later in 1917–22, during the Russian Civil War , some of the staff suspected of counter-revolutionary sympathies suffered imprisonment (e.g., Lev Shcherba in 1919), execution, or exile abroad on the so-called Philosophers' ships in 1922 (e.g., Nikolai Lossky ). Furthermore, the entire staff suffered from hunger and extreme poverty during those years. In 1918,

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756-641: The Fields Medal . Other notable alumni include: Alexander Alekhine , fourth World Chess Champion and Grigory Levenfish , 2x Soviet chess champion, Gennadiy Shatkov , Olympic champion in boxing, and Eduard Vinokurov , Olympic and world champion sabre fencer. Joseph Shor, a student of the School of Mathematics and Mechanics, known as the main protege of Ostap Bender . Igor Artimovich , known for creating Festi . Yakov Rekhter , known for creating BGP . Nikolai Kondratiev , Soviet economist, known for

819-745: The Leningrad Affair fabricated by the central Soviet leadership, and the Minister of Education of the RSFSR , former rector Alexander Voznesensky , was executed. In 1966, the Council of Ministers decided to build a suburban campus in Petrodvorets for most of the mathematics and natural science faculties. The relocation of the faculties was completed by the 1990s. In 1969, the Presidium of

882-655: The Russian invasion of Ukraine . In early 2022, the university expelled 13 students who had protested against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . In response to the Russian invasion, in March 2022 the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and University of Bremen suspended their longstanding relationships with the university, Dartmouth College stopped running its Russian language study abroad program in

945-517: The business cycle theory known as Kondratiev waves . Pavel Durov , the Telegram founder, graduated from the department of philology while his brother, Nikolai Durov received his PhD from the department of mathematics. Kyrgyz sociologist Rakhat Achylova received her DPhil in 1988. 59°56′31″N 30°17′56″E  /  59.9420°N 30.2990°E  / 59.9420; 30.2990 The Three University Missions Ranking The ranking

1008-778: The 1st and 2nd Departments, respectively. In 1849, after the Spring of Nations , the Senate of the Russian Empire decreed the Rector should be appointed by the Minister of National Enlightenment rather than elected by the Assembly of the university. However, Pyotr Pletnyov was reappointed Rector and ultimately became the longest-serving rector of Saint Petersburg University (1840–61). In 1855, Oriental studies were separated from

1071-400: The 8 Russian Federal Districts) and Special Rankings (devoted to specific aspects of universities activities, such as influence, media activity etc). In November 2022, the decision has been made to establish a joint Working Group on the development and implementation of the “Three University Missions” Ecosystem between Russian Union of Rectors (RUR) and Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). It

1134-461: The Brazilian publication Folha de S. Paulo , the president of the international association IREG Observatory on Academic Rankings and Excellence, Luiz Claudio Costa, noted that “the new Moscow International University Ranking represents the second generation of academic rankings and <...> poses correct and important questions by its search for indicators to evaluate the quality of teaching and

1197-725: The Faculty of History and Philology, and the fourth faculty, Faculty of Oriental Languages, was formally inaugurated on 27 August 1855. In 1859–61, female part-time students could attend lectures in the university. In 1861, there were 1,270 full-time and 167 part-time students in the university, of them 498 were in the Faculty of Law, the largest subdivision. But this subdivision had the cameral studies department, where students learnt safety, occupational health and environmental engineering management and science, including chemistry, biology, agronomy along with law and philosophy. Many Russian, Georgian etc. managers, engineers and scientists studied at

1260-507: The Faculty of law therefore. During 1861–62, there was student unrest in the university, and it was temporarily closed twice during the year. The students were denied freedom of assembly and placed under police surveillance, and public lectures were forbidden. Many students were expelled. After the unrest, in 1865 only 524 students remained. A decree of the Emperor Alexander II of Russia adopted on 18 February 1863, restored

1323-564: The Main Pedagogical Institute into Saint Petersburg University, which at that time consisted of three faculties: Faculty of Philosophy and Law, Faculty of History and Philology and Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. The Main Pedagogical Institute (where Dmitri Mendeleev studied) was restored in 1828 as an educational institution independent of Saint Petersburg University, and trained teachers until it

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1386-677: The Medical College, the College of Physical Culture and Sports, Economics and Technology. The university has two primary campuses: one on Vasilievsky Island and the other one in Peterhof . Admission to Saint Petersburg State University is extremely competitive. Undergraduate admissions for domestic state funded students are decided through the Unified State Exam . The average Unified State Examination score of applicants to

1449-582: The Minister of National Enlightenment Ivan Delyanov in 1887, which barred persons of non-noble origin from admission to the university, unless they were extraordinarily talented. By 1894, 9,212 students had graduated from the university. Among the scholars of the second half of the 19th century, affiliated with the university were mathematician Pafnuty Chebyshev , physicist Heinrich Lenz , chemists Dmitri Mendeleev and Aleksandr Butlerov , embryologist Alexander Kovalevsky , physiologist Ivan Sechenov and pedologist Vasily Dokuchaev . On 24 March 1896 (O.S.), on

1512-607: The Peterhof campus there is a park area called Sergievka. In the Sergievka park there are buildings of the Faculty of Biology. SPbSU is made up of 24 specialized faculties, which are: There is also a Department of Physical Culture and Sports. ( *rus ) Saint Petersburg State University has a strong reputation in the field of politics, having educated: Nine graduates of the university are Nobel Prize recipients: Graduates Grigori Perelman and Stanislav Smirnov were awarded

1575-597: The Routine Regulations normally starts on 1 September. One lesson normally lasts an hour and a half (two academic hours). The academic year is divided into two semesters. The first semester (term) ends by late December, the second starts in mid-February and lasts until late May. Each term is followed by a series of preliminary tests (in the last week of December/May) and exams (in January/June). The university has two main campuses: on Vasilievsky Island in

1638-637: The Supreme Council of the Soviet Union awarded the university the Order of the Red Banner of Labour . In 1991, the university was renamed back to Saint Petersburg State University after its namesake city. The university educated Russian presidents Vladimir Putin and Dimitry Medvedev , both of whom studied law at the university. Rector Nikolay Kropachev has signed a letter of support for

1701-544: The Three University Missions Ranking included 2000 universities from 112 countries. Russia along with the USA and China preserved its top-3 leadership in representation status. Meanwhile in 2023, for the first time in this ranking history, Asia surpassed Europe in number of participants in the list of world best universities. The ranking attracted the interest of a number of representatives of

1764-642: The United States , the UK , and China , with 41, 18, and 14 universities in the top 200, respectively. The 2018 ranking represented 333 universities from 53 countries, including 17 Russian universities. In the top 333 of the ranking’s second issue were 61 universities from the USA, followed by 29 British and 25 German universities. The 2019 ranking table featured 1,200 universities from 79 countries. The fourth issue (2020) listed 1,500 higher education institutions from 97 countries. The US, China and Russia were

1827-436: The campus of the university, Alexander Popov publicly demonstrated transmission of radio waves for the first time in history. As of 1 January 1900 (O.S.), there were 2,099 students enrolled in the Faculty of Law, 1,149 students in the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, 212 students in the Faculty of Oriental Languages and 171 students in the Faculty of History and Philology. In 1902, the first student dining hall in Russia

1890-1167: The field of higher education from 25 countries, such as the Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Iran, Italy, Poland, South Africa, Turkey, USA, UK, and Russia. According to the current version of the methodology (2023), the ranking uses 16 indicators divided into three groups: Education, Research, and University & Society. The total weight of indicators per group is 45% (Education), 25% (Research) and 30% (University & Society). 1.       Number of student wins in international student contests. 2.       Percentage of international students. 3.       University budget to student ratio. 4.       Student to academic staff ratio. 5.       IREG List awards won by university academic staff and alumni 6.       Average normalised citation impact (global level) 7.       Average normalised citation impact (national level) 8. Research income per academic staff member 9.       Number of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) 10.       Share of

1953-462: The first Dean of the new faculty. Chemist Alexey Favorsky became the Dean of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. Rabfaks and free university courses were opened on the basis of the university to provide mass education. In the fall of 1920, as observed by freshman student Alice Rosenbaum (Ayn Rand), enrollment was open and the majority of the students were anti-communist including, until removed,

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2016-537: The historic city center and in Peterhof (formerly Petrodvorets), a southwestern suburb, which can be reached by railway from the city's Baltiysky Rail Terminal . The main building of the university, Twelve Collegia, is on Vasilievsky Island and includes the Library, the Faculty of Biology and the Institute of Earth Sciences. The Faculty of Philology and the Faculty of Oriental Studies share the nearby 18th-century Petrine Baroque building on Universitetskaya Embankment of

2079-663: The institution founded by Peter the Great, the Saint Petersburg Academy, had been disbanded, because the new 1803 charter of the Academy of Sciences stipulated that there should not be any educational institutions affiliated with it. The Petersburg Pedagogical Institute , renamed the Main Pedagogical Institute in 1814, was established in 1804 and occupied a part of the Twelve Collegia building. On 8 February 1819 (O.S.), Alexander I of Russia reorganized

2142-426: The interaction of the university with society”. The president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA, USA), Judith Eaton, called the release of the ranking timely, in view of the growing recognition that the social role of a university is one of its key functions. She views the ranking as an attempt to move away from the elitist approach of evaluating universities, instead paying special attention to

2205-421: The last years of his life, were published in 1861. This work contains portraits of literary figures, artists, musicians, and actors of the period from the 1820ss to the 1850s. Panaev's literary parodies, some written in collaboration with Nekrasov, were widely read. Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University ( SPBGU ; Russian : Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет )

2268-527: The main structural subdivisions. Likewise, the general administration of a faculty is vested in its respective academic board elected by the faculty assembly for five years. The procedure of election and department quotas are decided by the faculty-level academic board itself. The dean, who leads the faculty and presides over its academic board, is elected for five years by the faculty academic board. The academic year in St. Petersburg State University according to

2331-412: The members of the Academic Board of the university and the staff delegated by the general assemblies of the main structural subdivisions according to quotas set by the Academic Board of the university. The general administration of the university is vested in the Academic Board, which consists of the rector, who presides over it, as well as the president of the university, vice rectors and representatives of

2394-509: The most represented countries with 200, 122, and 101 institutions in the ranking, respectively. The fifth issue included 1,650 higher education institutions from 97 countries and territories. The sixth edition of MosIUR (2022) included a record high of 1,800 universities from 103 countries. Russia was represented by 146 universities. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Saint-Petersburg State University and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology were among 50 world best universities. In 2023

2457-507: The novel Mama's Boy (1845), essays, satires, and short stories. Panaev's satire The Literary Aphid (1843) was highly praised by Belinsky. He abandoned his civil service career in 1844, in order devote his full attention to literature. Panaev was introduced to Fyodor Dostoyevsky by Nikolay Nekrasov and Dmitry Grigorovich , and often met Dostoyevsky at meetings of the Belinsky circle. In 1845 Dostoyevsky read his first novel Poor Folk to

2520-414: The only global academic ranking considered in their study that covers all “performance dimensions.” Zadorozhnyuk et al. (2018) noted the innovative use of the “University and Society” group criteria in the ranking. The ideas of the rating are displayed in some researchers' works. In addition to “The Three University Missions” ranking, the assessment of the university's contribution to society is also used by

2583-524: The pseudonym "The New Poet", he published his monthly surveys of journalism and of life in St Petersburg in Sovremennik . Other works by Panaev include the novel Lions in the Provinces (1852), the novella Relatives (1847), and the essay cycle Knowledge of Fops (1854–57). In the 1850s Panaev was one of the leading supporters of the emancipation of women. His Literary Reminiscences , written during

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2646-415: The ranking received a report on its audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers ( PwC ). The “Three University Missions” ranking thus became the second global academic ranking, after Times Higher Education (THE), that has passed this procedure. The 2017 pilot ranking comprised 200 universities from 39 countries, including 13 Russian universities. The most widely represented nations in the ranking were universities in

2709-462: The ranking. In 2022 the list has been expanded up to 1,800 universities and in 2023 - up to 2000. In 2022, the latest ranking issue served as a basis for the creation of the “Three University Missions” Ecosystem, which incorporates following ranking projects: MosIUR (global ranking of academic universities), RAEX-100 (top 100 Russian universities), Subject Rankings of Russian universities (in 35 subject areas), Local Rankings (universities from each of

2772-572: The ranking’s operator. The pilot version of the ranking was published in December 2017. It included 200 universities from 39 countries. The second issue of the ranking, published in November 2018, included 333 universities from 53 countries. The 2019 table included more than 1200 universities; in 2020, the number has risen to 1500 universities from 97 countries and territories. In 2021, there were 1,650 higher education institutions represented in

2835-469: The rating community and researchers, who particularly noted the innovativeness of the ranking in terms of its assessment of the “third mission” (interaction between university and society). According to the president of the Perspektywy education foundation, Waldemar Siwinski, the ranking "goes beyond traditional ranking criteria, adding some new, more socially oriented elements". In an interview with

2898-535: The right of the university assembly to elect the rector. It also formed the new faculty of the theory and history of art as part of the faculty of history and philology. In March 1869, student unrest shook the university again, but on a smaller scale. By 1869, 2,588 students had graduated from the university. In 1880, the Ministry of National Enlightenment forbade students to marry and married persons could not be admitted. In 1882, another student unrest took place in

2961-465: The social responsibility of higher education. An expert on academic rankings from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands), Jules van Rooij, criticized the ranking, noting that, despite a number of "good ideas," "[the compilers] of the ranking measure only what they want to measure" and "quality can't be assessed with simple linear lists". Jack Grove, columnist for World University Rankings,

3024-566: The university in 2023 was around 90 points (out of a possible 100). In the 2023 admission campaign, over 106,000 domestic students applied to the university for bachelor's and specialist programs, with only 4,617 being accepted. The same year, over 21,000 international students from 100 different countries applied to the university for state-funded scholarship programs, with only 1,000 being accepted, reflecting an overall acceptance rate of around 4% for both domestic students and international students studying on scholarships. In international rankings,

3087-497: The university in total national publications 11.       Total pages of a university's website indexed by the leading search engines 12.       Views of the university's page on Misplaced Pages 13.       University's followers in social media 14.       Number of alumni with an individual article about them on Misplaced Pages 15.       University website reach 16.       Transparency In May 2018,

3150-594: The university was in Yelabuga during the war. In 1944, the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union awarded the university the Order of Lenin . In 1948, the Soviet Council of Ministers named the university after Andrei Zhdanov , a deceased Communist official. This decision was revoked in 1989 during Perestroika . In 1949–50, several professors died in prison during the investigation of

3213-712: The university was ranked 35th by The Three University Missions Ranking in 2022, 242nd by the QS World University Rankings in 2022, 652nd by U.S. News & World Report in 2023, 601-800th by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings , and 301–400th by the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2021. It is disputed by the university administration whether Saint Petersburg State University or Moscow State University

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3276-495: The university was renamed 1st Petrograd State University, and in 1919 the Narkompros merged it with the 2nd PSU (former Psychoneurological Institute) and 3rd PSU (former Bestuzhev Higher Courses for Women ) into Petrograd State University. In 1919, the Faculty of Social Science was established by the Narkompros instead of the Faculty of History and Philology, Faculty of Oriental Languages and Faculty of Law. Nicholas Marr became

3339-531: The university was temporarily closed due to student unrest. Its autonomy was revoked again in 1911. In the same year, the university was once again temporarily closed. In 1914, with the start of the First World War , the university was renamed Petrograd Imperial University after its namesake city. During the War, the university was the center of mobilization of Russian intellectual resources and scholarship for

3402-758: The university, and CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management Education suspended its partnership with the Graduate School of Management in St Petersburg. In addition, the European Coimbra Group expelled the university, and the European University Association suspended the school. The Council on International Educational Exchange stopped its programs at the university, and relocated students to other non-Russian universities. The university

3465-660: The university, including Sergey Platonov , Yevgeny Tarle , and Boris Grekov , were imprisoned in the so-called Academic Affair of 1929–30 on fabricated charges of participating in a counter-revolutionary conspiracy aimed at overthrowing the government. Some other members of the staff were repressed in 1937–38 during the Great Purge . During the 1941–44 Siege of Leningrad in World War II, many students and staff died from starvation, in battles, or from repressions. The university evacuated to Saratov in 1942–44. A branch of

3528-604: The university. In 1830, Tsar Nicholas returned the entire building of the Twelve Collegia to the university, and courses resumed there. In 1835, a new Charter of the Imperial Universities of Russia was approved. It provided for the establishment of the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of History and Philology, and the Faculties of Physics and Mathematics, which were merged into the Faculty of Philosophy as

3591-492: The university. In 1884, a new Charter of the Imperial Russian Universities was adopted, which granted the right to appoint the rector to the Minister of National Enlightenment again. On 1 March 1887 (O.S.), a group of the university students was arrested while planning an attempt on the life of Alexander III of Russia . As a result, new admission rules to gymnasiums and universities were approved by

3654-633: The war effort. In 1915, a branch of the university was opened in Perm , which later became Perm State University . The Assembly of Petrograd Imperial University openly welcomed the February Revolution of 1917, which put an end to the Russian monarchy, and the university came to be known as Petrograd University. However, after the October Revolution of 1917, the university's staff and administration were initially vocally opposed to

3717-574: The west. Four other social science faculties are east of the city center on the southern bank of the Neva : the Faculty of Economics is not far from the Chernyshevskaya metro station , while the Faculty of Sociology, Faculty of Political Science and the School of International Relations occupy historical buildings of Smolny Convent . The new suburban campus consists of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, and Faculty of Physics, which are in modern buildings in Peterhof. Nearby

3780-400: Was also skeptical about the ranking, noting that the exceptional achievements of Russian universities in the ranking had Russian roots. The ranking was discussed in a number of academic studies along with the leading global university rankings – Times Higher Education, QS, ARWU, etc. An article by Ivančević & Luković (2018) points out that the Moscow International University Ranking is

3843-431: Was finally closed in 1859. In 1821, the university was renamed Saint Petersburg Imperial University . In 1823, most of the university moved from the Twelve Collegia to the southern part of the city. In 1824, a modified version of the charter of Moscow University was adopted as the first charter of the Saint Petersburg Imperial University. In 1829, there were 19 full professors and 169 full-time and part-time students at

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3906-437: Was opened in the university. Since about 1897, regular strikes and student unrest shook the university and spread to other institutions of higher education across Russia. During the Revolution of 1905, the charter of the Russian universities was amended once more; the autonomy of the universities was partially restored and the right to elect the rector was returned to the academic board for the first time since 1884. In 1905–06,

3969-419: Was renamed after Andrei Zhdanov in 1948 and was officially called "Leningrad State University, named after A. A. Zhdanov and decorated with the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour ." Zhdanov's was removed in 1989 and Leningrad in the name was officially replaced with Saint Petersburg in 1992. It is made up of 24 specialized faculties (departments) and institutes, the Academic Gymnasium,

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