Project 5-100
Based on the analysis of the results, Accounts Chamber of Russia made a conclusion that the program generally corresponded to many trends that designate the initiatives of academic excellence in leading economies, including stimulating competition among universities, internationalising all areas of activity and increasing scientific potential.
A significant qualitative shift reportedly took place in the development of the Russian higher education system and science in general.
Within the walls of educational institutions, new world-class research laboratories, in which the work was headed by leading Russian and foreign scientists, were established.
[citation needed] A "Council on Competitiveness Enhancement of Leading Russian Universities" among "Global Research and Education Centers" oversaw the project.
[citation needed] The members of the International Council were: The chairman was Olga Golodets, who, at the time, was Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs.
[citation needed] Every year the Ministry of Education allocates funds amongst the universities based on an assessment of their implementation of the program for enhancing the competitiveness «Road Map» and their current position in various world rankings.
[citation needed] Conversely, in September 2014, the Council did not approve the «Road Map» of ETU, deeming it unappealing for international students, and prohibiting it from using the budget of 600-700 million rubles allocated in 2013 for the first stage.
[10] The economist, Sergey Guriyev, who at the time was rector of the New Economic School (NES), believed the government should subsidise student loans as it was responsible for the high interest rates.
[citation needed] The Deputy Head of the State Duma Committee on Education, Vladimir Burmatov, sent an inquiry to the Accounts Chamber with a request to investigate the full expenditure of funds allocated to the Ministry of Education for the program, as he believed there were a number of irregular spending.
The Ministry of Education considered this claim was unfounded and referred to regular progress reports of the participating universities.
Some examples are the following: publicity and citations (h-index, which assesses the contribution of the scientist to science), the number of Nobel laureates and the opinion of the academic community and employers.
THE BRICS generated a constantly updated ranking for 2016, in which there are more universities involved in the program: SPBPU (18), TPU (20), MEPhl (down to 26), KFU (31), NSU (34), MSTU (up to 57), TSU (87), MIPT (93), MISIS (99) and UNN (193), appeared in the lists for the first time.
Regardless, according to QS, NSU and MIPT were now in the top ten best universities in the Emerging Europe and Central Asia 2015/2016.
According to Thomson Reuters media company, ten Russian universities were placed in the top 200 for best quality of teaching.
More than half of these were participants of the project: MSTU (106th place), People's Friendship University (112), TSU (131), UNN (135), MIPT (143) and TPU (179).
Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets believed Russian universities were amongst the leaders in education worldwide in terms of intensity and advancement.
[citation needed] In order to attract international students, Novosibirsk State University launched masters programs in English.
URFU received around 760 million rubles in state subsidies and spent a great deal of it on internships and continued relationships with the Cambridge Center.
[citation needed] The universities that participated in the program could set up a Chair on the basis of institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
[citation needed] Events were organised to give participating universities an opportunity to receive important information necessary for achieving their objectives, to network with leading professionals and look for new partners, to discuss current issues related to the project and share their experience.
