- Student-faculty ratios: 7.4
- Male to female ratio: 63 : 37
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://eng.spbu.ru/
- Address: 7-9, Universitetskaya nab.,,St Petersburg, 199034,Russia
- Phone: -
Saint Petersburg State University was established in 1724 by Peter the Great, and claims to be the first institution of higher education founded in Russia (a claim also made by Moscow State University). Since its foundation, it has been known by many names, including the Petersburg Pedagogical Institute, Saint Petersburg Imperial University, and - during the Soviet period - Leningrad State University. SPbSU, as it is known, has been graced by many elite scholars, including nine Nobel Prize winners. Among them are the physiologist Ivan Pavlov, physicists Aleksandr Prokhorov and Lev Landau, Wassily Leontief, and the economist and philosopher. The university offers 106 undergraduate programmes and 263 doctoral programmes, spread across 24 specialised faculties. It has partnerships with about 350 universities worldwide, including Carleton University in Canada, the University of Tartu in Estonia and the University of Greifswald, Germany. Saint Petersburg State hosts international students from more than 70 nations, and offers about 30 clinical residency programmes. SPbSU has two main campuses, one of which is located on Vasilevsky Island in Saint Petersburg city centre, and another in Peterhof, an area to the southwest of the main town. The institution's main building is the a three-storey set of 12 red-brick buildings around 400 meters long, known as the Twelve Collegia. This is located at the Vasilevsky Island campus. The library, home to some 7 million books, is also located at the Vasilevsky campus. Vladimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation, is an alumnus of Saint Petersburg State University, as are prime minister Medvedev and the mathematician Sergey Smirnov.
- Total number of students 21,644
- Number of international students 2,454
- Total number of academic staff 2,964
- Number of international staff 101
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 2,956
- Number of master's degrees awarded 2,043
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 480
- Number of research only staff 350
- Number of new undergraduate students 3,056
- Number of new master's students 2,828
- Number of new doctoral students 832
- Global score 46.4
- Global research reputation #157
- Regional research reputation #8
- Publications #398
- Books #417
- Conferences #202
- Normalized citation impact #1,168
- Total citations #562
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #623
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #1,149
- International collaboration #59
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #499
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #669
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #1,047
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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12%
Percentage of International Students
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63 : 37
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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21,489
Number of FTE Students
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2012
350-400
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2016
401-500
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2017
401—500
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2018
401–500
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2019
501–600
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2020
601–800
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World Reputation Rankings
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2015
71-80
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2016
81-90
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Arts & humanities
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2018
126–150
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2019
176–200
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2018
401–500
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2019
501–600
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Engineering & technology
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2019
401–500
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Life sciences
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2018
201–250
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2019
301–400
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Physical sciences
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2018
176–200
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2019
251–300
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Social sciences
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2018
301–400
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2019
401–500
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Business & Economics
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2018
151–175
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2019
251–300
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Computer Science
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2018
201–250
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2019
201–250
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Psychology
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2019
201–250
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Impact Rankings: Partnerships for the goals
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2019
301+
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Impact Rankings: Peace, justice and strong institutions
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2019
=58
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Impact Rankings: Sustainable cities and communities
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2019
101–200
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Impact Rankings: Quality education
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2019
301+
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Impact Rankings: Good health and well-being for people
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2019
301+
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University Impact Ranking
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2019
201–300
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Emerging Economies
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2014
67
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2015
64
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2016
=37
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2017
30
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2018
44
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=68
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #155
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #29
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #566
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #488
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #555
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #494
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #392
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #12
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #165
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #437
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #382
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#253 Chemistry
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- Chemistry global research reputation #87
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- Chemistry publications #98
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #1014
- Chemistry total citations #311
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #415
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #982
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- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #743
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- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #533
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- Mathematics publications #88
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- Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #297
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#217 Physics
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