RUS Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU)

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University has a long-standing and successful history over 100 years where a great deal of important discoveries and inventions have been made. It was founded in 1899. SPbPU has recently become the "National Research University" – a recognized Russian and international leader in the field of engineering and economic education with a rich educational, scientific and innovation infrastructure. The University is a member of Academic Excellence program among Russian Universities “5-100-2020”. SPbPU is listed in the QS World University Rankings (471-480) and Times Higher Education (113th position among European universities). SPbPU is a leading university of Russia with over than 26 000 students and postgraduates, 4500 of them are foreign citizens from 115 countries. The University is carrying out education and research activities in the following areas: natural science, engineering, economics and humanities. SPbPU trains specialists in 49 Bachelor Degree programs and 200 Master Degree programs, including 20 international Master Degree programs taught in English, 90 PhD programs and Doctorate programs. The University is proud of its longstanding traditions of international cooperation with many foreign educational institutions, research organizations and industrial companies. Among the partners of the University are 293 universities and 90 partner companies from 68 countries.

SPbPU have partnered with Coursera to deliver online courses to learners across the globe.

Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with these short online courses from SPbPU:

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• Цифровой маркетинг и социальные сети | Coursera
• Растровая графика. Adobe Photoshop CC | Coursera
• Логистика | Coursera
• Введение в язык Котлин | Coursera
• Цифровая обработка сигналов Часть 1. Сигналы и системы дискретного времени | Coursera
• Управление человеческими ресурсами | Coursera
• Аддитивные технологии (3D-печать). Вводный курс | Coursera
• Астрофизика: от звезд до границ Вселенной | Coursera
• Маркетинг. Часть 1. Основные категории, принципы и подходы | Coursera
• Маркетинг. Часть 2. Инструментарий маркетинга | Coursera
• Цифровая обработка сигналов Часть 2. Дискретные и цифровые фильтры | Coursera

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Information about the World University Rankings
World university rankings can be used as an indicator of a university's prospects and prestige. Ranking publishers use different performance indicators such as teaching quality, research quality or the ratio of staff to students to place higher education institutions in order of success and impact. Results across the different rankings will vary according to the measures used and the importance they place on the different performance indicators.

The rankings listed above are taken from three of the most trusted World University Rankings publishers with the addition of the first ever World University Rankings by MOOC Performance published by MoocLab.

Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE)
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings focus on 5 core areas: Teaching (30%); Research (30%); Citations (30%); International outlook (7.5%); and Industry Income (2.5%). See their methodology

QS World University Rankings (QS)
The QS World University Rankings evaluate universities based on Academic Reputation (40%), Employer Reputation (10%), Faculty/Student Ratio (20%), Citations per faculty (20%), International Faculty Ratio and International Student Ratio (5%). See their methodology

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks universities according to Quality of Education (30%), Quality of Faculty (40%), Research Output (20%), and Per Capita Performance (10%). See their methodology

World University Rankings by MOOC Performance (WURMP)
MoocLab's World University Rankings by MOOC Performance rank universities based on 5 performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across the number of MOOCs provided (10%), the provision of learning pathways (15%), micro-credentials (20%), degrees (20%) and the institution's average world ranking (35%). See the methodology