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Financial University is ranked 10th and has the AA+ category (the mark of high quality of teaching, scientific activity and demand of FinU graduates by employers).

The purpose of the ARES Higher Education Rating is to evaluate the university performance over its teaching and research as well as career prospects of its graduates. 

The ARES Rating is calculated automatically, excluding the human factor. All the criteria are based on the European Standards of Higher Education, approved by the the Bologna Process Coordination Group BFUG and approved by the EU Conference of Ministers of Higher Education.

In addition to ranking, the European Scientific and Industrial Chamber subdivides the participating universities into four categories, i.e. A, B, C, D. Each category represents the quality of teaching, scientific activity and demand of graduates by employers.


Category A (AAA, AA+, AА, А+, А) Category B (BBB+, BBB, BB+, BB, B+, B) Category C (CCC+, CCC, CC+, CC, C+, C) Category D (DDD+, DDD, DD+, DD, D+, D)
​High quality performance Good quality performance Sufficient quality performance Conditional failure (universities of this category are not included in the rating)

278 Russian universities have achieved a rating of “C” or higher in their assessment.