At the end of July, one of the largest international rankings of higher education institutions, Webometrics Ranking of World Universities (WRWU) was updated. The place of the Francisk Skarina Gomel State University in the world ranking was marked by positive dynamics. According to preliminary data, it has moved from 3608 to 3275 position and entered the top of 10% the best educational institutions in the world.
Over the past six months, the university has risen one position up among Belarusian universities and closed the top three. Only the Belarusian State University and the Belarusian National Technical University are ahead. Among the regional institutions of higher education of the Francisk Skarina Gomel State University confidently takes the first place.
Webometrics is the largest academic rating of higher education institutions. It is calculated twice a year by the Cybermetrics group of the National Research Council (Spain) based on the research achievements of universities, the influence in the Internet space, as well as the assessment of the content and popularity of websites. In total, the Webometrics rating includes more than 30 thousand institutions of higher education in the world and about 60 educational institutions of the Republic of Belarus.
