Facts, Figures, Rankings
300+ cooperation agreements with partners from 64 countries
Member of 15 International Academic Associations
KFU's academic profile
Over 50,000 students enrolled in all types of programs
About 9 700 international students from 106 countries*
687-degree programs in various disciplines
10 double-degree programs with partner universities
13 institutes, 3 higher schools, 1 fac
ulty, 2 regional branches in Yelabuga and Naberezhnye Chelny
​Nearly 4,000 faculty members
157 invited professors from world-renowned universities and research centres
KFU's research profile
150 world-class research laboratories (OpenLabs)
71 international projects
162 international scientific conferences and seminars with more than 1,400 international participants
2,328 publications in Scopus and Web of Science
Research areas
Biomedicine and pharmaceutics
Oil extraction, refining and petrochemistry
Info communication and aerospace technologies
Advanced materials
Priority research units
Translational 7P Medicine
AstroChallenge
EcoOil
Teacher 21
KFU's research and academic infrastructure
Nikolay Lobachevsky Scientific Library with over 5 million storage units, including 150,000 old and rare units
University Clinic with 836 beds and over 40,000 serviced district residents
10 Museums
Student campus (Universiade Village Dorm Complex) for 13,000 people
11 sports and cultural facilities
29 international academic and research centres
KFU in World Rankings
QS World Universities 2021- 370
QS Stars - Five Plus
Times Higher Education 2021- 601-800
U. News Best Global Universities 2020 - 783
Moscow International University Ranking - 301-350
Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 - 901-1000
Times Higher Education University Impact 2020 - 201-300
KFU in Regional Rankings
QS BRICS 2019 - 60
QS EECA 2020 - 36
THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020 - 134
Forbes Rankings of Russian Universities 2020 - 18
THE Eurasia Rankings - 10
RAEX (Russia) Rankings of Influential Universities - 15
RAEX (Russia) National University Rankings 2020 - 18
Interfax (Russia) National University Rankings 2020 - 10
KFU in QS Rankings by Subject 2020
Arts and Humanities - 345
Natural Sciences - 401-450
Social Sciences and Management - 365
Linguistics - 201-250
Chemical Engineering - 351-400
Biological Sciences - 401-450
Business and Management Studies - 451-500
Education - 201-250
Mathematics - 301-350
Economics and Econometrics - 401-450
Physics and Astronomy - 351-400
Chemistry - 401-450
KFU in Times Higher Education Rankings by Subject
Education - 94
Arts & Humanities - 251-300
Social Science - 401-500
Business and Economics - 301-400
Physical Sciences - 301-400
Life Sciences - 401-500
Clinical, pre-clinical and health - 401-500
KFU in U. News Best Global Universities by Subject
Physics - 514
Chemistry - 482
Space Science - 114
*As of May 2020
Rankings as of 3rd September 2020
