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Three Russian higher education institutions feature in the top 100 of a new world university rankings sponsored by the Kremlin.

Lomonosov Moscow State 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ is the highest-placed Russian institution in 25th place in the first , which was initiated by the Russian Union of Rectors under President Vladimir Putin¡¯s order, according to the Russian news agency . It ranked at 194th in Times Higher Education¡¯s latest World 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Rankings.

Other Russian higher education institutions in the new rankings include Saint Petersburg State 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (72nd) and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (73rd), the agency said. These institutions were ranked at between 401-500 and 251-300, respectively, in THE¡¯s tables.

Ten more Russian higher education institutions were placed between 100 and 200 by the new rankings, which, Tass said, ¡°uses 17 new criteria calculated on the basis of objective data and excludes subjective reputational issues¡±. The new rankings received state funding from the Russian government.

These institutions include the Higher School of Economics (107th), National Research Nuclear 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ?MEPhI?(131st), Novosibirsk State 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (132nd), Tomsk Polytechnic 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (136th), Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (173rd), Tomsk State 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (176th), MGIMO-51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (192nd), Kazan Federal 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (194th), Ural Federal 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (195th) and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (197th).

Harvard 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ scored first place in the ranking, operated by the Association of Rating Compilers, which, Tass said, includes ¡°leading rating and research centres¡± such as the Russian credit rating agency Expert RA, the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre and the multinational company Reputation Institute.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology took second place, Stanford 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ is in third place and Yale 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ in fourth, while the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Cambridge completed the top five, Tass said.

jack.grove@timeshighereducation.com