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.

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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.

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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