2014: Lomonosov Moscow State University was ranked among 50 best World universities in Physics and Mathematics

Lomonosov Moscow State University was ranked among 50 best World universities by criteria of education quality and research under Physics and Astronomy and Mathematics.According to the annual QS rating 2014 published by the British company Quacquarelli Symonds, the Moscow State holds 49 position in both fields.

By comparison with the previous year, MSU degraded a bit in Mathematics (had position 42), but raised in Physics (5-100 in 2013). Moreover, MSU is also in the first 100 universities by modern languages and philosophy.

In the group of the universities of 101 to 151 positions, the MSU falls in Chemistry, Information, geology, and hydrology. It also took position in top-200 by material sciences, statistics, operational studies, and machinery. Thee best universities were called Harward University (USA), MIT (USA), and Oxford University (UK).�

In 2014 the ranking of the World universities was made for 30 specialities (fields). This ranking evaluates the universities by four parameters: academic reputation, employers reputation, average citation index of s specific paper, and by Hirsch-index.