In 2020, the latest QS global university ranked 268th, ranking the top four in Russia, surpassing Xi Jiaotong University, Tongji University in China and Sun Yat-sen University, and comparable to China Renmin University and Wuhan University. Russia's Tomsk State University (TSU) ranks 26th among the QS BRIC countries (BRIC countries rank second only to Xi Jiaotong University and Beijing Normal University), and Russia's Tomsk State University (TSU) ranks 20th among the QS developing countries in Europe and Central Asia. /zd/lx