NES topped the ranking of Russian “entrepreneurial” universities and business schools in terms of investments raised by startups, founded by graduates of economic programs. The total amount of funding reached $954.23 million. Moreover, NES showed the biggest share of supported projects in the top-10 of the ranking — 55% of startups founded by NES graduates have already raised funding.
The second and third places in terms of funding raised by graduates-founded startups were taken by the Higher School of Economics and the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation ($304.5 million and $191.7 million, respectively).
The ranking became part of the third wave of the research by the 'Expert' Analytical Center, which is, in its turn, part of a comprehensive communication and analytical project, launched in 2016. The aim of the project is to assess the contribution of Russian universities to the national economy, and global technological and entrepreneurial development as well as to determine the degree of their participation in shaping the future technological agenda.
The research is based on the data aggregated by one of the most influential sources in the field of technological entrepreneurship — Crunchbase. The final selection included 2419 startup founders of Russian descent.
In 2020, the ranking covered 46 Russian universities. According to the research methodology, universities and business schools that implement programs only on economics, management and business (including NES) were listed in a separate section of the ranking and included 22 organizations. Due to the extension of the research base, the ranking only covers universities from which at least eight startups came out.
Detailed information on the results and the methodology of the research can be found here (in English) and here (in Russian).
