The international QS World University Rankings by Subject covers 54 subjects in five broad subject categories. This ranking, compiled by the international rating agency QS Quacquarelli Symonds, has become the largest QS study: it includes 1594 educational institutions from around the world.

Universities were evaluated according to five indicators, including academic reputation and the reputation of the university among employers, the demand for graduates, scientometric and other indicators. In 2023, the QS World University Rankings by Subject included a record number of universities from Russia - 55.

Since 2010, the international rating agency QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) has been conducting an independent assessment of universities from more than 80 countries. In addition to the general ranking of universities QS World University Rankings, the agency is compiling regional and industry rankings. The QS EECA ranking (Emerging Europe and Central Asia QS University Rankings) has been compiled since 2014 based on open sources, the Scopus scientometric database and the assessment of international experts.

QS Stars project from Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd rating agency is a rating system based on evaluating institutions and identifying the best among them in specific areas, such as academic development, learning environment, graduate employability, inclusiveness.

The rating is an integral assessment of the quality of training of university graduates, determined by quantitative parameters of the educational and research activities of universities and qualitative characteristics that reflect the opinion of key reference groups: employers, representatives of the academic community and the scientific community, as well as students and university graduates. Universities of creative and sports orientation, as well as universities of law enforcement agencies, cannot participate in the ranking. Held annually since 2011.

In 2020, SPbGASU took first place in the subject ranking in the field of "Construction and Architecture", confirming its high competitiveness and ahead of the National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering and the Moscow Architectural Institute (MARCHI).

The full version of the subject ranking materials for 2020 is published on the RAEX website.

On 23 May, 2024, a subject ranking of universities in the field of “Civil Engineering” was published, in which the St Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering took 17th place, with 56.42 points. The shortlist for this area includes 20 leading universities.

The full version of the subject rating materials for 2024 is published on the RAEX website.

In 2023, SPbGASU for the first time became a participant in the subject rating in the field of “Land transport technique and technology” and took 15th place.

The full version of the subject rating materials for 2024 is published on the RAEX website.

Over the course of a quarter of a century, the competition has earned a high reputation in the professional community. Educational organizations can participate in the competition since 2020.

Reports are assessed both in terms of content and design. The authoritative independent commission includes leading experts and developers of annual reporting, including representatives of the RSPP Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development.

The design is evaluated by the heads of the largest design bureaus.

In 2021, SPbGASU was included in the list of 18 higher educational institutions out of 35 with the best practice in preparing annual reports.

In 2022, SPbGASU received four stars for the very high quality of the annual report.

The Moscow International Ranking "Three Missions of the University" has been held since 2017. In 2020, the ranking included 1,500 universities from 97 countries, including 101 from Russia. The global academic ranking evaluates universities in three missions: "Education", "Science", "University and Society". To compile the rating, only objective criteria approved by an international group of experts are used. The sources of information are open data from the official websites of universities and national authorities, as well as data from independent international sources.

The full version of the ranking materials in Russian is published in the RAEX Rating Review.

The monitoring evaluates the quality of admission to state universities in Russia, enrollment to which is carried out mainly on the basis of the results of the Unified State Examination. Primary data on the course of the admission campaign is collected from open sources - from the websites of universities. The quality of admission is assessed only in the bachelor's and specialist's studies and only full-time education. It has been held annually since 2009.

The largest online recruiting platform HeadHunter (hh.ru) presents the ranking of the best universities in Russia. It is based on the analysis of the data contained in the resumes of applicants. Evaluation of universities is carried out according to five parameters:

• the popularity of the university in its region meaning the share of the number of university graduates in the total number of university graduates in one region;
• demand for university graduates from employers meaning the average number of interview invitations received by one university graduate from employers on hh.ru in 2021–2022;
• the relative level of expected salaries of university graduates meaning the ratio of the median value of the salary indicated in the resume of university graduates to the median value of the salary indicated in the resume of university graduates of one region;
• the amount of work experience of graduates meaning the average number of months of work experience indicated in the resume of a university graduate;
• current employment meaning the share of the number of graduates whose resumes contain at least one job with an open graduation date, out of the total number of resumes of university graduates.

A university becomes a member of the ranking if at least 100 of its graduates of the last two years have up-to-date CVs on hh.ru.

The RUR ranking agency (Round University Ranking) was founded in 2013 in Moscow. It publishes international rankings of higher education institutions and provides consulting services for universities in the field of increasing competitiveness. RUR measures the performance of the world's leading universities in 20 unique metrics and four key areas of university activity: teaching, research, international diversity, financial sustainability. Since the first release, more than a thousand educational institutions from 84 countries have been marked in the ranking.

The Global Aggregate Ranking is a classification of higher education institutions ranked by the 13 most authoritative global institutional rankings and one public database of accredited programs from European and Asian quality assurance agencies. Each rating has its own goals, audience, methodology, data sources and indicators. To get an objective picture, the ratings should be considered as a whole. This task is solved by the Global Aggregate Ranking, which brings the palette of ratings to a common denominator and assesses the place and role of universities in the world educational processes.

On 22 April, 2021, the Guild of experts in the field of vocational education, in collaboration with the National Foundation for Educational Innovation Support, presented the National Aggregate Ranking by Subject. In 2024, this ranking represented 686 universities, 55 UGSN (enlarged groups of specialties and fields of study) and more than 25,000 fields of study / specialties. The ranking was carried out according to 8 ratings, compiled on the basis of open databases and meeting the requirements of publicity (full information is presented in the public domain), stability (exist for at least three years and periodic evaluation is carried out), mass character (at least 100 universities are evaluated), as well as based on open data, significant procedures for independent assessment of the quality of higher education in Russia:

• global rankings;
• national rankings;
• open data bases;
• national accreditation agencies;
• testing centers and centers for national olympiads.

The independent agency for accreditation and rating conducts an international ranking of higher educational institutions "IAAR Eurasian University Ranking (IAAR-EUR)". IAAR EUR ranks universities based on four criteria:

• quality of education;
• scientific potential;
• international recognition;
• academic reputation.

The ranking methodology was approved by the experts of the international audit IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence.

The project of the research group of the Cybermetrics Laboratory of the Spanish National Research Council, Cybermetrics Lab, has been implemented since 2004. The rating evaluates the educational and research achievements of world universities based on an analysis of the representation of universities in the Internet space, through comparing their websites. The results are published twice a year, in January and July. The Webometrics project aims to measure all aspects of university activity.

Spanish international search engine and directory for higher education, formerly known as 4 International Colleges & Universities, has been conducting research since May 2005. World universities are evaluated not by the quality of educational programs, but by the popularity of their sites among the global Internet audience. The goal is to give applicants, students and academics around the world an idea of how well-known an educational institution is outside their country.