In May 2023, the International Agency of State, Corporate and Private Rating (IHBI) published the World Rating of the Best Chancellors and Universities 2023.
Among 1,000 world universities, 24 rectors of Ukrainian higher education institutions were included in the rating. The Rector of Ternopil National Medical University, Professor Mykhaylo Korda, who took 12th place among Ukrainian leaders and first place among rectors of medical universities, is among them.
When compiling the rating, the following data were taken into account:
– the level of professional development of the staff (participation in international programs of professional development of FP&NL, where among the speakers were well-known professionals and Nobel Prize laureates);
– achievements (laureates of the Nobel, Pulitzer, Pritzker, Booker and other international or national prizes in various fields; winners of world and international scientific championships, Olympiads among employees and university students, etc.; laureates of international and national prizes in various fields, holders of prestigious national scholarship);
– international cooperation (participation of employees and students in international cooperation programs, consortia, educational and scientific projects);
− scientific activity (publication of articles on international scientific platforms, leading journals included in scientometric databases; publication of scientific monographs, obtaining international or national scientific grants);
– the influence of universities (on the development of the world, the countries in which they are located, the environment; an active struggle for peace, respect for human and minority rights, the fight against discrimination based on gender, age and race; prevention of climate change, support of advanced scientific, cultural, social ideas, participation in global scientific and socially significant projects (the university’s contribution to the development of the country’s economy);
– the presence of outstanding graduates who change the country and the world for the better (scientists, writers, engineers, politicians, civil servants, lawyers, judges, prosecutors, athletes, workers and activists in the fields of culture, education, economy and business, musicians, actors, bloggers, models, soldiers, architects, artists, fighters for democracy and human rights, known in the country and the world).