Higher educational institutions: Efficiency, competitiveness, rating

Abstract

In the article it is carried out the analysis of indicators of efficiency, competitiveness and ratings of higher educational institutions for the purpose to detect an interdependence and interrelations of these categories and definition of their role in formation of implementation of main mission of Russian leading higher education institutions - joining the leading group of universities of international educational and scientific space. The main directions of formation of competitiveness of the university and offers his concept of “integrated competitiveness.” Position of leaders of Russian higher education institutions in international ratings is analyzed, and on the example of Southern federal university its movement trajectory in world and Russian ratings of universities is considered. Thus, substantiates the fact that improving the competitiveness of higher education is the driving force that allows the efficiency and rating of high school to go to a more prominent position in the assessment of their activities.