In recent years, academic rankings have become an important attribute of the global educational services market. The main factor in the competitive success of a university is its reputation in national and international educational markets. Rankings play a key role in this process: by getting into the world or national rankings in the leading places, the university dramatically increases its attractiveness not only for applicants, but also for employers, investors and the state.
University rankings around the world exist for more than 30 years: in 1983, US News and World Report magazine began publishing annual rankings of "America's Best Colleges". The first international university rankings appeared in 2003, becoming the object of close attention not only for universities, but also for governments and the public in different countries. Today, there are several hundred national rankings registered by the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, as well as at least 10 prestigious world rankings, and their number is increasing every year.
One of the strategic directions of development of Gomel State Medical University is to achieve high results in international academic rankings, which allows to effectively include the university in the international educational environment, and increase competitiveness in the educational services market.
The University is represented in the following international rankings:
Gomel State Medical University in the Webometrics ranking (as of July 2024):
Gomel State Medical University in the UniRank ranking (as of June 2025):
Moscow International University Ranking is a fundamentally new academic ranking that for the first time evaluates all three key missions of a university: education, science and interaction with society. The creation of the ranking was initiated by the Russian Union of Rectors in September 2016. The ranking is updated once a year. The last update was in August 2024.
In 2024, Gomel State Medical University held positions in the 1501-1750 group out of more than 2 500 universities in 165 countries of the world.
Gomel State Medical University in the RankPro rating 2024/2025:
2023/2024:
Gomel State Medical University in the Ranking web of repositories
Repository of Gomel State Medical University ranks 541st out of 3 994 university repositories worldwide, as of March 2024.
Gomel State Medical University in the IAAR Eurasian University Ranking According to the results of the international ranking of universities "IAAR Eurasian University Ranking (IAAR EUR) 2023", conducted by the Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating" (Republic of Kazakhstan), Gomel State Medical University improved its position and took 15th place among 24 universities in Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova.
The Times Higher Education (THE) ranking agency has been providing reliable data on university performance to students and their families, academics, university leaders, governments and industry since 2004. University rankings are created to assess the performance of universities on the global stage, to understand the different missions and successes of higher education institutions.
Gomel State Medical University in THE World University Rankings
On September 27, 2023, Gomel State Medical University was included in the 2024 THE World University Rankings with the status of "reporter".