Larionova M., Dr. of Political Science, Head of International Organisations Research Institute of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Head of International Programmes at the National Training Foundation; E-mail: mlarionova@hse.ru

The paper is prepared within the framework of the Ministry of Education and Science project “Organizational and analytical support to the national priority project “Education” on activities aimed at “Development of National Research Universities”, carried out by the National Training Foundation. The paper presents analysis of international and foreign approaches to universities’ research performance assessment. It focuses on a comparative analysis of the key performance indicators used in the international practice and the indicators of effectiveness applied in assessment of the national research universities performance. The analysis provides a groundwork for discussing how the emerging approaches and indicators can promote integration of Russian universities into the international research and education processes within the global landscape.