On April 29, 2020, the international ranking RUR World University Rankings was published, which included 1,100 leading universities in the world. According to the results of the evaluation South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky took the 1st place among Ukrainian specialized pedagogical institutions of higher education, the 7th place among other free educational institutions of Ukraine, and the 727th place in the world educational environment.