Tomsk has surpassed St. Petersburg in the number of candidates and doctors of science
Tomsk took second place in Russia in the number of candidates and doctors of science, there are 8,100 of them in the region, Tomskstat reports. 6,700 candidates and 1,400 doctors of science live and work in our region. There are 47 candidates and 10 doctors of science per thousand people with higher and postgraduate professional education. Thus, Tomsk is ahead of St. Petersburg in the ranking, behind only Moscow.