100 Best universities for Literature in Russia

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Literature. A graph of 138K citations received by 38.7K academic papers made by 134 universities in Russia was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#64 in Europe

#179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#117 in Europe

#307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#139 in Europe

#338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Literature

#284 in Europe

#669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

5. Kazan Federal University

For Literature

#290 in Europe

#688 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Tomsk State University

For Literature

#322 in Europe

#783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

7. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#336 in Europe

#838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1960

8. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Literature

#386 in Europe

#1005 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

9. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#399 in Europe

#1051 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

10. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Literature

#426 in Europe

#1137 in the World

Founded: 1915

11. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#445 in Europe

#1193 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

12. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#452 in Europe

#1206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

13. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Literature

#456 in Europe

#1218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 7,131
Founded: 1959

14. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#509 in Europe

#1417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

15. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#511 in Europe

#1423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1977

16. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#543 in Europe

#1562 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

17. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Literature

#547 in Europe

#1573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

18. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Literature

#563 in Europe

#1653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 32,145
Founded: 2006

19. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#579 in Europe

#1720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

20. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#587 in Europe

#1767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

21. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Literature

#589 in Europe

#1776 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

22. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#600 in Europe

#1832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

23. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Literature

#621 in Europe

#1912 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 20,188
Founded: 1918

24. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Literature

#623 in Europe

#1914 in the World

Founded: 1909

25. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Literature

#635 in Europe

#1965 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 19,077
Founded: 1956

26. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Literature

#640 in Europe

#1998 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

27. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#643 in Europe

#2006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

28. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Literature

#652 in Europe

#2042 in the World

Founded: 1993

29. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Literature

#656 in Europe

#2057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1931

30. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#658 in Europe

#2066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

31. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Literature

#660 in Europe

#2075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1943

32. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#662 in Europe

#2090 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

33. Bashkir State University

For Literature

#665 in Europe

#2103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

34. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Literature

#670 in Europe

#2127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

35. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#672 in Europe

#2138 in the World

Founded: 1804

36. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Literature

#684 in Europe

#2192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

37. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Literature

#691 in Europe

#2225 in the World

Founded: 1876

38. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Literature

#703 in Europe

#2276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

39. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Literature

#715 in Europe

#2316 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

40. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Literature

#719 in Europe

#2335 in the World

Founded: 1930

41. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#725 in Europe

#2351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1886

42. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#729 in Europe

#2370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

43. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Literature

#732 in Europe

#2383 in the World

Founded: 1967

44. N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#737 in Europe

#2419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,519
Founded: 1930

45. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Literature

#740 in Europe

#2424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

46. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Literature

#741 in Europe

#2430 in the World

Founded: 1974

47. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Literature

#774 in Europe

#2605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

48. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#780 in Europe

#2634 in the World

Founded: 1992

49. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#781 in Europe

#2636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 16,401
Founded: 1907

50. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Literature

#787 in Europe

#2674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

51. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Literature

#791 in Europe

#2695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

52. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Literature

#818 in Europe

#2830 in the World

Founded: 1971

53. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#820 in Europe

#2867 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

54. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#821 in Europe

#2870 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

55. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Literature

#830 in Europe

#2930 in the World

Founded: 1973

56. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Literature

#831 in Europe

#2932 in the World

Founded: 1976

57. Omsk State University

For Literature

#841 in Europe

#2993 in the World

Founded: 1974

58. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Literature

#846 in Europe

#3011 in the World

Founded: 1980

59. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#862 in Europe

#3116 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

60. Perm State University

For Literature

#868 in Europe

#3140 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

61. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Literature

#873 in Europe

#3173 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

62. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#878 in Europe

#3206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

63. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Literature

#884 in Europe

#3267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

64. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#888 in Europe

#3280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

65. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Literature

#895 in Europe

#3315 in the World

Founded: 1974

66. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Literature

#897 in Europe

#3323 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

67. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Literature

#900 in Europe

#3336 in the World

Founded: 1934

68. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#910 in Europe

#3402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 1,500
Founded: 1966

69. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Literature

#912 in Europe

#3416 in the World

Founded: 1958

70. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Literature

#915 in Europe

#3432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1932

71. Perm State Technical University

For Literature

#918 in Europe

#3443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1953

72. Penza State University

For Literature

#927 in Europe

#3482 in the World

Founded: 1943

73. Omsk State Technical University

For Literature

#943 in Europe

#3568 in the World

Founded: 1942

74. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Literature

#944 in Europe

#3569 in the World

Founded: 1967

75. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Literature

#950 in Europe

#3613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1994

76. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Literature

#952 in Europe

#3629 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1948

77. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Literature

#954 in Europe

#3651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

78. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#955 in Europe

#3659 in the World

Founded: 1919

79. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Literature

#956 in Europe

#3665 in the World

Founded: 1971

80. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Literature

#960 in Europe

#3696 in the World

Founded: 1930

81. Orel State University

For Literature

#962 in Europe

#3728 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

82. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Literature

#965 in Europe

#3745 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

83. Omsk State Pedagogical University

For Literature

#966 in Europe

#3747 in the World

Founded: 1932

84. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#968 in Europe

#3752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1941

85. Kazan State Technological University

For Literature

#977 in Europe

#3820 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

86. Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University

Russia | Volgograd

For Literature

#981 in Europe

#3834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1931

87. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Literature

#984 in Europe

#3843 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

88. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Literature

#989 in Europe

#3859 in the World

Founded: 1918

89. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Literature

#990 in Europe

#3862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

90. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#992 in Europe

#3877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

91. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Literature

#994 in Europe

#3881 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

92. Moscow State Institute of Culture

Russia | Khimki

For Literature

#997 in Europe

#3895 in the World

Enrollment: 2,500
Founded: 1930

93. Tver State University

For Literature

#998 in Europe

#3901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

94. Kazan State Medical University

For Literature

#999 in Europe

#3904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1814

95. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#1000 in Europe

#3910 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

96. Kurgan State University

Russia | Kurgan

For Literature

#1001 in Europe

#3911 in the World

Founded: 1995

97. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#1005 in Europe

#3920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1930

98. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#1006 in Europe

#3941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

99. Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev - KAI

For Literature

#1021 in Europe

#4033 in the World

Founded: 1932

100. Buryat State University

Russia | Ulan-Ude

For Literature

#1022 in Europe

#4046 in the World

Founded: 1932

The best cities to study Literature in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Samara, and Kazan.