100 Best universities for Literature in Russia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Literature. A graph of 129K citations received by 37.1K academic papers made by 131 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

#181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#118 in Europe

#307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#135 in Europe

#333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Literature

#281 in Europe

#666 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

5. Kazan Federal University

For Literature

#297 in Europe

#715 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Tomsk State University

For Literature

#321 in Europe

#776 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

7. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#346 in Europe

#862 in the World

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

8. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Literature

#397 in Europe

#1043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

9. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#403 in Europe

#1059 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

10. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Literature

#426 in Europe

#1126 in the World

Founded: 1915

11. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Literature

#451 in Europe

#1202 in the World

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

12. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#456 in Europe

#1214 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

13. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#459 in Europe

#1222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

14. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#504 in Europe

#1410 in the World

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

15. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#505 in Europe

#1415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

16. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Literature

#538 in Europe

#1530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

17. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#555 in Europe

#1619 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

18. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Literature

#566 in Europe

#1666 in the World

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

19. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#576 in Europe

#1705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

20. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#579 in Europe

#1723 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

21. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Literature

#599 in Europe

#1822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

22. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Literature

#615 in Europe

#1884 in the World

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

23. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#616 in Europe

#1886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

24. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Literature

#626 in Europe

#1930 in the World

Founded: 1909

25. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Literature

#639 in Europe

#1988 in the World

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

26. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Literature

#641 in Europe

#2000 in the World

Founded: 1993

27. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Literature

#642 in Europe

#2004 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

28. Bashkir State University

For Literature

#651 in Europe

#2054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

29. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#653 in Europe

#2059 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

30. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Literature

#655 in Europe

#2069 in the World

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

31. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#658 in Europe

#2077 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

32. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Literature

#660 in Europe

#2084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

33. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#665 in Europe

#2128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

34. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Literature

#671 in Europe

#2153 in the World

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

35. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Literature

#672 in Europe

#2154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

36. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#678 in Europe

#2178 in the World

Founded: 1804

37. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Literature

#695 in Europe

#2241 in the World

Founded: 1876

38. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Literature

#699 in Europe

#2258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

39. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Literature

#710 in Europe

#2291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

40. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#716 in Europe

#2312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

41. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#717 in Europe

#2314 in the World

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

42. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Literature

#725 in Europe

#2338 in the World

Founded: 1930

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

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#732 in Europe

#2401 in the World

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

44. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Literature

#736 in Europe

#2413 in the World

Founded: 1967

45. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Literature

#737 in Europe

#2419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

46. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Literature

#746 in Europe

#2456 in the World

Founded: 1974

47. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#770 in Europe

#2591 in the World

Founded: 1992

48. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#777 in Europe

#2633 in the World

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

49. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Literature

#779 in Europe

#2639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

50. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Literature

#780 in Europe

#2640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

51. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Literature

#782 in Europe

#2647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

52. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Literature

#807 in Europe

#2789 in the World

Founded: 1971

53. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#818 in Europe

#2838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

54. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#822 in Europe

#2854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

55. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Literature

#832 in Europe

#2921 in the World

Founded: 1973

56. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Literature

#834 in Europe

#2941 in the World

Founded: 1976

57. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#840 in Europe

#3002 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

58. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Literature

#845 in Europe

#3023 in the World

Founded: 1980

59. Omsk State University

For Literature

#848 in Europe

#3047 in the World

Founded: 1974

60. Perm State University

For Literature

#866 in Europe

#3135 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

61. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Literature

#875 in Europe

#3167 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

62. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#879 in Europe

#3212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

63. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Literature

#881 in Europe

#3224 in the World

Founded: 1974

64. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Literature

#889 in Europe

#3282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

65. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Literature

#892 in Europe

#3302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

66. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#893 in Europe

#3305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

67. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Literature

#896 in Europe

#3315 in the World

Founded: 1934

68. Perm State Technical University

For Literature

#903 in Europe

#3354 in the World

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

69. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Literature

#905 in Europe

#3373 in the World

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

70. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#910 in Europe

#3396 in the World

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

71. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Literature

#916 in Europe

#3411 in the World

Founded: 1958

72. Omsk State Technical University

For Literature

#935 in Europe

#3527 in the World

Founded: 1942

73. Penza State University

For Literature

#942 in Europe

#3562 in the World

Founded: 1943

74. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Literature

#949 in Europe

#3624 in the World

Founded: 1930

75. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Literature

#950 in Europe

#3634 in the World

Founded: 1971

76. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Literature

#952 in Europe

#3643 in the World

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

77. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#953 in Europe

#3648 in the World

Founded: 1919

78. Orel State University

For Literature

#954 in Europe

#3650 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

79. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Literature

#957 in Europe

#3668 in the World

Founded: 1967

80. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Literature

#958 in Europe

#3682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

81. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Literature

#960 in Europe

#3688 in the World

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

82. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Literature

#961 in Europe

#3689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

83. Omsk State Pedagogical University

For Literature

#966 in Europe

#3717 in the World

Founded: 1932

84. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#967 in Europe

#3718 in the World

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

85. Kazan State Technological University

For Literature

#975 in Europe

#3788 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

86. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#982 in Europe

#3815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

87. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Literature

#984 in Europe

#3823 in the World

Founded: 1918

88. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Literature

#985 in Europe

#3828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

89. Tver State University

For Literature

#987 in Europe

#3839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

90. Moscow State Institute of Culture

Russia | Khimki

For Literature

#991 in Europe

#3876 in the World

Enrollment: 2,500
Founded: 1930

91. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Literature

#992 in Europe

#3879 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

92. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Literature

#995 in Europe

#3893 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

93. Kazan State Medical University

For Literature

#996 in Europe

#3896 in the World

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

94. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#999 in Europe

#3913 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

95. Kurgan State University

Russia | Kurgan

For Literature

#1003 in Europe

#3924 in the World

Founded: 1995

96. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#1007 in Europe

#3934 in the World

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

97. Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University

Russia | Volgograd

For Literature

#1009 in Europe

#3942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1931

98. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#1010 in Europe

#3943 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

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

For Literature

#1013 in Europe

#3955 in the World

Founded: 1932

100. Buryat State University

Russia | Ulan-Ude

For Literature

#1018 in Europe

#3999 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.