93 Best universities for Literature in Russia

Updated: July 18, 2023

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Literature. A graph of 5.73M citations received by 912K academic papers made by 93 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

#83 in Europe

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#151 in Europe

#383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#189 in Europe

#475 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Literature

#343 in Europe

#883 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1942

5. Kazan Federal University

For Literature

#355 in Europe

#922 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Literature

#402 in Europe

#1074 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 7,131
Founded: 1959

7. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#426 in Europe

#1159 in the World

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

8. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Literature

#430 in Europe

#1172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1915

9. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Literature

#446 in Europe

#1216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1920

10. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#470 in Europe

#1298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

11. Tomsk State University

For Literature

#474 in Europe

#1321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1878

12. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Literature

#501 in Europe

#1410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

13. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#516 in Europe

#1486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1946

14. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#531 in Europe

#1549 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

15. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#535 in Europe

#1573 in the World

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

16. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Literature

#545 in Europe

#1624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1902

17. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#553 in Europe

#1670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1899

18. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Literature

#566 in Europe

#1740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 1918

19. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#567 in Europe

#1741 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

20. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#569 in Europe

#1758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

21. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Literature

#589 in Europe

#1874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

22. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Literature

#597 in Europe

#1894 in the World

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

23. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#601 in Europe

#1906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

24. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#614 in Europe

#1942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1906

25. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#618 in Europe

#1955 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

26. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Literature

#630 in Europe

#2056 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

27. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#641 in Europe

#2086 in the World

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

28. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Literature

#647 in Europe

#2105 in the World

Founded: 1909

29. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Literature

#656 in Europe

#2122 in the World

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

30. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#658 in Europe

#2143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

31. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Literature

#682 in Europe

#2260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

32. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Literature

#686 in Europe

#2277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

33. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#692 in Europe

#2307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

34. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#698 in Europe

#2362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

35. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#703 in Europe

#2389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1930

36. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Literature

#711 in Europe

#2427 in the World

Founded: 1876

37. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Literature

#717 in Europe

#2462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

38. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#720 in Europe

#2471 in the World

Founded: 1804

39. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Literature

#729 in Europe

#2532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

40. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Literature

#744 in Europe

#2601 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

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

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#753 in Europe

#2630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 17,519
Founded: 1930

42. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Literature

#754 in Europe

#2654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1950

43. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Literature

#788 in Europe

#2860 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

44. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Literature

#791 in Europe

#2898 in the World

Founded: 1993

45. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Literature

#794 in Europe

#2907 in the World

Founded: 1930

46. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Literature

#795 in Europe

#2911 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1931

47. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Literature

#809 in Europe

#2947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1971

48. Bashkir State University

For Literature

#816 in Europe

#2980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

49. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#819 in Europe

#3003 in the World

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

50. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Literature

#821 in Europe

#3012 in the World

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

51. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Literature

#825 in Europe

#3029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1918

52. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#844 in Europe

#3151 in the World

Founded: 1992

53. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#846 in Europe

#3164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1828

54. Kazan State Technological University

For Literature

#861 in Europe

#3230 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

55. Perm State University

For Literature

#863 in Europe

#3243 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

56. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Literature

#864 in Europe

#3248 in the World

Founded: 1973

57. Omsk State University

For Literature

#866 in Europe

#3266 in the World

Founded: 1974

58. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Literature

#869 in Europe

#3274 in the World

Founded: 1974

59. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#870 in Europe

#3278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

60. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Literature

#874 in Europe

#3291 in the World

Founded: 1976

61. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#879 in Europe

#3332 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

62. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Literature

#881 in Europe

#3339 in the World

Founded: 1934

63. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Literature

#887 in Europe

#3386 in the World

Founded: 1967

64. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Literature

#889 in Europe

#3391 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

65. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#892 in Europe

#3408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

66. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Literature

#896 in Europe

#3427 in the World

Founded: 1974

67. Penza State University

For Literature

#901 in Europe

#3445 in the World

Founded: 1943

68. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Literature

#902 in Europe

#3446 in the World

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

69. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Literature

#912 in Europe

#3498 in the World

Founded: 1930

70. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Literature

#913 in Europe

#3500 in the World

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

71. Tver State University

For Literature

#915 in Europe

#3517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1870

72. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#916 in Europe

#3526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

73. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Literature

#919 in Europe

#3542 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

74. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Literature

#927 in Europe

#3582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

75. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Literature

#928 in Europe

#3586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

76. Perm State Technical University

For Literature

#930 in Europe

#3603 in the World

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

77. Moscow State Institute of Culture

Russia | Khimki

For Literature

#931 in Europe

#3616 in the World

Enrollment: 2,500
Founded: 1930

78. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Literature

#932 in Europe

#3618 in the World

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

79. Omsk State Technical University

For Literature

#933 in Europe

#3636 in the World

Founded: 1942

80. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#935 in Europe

#3641 in the World

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

81. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#936 in Europe

#3643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

82. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Literature

#937 in Europe

#3644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

83. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Literature

#938 in Europe

#3647 in the World

Founded: 1980

84. Buryat State University

Russia | Ulan-Ude

For Literature

#940 in Europe

#3656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1932

85. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Literature

#941 in Europe

#3664 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

86. Kazan State Medical University

For Literature

#942 in Europe

#3667 in the World

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

87. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Literature

#943 in Europe

#3673 in the World

Founded: 1971

88. St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#945 in Europe

#3679 in the World

Founded: 1832

89. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#946 in Europe

#3681 in the World

Founded: 1919

90. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#949 in Europe

#3687 in the World

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

91. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Literature

#957 in Europe

#3725 in the World

Founded: 1967

92. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Literature

#959 in Europe

#3734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1930

93. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Literature

#961 in Europe

#3739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

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