100 Best universities for Biochemistry 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 Biochemistry. A graph of 2.91M citations received by 238K academic papers made by 161 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.

1. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#79 in Europe

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#217 in Europe

#609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Biochemistry

#344 in Europe

#1056 in the World

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

4. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#355 in Europe

#1089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

5. Kazan Federal University

For Biochemistry

#357 in Europe

#1097 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Tomsk State University

For Biochemistry

#430 in Europe

#1415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

7. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#432 in Europe

#1427 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

8. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#447 in Europe

#1482 in the World

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

9. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Biochemistry

#466 in Europe

#1561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

10. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Biochemistry

#469 in Europe

#1566 in the World

Founded: 1915

11. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#485 in Europe

#1642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

12. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#501 in Europe

#1745 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

13. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Biochemistry

#517 in Europe

#1874 in the World

Founded: 1909

14. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Biochemistry

#522 in Europe

#1891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

15. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#523 in Europe

#1894 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

16. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#530 in Europe

#1935 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

17. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Biochemistry

#534 in Europe

#1968 in the World

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

18. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Biochemistry

#544 in Europe

#2026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

19. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#548 in Europe

#2050 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

20. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#552 in Europe

#2076 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1897

21. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Biochemistry

#568 in Europe

#2212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

22. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#570 in Europe

#2225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

23. Kazan State Technological University

For Biochemistry

#583 in Europe

#2277 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

24. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Biochemistry

#584 in Europe

#2282 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

25. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Biochemistry

#597 in Europe

#2360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

26. Kazan State Medical University

For Biochemistry

#599 in Europe

#2378 in the World

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

27. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Biochemistry

#613 in Europe

#2454 in the World

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

28. Siberian State Medical University

For Biochemistry

#618 in Europe

#2481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

29. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Biochemistry

#622 in Europe

#2525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

30. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Biochemistry

#633 in Europe

#2576 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

31. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Biochemistry

#640 in Europe

#2602 in the World

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

32. Perm State University

For Biochemistry

#650 in Europe

#2632 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

33. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#654 in Europe

#2645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

34. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#660 in Europe

#2701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

35. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#664 in Europe

#2715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

36. Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology

Russia | Ivanovo

For Biochemistry

#667 in Europe

#2728 in the World

Founded: 1918

37. Bashkir State University

For Biochemistry

#668 in Europe

#2738 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

38. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Biochemistry

#670 in Europe

#2758 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

39. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Biochemistry

#673 in Europe

#2775 in the World

Founded: 1876

40. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Biochemistry

#682 in Europe

#2829 in the World

Founded: 1974

41. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#687 in Europe

#2850 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

42. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Biochemistry

#692 in Europe

#2872 in the World

Founded: 1967

43. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#703 in Europe

#2925 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

44. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Biochemistry

#705 in Europe

#2942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

45. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Biochemistry

#707 in Europe

#2947 in the World

Founded: 1993

46. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Biochemistry

#708 in Europe

#2956 in the World

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

47. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Biochemistry

#709 in Europe

#2958 in the World

Founded: 1974

48. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Biochemistry

#710 in Europe

#2959 in the World

Founded: 1967

49. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Biochemistry

#720 in Europe

#2993 in the World

Founded: 1935

50. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#724 in Europe

#3012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1925

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

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#726 in Europe

#3019 in the World

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

52. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Biochemistry

#741 in Europe

#3129 in the World

Founded: 1971

53. Kursk State Medical University

For Biochemistry

#743 in Europe

#3132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

54. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Biochemistry

#749 in Europe

#3176 in the World

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

55. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Biochemistry

#755 in Europe

#3229 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

56. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Biochemistry

#789 in Europe

#3398 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

57. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#790 in Europe

#3402 in the World

Founded: 1865

58. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#808 in Europe

#3511 in the World

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

59. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#809 in Europe

#3517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

60. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#811 in Europe

#3527 in the World

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

61. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Biochemistry

#812 in Europe

#3528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

62. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Biochemistry

#817 in Europe

#3558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

63. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Biochemistry

#823 in Europe

#3567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

64. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Biochemistry

#827 in Europe

#3602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

65. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#839 in Europe

#3676 in the World

Founded: 1992

66. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Biochemistry

#847 in Europe

#3697 in the World

Founded: 1973

67. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Biochemistry

#848 in Europe

#3704 in the World

Founded: 1935

68. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Biochemistry

#850 in Europe

#3707 in the World

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

69. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Biochemistry

#858 in Europe

#3753 in the World

Founded: 1918

70. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Biochemistry

#868 in Europe

#3810 in the World

Founded: 1920

71. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Biochemistry

#869 in Europe

#3813 in the World

Founded: 1930

72. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Biochemistry

#871 in Europe

#3821 in the World

Founded: 1976

73. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Biochemistry

#872 in Europe

#3833 in the World

Founded: 1944

74. Tver State University

For Biochemistry

#873 in Europe

#3837 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

75. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Biochemistry

#877 in Europe

#3872 in the World

Founded: 1930

76. Tula State University

For Biochemistry

#885 in Europe

#3910 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

77. Perm State Technical University

For Biochemistry

#895 in Europe

#3967 in the World

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

78. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Biochemistry

#899 in Europe

#4008 in the World

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

79. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Biochemistry

#901 in Europe

#4016 in the World

Founded: 1988

80. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Biochemistry

#904 in Europe

#4032 in the World

Founded: 1971

81. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Biochemistry

#905 in Europe

#4035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1958

82. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Biochemistry

#909 in Europe

#4047 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1918

83. Omsk State University

For Biochemistry

#919 in Europe

#4119 in the World

Founded: 1974

84. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Biochemistry

#924 in Europe

#4157 in the World

Founded: 1958

85. Omsk State Technical University

For Biochemistry

#928 in Europe

#4183 in the World

Founded: 1942

86. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Biochemistry

#933 in Europe

#4201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

87. Penza State University

For Biochemistry

#942 in Europe

#4264 in the World

Founded: 1943

88. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#953 in Europe

#4331 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

89. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#957 in Europe

#4353 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

90. Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Biochemistry

#959 in Europe

#4359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1942

91. Orel State University

For Biochemistry

#962 in Europe

#4370 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

92. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Biochemistry

#968 in Europe

#4422 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

93. Omsk State Medical Academy

For Biochemistry

#970 in Europe

#4427 in the World

Founded: 1991

94. Murmansk State Technical University

Russia | Murmansk

For Biochemistry

#975 in Europe

#4438 in the World

Founded: 1950

95. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Biochemistry

#989 in Europe

#4509 in the World

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

96. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Biochemistry

#995 in Europe

#4548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

97. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Biochemistry

#997 in Europe

#4561 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

98. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Biochemistry

#999 in Europe

#4567 in the World

Founded: 1980

99. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#1002 in Europe

#4579 in the World

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

100. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Biochemistry

#1003 in Europe

#4585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1922

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