100 Best universities for Biochemistry 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 Biochemistry. A graph of 3.17M citations received by 245K academic papers made by 162 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

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#216 in Europe

#603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#342 in Europe

#1053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

4. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Biochemistry

#344 in Europe

#1057 in the World

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

5. Kazan Federal University

For Biochemistry

#352 in Europe

#1089 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#423 in Europe

#1386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

7. Tomsk State University

For Biochemistry

#430 in Europe

#1417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

8. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#436 in Europe

#1450 in the World

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

9. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Biochemistry

#460 in Europe

#1552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

10. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Biochemistry

#466 in Europe

#1570 in the World

Founded: 1915

11. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#480 in Europe

#1622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

12. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#494 in Europe

#1712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

13. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Biochemistry

#519 in Europe

#1888 in the World

Founded: 1909

14. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#521 in Europe

#1898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

15. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Biochemistry

#522 in Europe

#1899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

16. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#524 in Europe

#1926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

17. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Biochemistry

#537 in Europe

#1982 in the World

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

18. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Biochemistry

#541 in Europe

#2017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

19. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#549 in Europe

#2075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

20. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#551 in Europe

#2082 in the World

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

21. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#574 in Europe

#2252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

22. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Biochemistry

#575 in Europe

#2256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

23. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Biochemistry

#578 in Europe

#2273 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

24. Kazan State Technological University

For Biochemistry

#581 in Europe

#2300 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

25. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Biochemistry

#596 in Europe

#2355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

26. Kazan State Medical University

For Biochemistry

#599 in Europe

#2375 in the World

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

27. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Biochemistry

#614 in Europe

#2444 in the World

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

28. Siberian State Medical University

For Biochemistry

#619 in Europe

#2482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

29. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Biochemistry

#627 in Europe

#2546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

30. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Biochemistry

#636 in Europe

#2590 in the World

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

31. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Biochemistry

#645 in Europe

#2621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

32. Perm State University

For Biochemistry

#651 in Europe

#2660 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

33. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#656 in Europe

#2673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

34. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#661 in Europe

#2712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

35. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Biochemistry

#666 in Europe

#2749 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

36. Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology

Russia | Ivanovo

For Biochemistry

#668 in Europe

#2752 in the World

Founded: 1918

37. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#669 in Europe

#2753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

38. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Biochemistry

#672 in Europe

#2770 in the World

Founded: 1876

39. Bashkir State University

For Biochemistry

#676 in Europe

#2784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

40. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Biochemistry

#678 in Europe

#2792 in the World

Founded: 1974

41. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#685 in Europe

#2842 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

42. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Biochemistry

#695 in Europe

#2911 in the World

Founded: 1967

43. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Biochemistry

#696 in Europe

#2912 in the World

Founded: 1967

44. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#701 in Europe

#2933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

45. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Biochemistry

#705 in Europe

#2949 in the World

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

46. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#710 in Europe

#2967 in the World

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

47. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Biochemistry

#711 in Europe

#2970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

48. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Biochemistry

#717 in Europe

#2989 in the World

Founded: 1935

49. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Biochemistry

#719 in Europe

#2993 in the World

Founded: 1993

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

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#722 in Europe

#3011 in the World

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

51. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Biochemistry

#723 in Europe

#3017 in the World

Founded: 1974

52. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Biochemistry

#742 in Europe

#3123 in the World

Founded: 1971

53. Kursk State Medical University

For Biochemistry

#744 in Europe

#3134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

54. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Biochemistry

#751 in Europe

#3206 in the World

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

55. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Biochemistry

#762 in Europe

#3251 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

56. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Biochemistry

#786 in Europe

#3407 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

57. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#791 in Europe

#3426 in the World

Founded: 1865

58. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#803 in Europe

#3491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

59. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#804 in Europe

#3495 in the World

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

60. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#811 in Europe

#3526 in the World

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

61. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Biochemistry

#815 in Europe

#3537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

62. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Biochemistry

#817 in Europe

#3541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

63. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Biochemistry

#819 in Europe

#3553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

64. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Biochemistry

#821 in Europe

#3560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

65. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Biochemistry

#839 in Europe

#3673 in the World

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

66. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Biochemistry

#840 in Europe

#3675 in the World

Founded: 1935

67. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Biochemistry

#845 in Europe

#3707 in the World

Founded: 1973

68. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Biochemistry

#858 in Europe

#3770 in the World

Founded: 1930

69. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Biochemistry

#860 in Europe

#3775 in the World

Founded: 1918

70. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Biochemistry

#862 in Europe

#3782 in the World

Founded: 1920

71. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#866 in Europe

#3793 in the World

Founded: 1992

72. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Biochemistry

#868 in Europe

#3824 in the World

Founded: 1976

73. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Biochemistry

#869 in Europe

#3836 in the World

Founded: 1944

74. Tver State University

For Biochemistry

#879 in Europe

#3881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

75. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Biochemistry

#884 in Europe

#3915 in the World

Founded: 1930

76. Tula State University

For Biochemistry

#885 in Europe

#3922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

77. Perm State Technical University

For Biochemistry

#892 in Europe

#3971 in the World

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

78. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Biochemistry

#900 in Europe

#4021 in the World

Founded: 1971

79. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Biochemistry

#901 in Europe

#4033 in the World

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

80. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Biochemistry

#904 in Europe

#4041 in the World

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

81. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Biochemistry

#905 in Europe

#4042 in the World

Founded: 1988

82. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Biochemistry

#908 in Europe

#4051 in the World

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

83. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Biochemistry

#924 in Europe

#4164 in the World

Founded: 1958

84. Omsk State University

For Biochemistry

#926 in Europe

#4168 in the World

Founded: 1974

85. Omsk State Technical University

For Biochemistry

#935 in Europe

#4205 in the World

Founded: 1942

86. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#937 in Europe

#4210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

87. Penza State University

For Biochemistry

#944 in Europe

#4274 in the World

Founded: 1943

88. Orel State University

For Biochemistry

#948 in Europe

#4298 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

89. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Biochemistry

#949 in Europe

#4300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

90. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Biochemistry

#950 in Europe

#4307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

91. Omsk State Medical Academy

For Biochemistry

#958 in Europe

#4363 in the World

Founded: 1991

92. Murmansk State Technical University

Russia | Murmansk

For Biochemistry

#964 in Europe

#4401 in the World

Founded: 1950

93. Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Biochemistry

#965 in Europe

#4402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1942

94. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Biochemistry

#976 in Europe

#4449 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

95. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Biochemistry

#988 in Europe

#4501 in the World

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

96. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Biochemistry

#994 in Europe

#4521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

97. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Biochemistry

#996 in Europe

#4530 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

98. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#1000 in Europe

#4556 in the World

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

99. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Biochemistry

#1006 in Europe

#4590 in the World

Founded: 1954

100. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#1007 in Europe

#4592 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

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