100 Best universities for Botany 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 Botany. A graph of 678K citations received by 65.3K academic papers made by 149 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 Botany

#63 in Europe

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#229 in Europe

#661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Tomsk State University

For Botany

#352 in Europe

#1113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

4. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Botany

#422 in Europe

#1410 in the World

Founded: 1973

5. Kazan Federal University

For Botany

#434 in Europe

#1534 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#452 in Europe

#1633 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

7. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Botany

#460 in Europe

#1657 in the World

Founded: 1930

8. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Botany

#494 in Europe

#1853 in the World

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

9. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Botany

#496 in Europe

#1867 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

10. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#505 in Europe

#1911 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

11. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Botany

#514 in Europe

#1963 in the World

Founded: 1915

12. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#516 in Europe

#1981 in the World

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

13. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Botany

#517 in Europe

#1983 in the World

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

14. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Botany

#532 in Europe

#2076 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

15. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Botany

#534 in Europe

#2086 in the World

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

16. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Botany

#567 in Europe

#2248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

17. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#574 in Europe

#2307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

18. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Botany

#576 in Europe

#2316 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

19. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Botany

#584 in Europe

#2363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

20. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Botany

#591 in Europe

#2379 in the World

Founded: 1909

21. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Botany

#613 in Europe

#2492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

22. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#631 in Europe

#2598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

23. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#639 in Europe

#2624 in the World

Founded: 1865

24. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#642 in Europe

#2637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

25. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#669 in Europe

#2804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

26. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Botany

#693 in Europe

#2947 in the World

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

27. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Botany

#704 in Europe

#2995 in the World

Founded: 1876

28. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Botany

#706 in Europe

#3001 in the World

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

29. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Botany

#707 in Europe

#3020 in the World

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

30. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#711 in Europe

#3041 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

31. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Botany

#712 in Europe

#3044 in the World

Founded: 1967

32. Bashkir State University

For Botany

#715 in Europe

#3063 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

33. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#716 in Europe

#3068 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

34. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Botany

#717 in Europe

#3077 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

35. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Botany

#720 in Europe

#3102 in the World

Founded: 1974

36. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Botany

#726 in Europe

#3133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

37. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Botany

#728 in Europe

#3139 in the World

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

38. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#755 in Europe

#3290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

39. Perm State University

For Botany

#760 in Europe

#3333 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

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

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#761 in Europe

#3338 in the World

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

41. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#764 in Europe

#3365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

42. Omsk State Agrarian University n.a. P. A. Stolypin

For Botany

#768 in Europe

#3379 in the World

Founded: 1918

43. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#770 in Europe

#3381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

44. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Botany

#794 in Europe

#3526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

45. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#802 in Europe

#3561 in the World

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

46. Kaliningrad State Technical University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Botany

#823 in Europe

#3674 in the World

Founded: 1930

47. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#831 in Europe

#3714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

48. Kazan State Technological University

For Botany

#835 in Europe

#3726 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

49. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Botany

#837 in Europe

#3738 in the World

Founded: 1960

50. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Botany

#853 in Europe

#3813 in the World

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

51. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Botany

#856 in Europe

#3848 in the World

Founded: 1993

52. Penza State University

For Botany

#857 in Europe

#3849 in the World

Founded: 1943

53. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Botany

#858 in Europe

#3857 in the World

Founded: 1935

54. Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Botany

#860 in Europe

#3862 in the World

Founded: 1932

55. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#862 in Europe

#3886 in the World

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

56. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#866 in Europe

#3906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

57. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#867 in Europe

#3909 in the World

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

58. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#875 in Europe

#3937 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

59. Siberian State Medical University

For Botany

#882 in Europe

#3961 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

60. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Botany

#888 in Europe

#3978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

61. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Botany

#890 in Europe

#3997 in the World

Founded: 1971

62. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Botany

#892 in Europe

#4005 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

63. Kazan State Medical University

For Botany

#901 in Europe

#4057 in the World

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

64. Perm State Technical University

For Botany

#902 in Europe

#4058 in the World

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

65. Cherepovets State University

Russia | Cherepovets

For Botany

#911 in Europe

#4146 in the World

Founded: 1996

66. Orel State University

For Botany

#914 in Europe

#4153 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

67. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Botany

#916 in Europe

#4161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

68. Smolensk State University

Russia | Smolensk

For Botany

#927 in Europe

#4213 in the World

Founded: 1918

69. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Botany

#947 in Europe

#4345 in the World

Founded: 1971

70. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Botany

#948 in Europe

#4349 in the World

Founded: 1930

71. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Botany

#951 in Europe

#4356 in the World

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

72. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#954 in Europe

#4371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

73. Omsk State Pedagogical University

For Botany

#957 in Europe

#4395 in the World

Founded: 1932

74. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#963 in Europe

#4418 in the World

Founded: 1992

75. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Botany

#964 in Europe

#4431 in the World

Founded: 1980

76. Sakhalin State University

Russia | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

For Botany

#968 in Europe

#4457 in the World

Founded: 1949

77. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Botany

#969 in Europe

#4459 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

78. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Botany

#971 in Europe

#4461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

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

For Botany

#973 in Europe

#4465 in the World

Founded: 1932

80. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Botany

#976 in Europe

#4477 in the World

Founded: 1988

81. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Botany

#977 in Europe

#4479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

82. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Botany

#979 in Europe

#4499 in the World

Founded: 1938

83. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#980 in Europe

#4505 in the World

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

84. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Botany

#984 in Europe

#4525 in the World

Founded: 1935

85. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Botany

#985 in Europe

#4533 in the World

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

86. Tver State University

For Botany

#990 in Europe

#4564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

87. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Botany

#991 in Europe

#4580 in the World

Founded: 1918

88. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#994 in Europe

#4606 in the World

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

89. Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Botany

#995 in Europe

#4616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1942

90. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Botany

#999 in Europe

#4630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

91. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#1000 in Europe

#4644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

92. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Botany

#1003 in Europe

#4680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

93. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Botany

#1004 in Europe

#4685 in the World

Founded: 1976

94. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Botany

#1008 in Europe

#4697 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

95. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Botany

#1014 in Europe

#4716 in the World

Founded: 1967

96. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Botany

#1016 in Europe

#4727 in the World

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

97. Volga State University of Technology

Russia | Yoshkar-Ola

For Botany

#1019 in Europe

#4739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1932

98. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Botany

#1021 in Europe

#4750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

99. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Botany

#1025 in Europe

#4775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

100. Omsk State Technical University

For Botany

#1029 in Europe

#4801 in the World

Founded: 1942

The best cities to study Botany in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tomsk, and Barnaul.