100 Best universities for Botany 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 Botany. A graph of 739K citations received by 67.2K academic papers made by 150 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

#61 in Europe

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#229 in Europe

#657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Tomsk State University

For Botany

#351 in Europe

#1113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

4. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Botany

#423 in Europe

#1443 in the World

Founded: 1973

5. Kazan Federal University

For Botany

#432 in Europe

#1520 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#449 in Europe

#1609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

7. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Botany

#461 in Europe

#1669 in the World

Founded: 1930

8. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Botany

#495 in Europe

#1863 in the World

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

9. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Botany

#497 in Europe

#1875 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

10. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#502 in Europe

#1904 in the World

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

11. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#503 in Europe

#1909 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

12. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Botany

#512 in Europe

#1949 in the World

Founded: 1915

13. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Botany

#515 in Europe

#1968 in the World

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

14. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Botany

#530 in Europe

#2053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

15. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Botany

#537 in Europe

#2096 in the World

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

16. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Botany

#569 in Europe

#2268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

17. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#577 in Europe

#2295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

18. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Botany

#581 in Europe

#2325 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

19. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Botany

#584 in Europe

#2342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

20. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Botany

#596 in Europe

#2405 in the World

Founded: 1909

21. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Botany

#616 in Europe

#2501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

22. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#624 in Europe

#2572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

23. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#632 in Europe

#2613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

24. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#641 in Europe

#2631 in the World

Founded: 1865

25. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#669 in Europe

#2793 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

26. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Botany

#692 in Europe

#2954 in the World

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

27. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Botany

#697 in Europe

#2973 in the World

Founded: 1967

28. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Botany

#699 in Europe

#2984 in the World

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

29. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Botany

#708 in Europe

#3023 in the World

Founded: 1876

30. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Botany

#714 in Europe

#3049 in the World

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

31. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#715 in Europe

#3055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

32. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Botany

#716 in Europe

#3084 in the World

Founded: 1974

33. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#718 in Europe

#3088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

34. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Botany

#720 in Europe

#3092 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

35. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Botany

#722 in Europe

#3100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

36. Bashkir State University

For Botany

#723 in Europe

#3104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

37. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Botany

#725 in Europe

#3115 in the World

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

38. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#759 in Europe

#3314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

39. Perm State University

For Botany

#762 in Europe

#3354 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

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

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#763 in Europe

#3355 in the World

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

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

For Botany

#765 in Europe

#3363 in the World

Founded: 1918

42. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#767 in Europe

#3376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

43. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#777 in Europe

#3415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

44. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Botany

#796 in Europe

#3535 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

45. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#797 in Europe

#3551 in the World

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

46. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#811 in Europe

#3606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

47. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Botany

#828 in Europe

#3697 in the World

Founded: 1960

48. Kaliningrad State Technical University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Botany

#832 in Europe

#3710 in the World

Founded: 1930

49. Kazan State Technological University

For Botany

#835 in Europe

#3728 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

50. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Botany

#847 in Europe

#3797 in the World

Founded: 1935

51. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Botany

#854 in Europe

#3835 in the World

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

52. Penza State University

For Botany

#858 in Europe

#3858 in the World

Founded: 1943

53. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#860 in Europe

#3867 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

54. Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Botany

#861 in Europe

#3869 in the World

Founded: 1932

55. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Botany

#863 in Europe

#3887 in the World

Founded: 1993

56. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#865 in Europe

#3890 in the World

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

57. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#870 in Europe

#3920 in the World

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

58. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Botany

#875 in Europe

#3933 in the World

Founded: 1971

59. Siberian State Medical University

For Botany

#883 in Europe

#3978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

60. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#884 in Europe

#3982 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

61. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Botany

#887 in Europe

#3997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

62. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Botany

#896 in Europe

#4046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

63. Perm State Technical University

For Botany

#897 in Europe

#4053 in the World

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

64. Kazan State Medical University

For Botany

#901 in Europe

#4072 in the World

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

65. Orel State University

For Botany

#911 in Europe

#4140 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

66. Cherepovets State University

Russia | Cherepovets

For Botany

#913 in Europe

#4145 in the World

Founded: 1996

67. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Botany

#921 in Europe

#4186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

68. Smolensk State University

Russia | Smolensk

For Botany

#931 in Europe

#4219 in the World

Founded: 1918

69. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Botany

#941 in Europe

#4319 in the World

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

70. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Botany

#942 in Europe

#4324 in the World

Founded: 1930

71. Omsk State Pedagogical University

For Botany

#947 in Europe

#4353 in the World

Founded: 1932

72. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Botany

#949 in Europe

#4355 in the World

Founded: 1971

73. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#950 in Europe

#4358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

74. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Botany

#960 in Europe

#4402 in the World

Founded: 1980

75. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Botany

#965 in Europe

#4438 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

76. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Botany

#966 in Europe

#4439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

77. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#967 in Europe

#4441 in the World

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

78. Sakhalin State University

Russia | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

For Botany

#974 in Europe

#4475 in the World

Founded: 1949

79. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Botany

#975 in Europe

#4481 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

80. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Botany

#976 in Europe

#4487 in the World

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

81. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Botany

#978 in Europe

#4503 in the World

Founded: 1938

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

For Botany

#981 in Europe

#4510 in the World

Founded: 1932

83. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#982 in Europe

#4521 in the World

Founded: 1992

84. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Botany

#984 in Europe

#4527 in the World

Founded: 1988

85. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Botany

#985 in Europe

#4535 in the World

Founded: 1935

86. Tver State University

For Botany

#986 in Europe

#4563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

87. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#992 in Europe

#4600 in the World

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

88. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Botany

#993 in Europe

#4603 in the World

Founded: 1918

89. Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Botany

#998 in Europe

#4645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1942

90. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#999 in Europe

#4648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

91. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Botany

#1004 in Europe

#4663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

92. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Botany

#1009 in Europe

#4678 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

93. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Botany

#1012 in Europe

#4708 in the World

Founded: 1976

94. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Botany

#1013 in Europe

#4709 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

95. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Botany

#1015 in Europe

#4731 in the World

Founded: 1967

96. Volga State University of Technology

Russia | Yoshkar-Ola

For Botany

#1020 in Europe

#4761 in the World

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

97. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Botany

#1021 in Europe

#4765 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

98. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Botany

#1022 in Europe

#4766 in the World

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

99. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Botany

#1028 in Europe

#4791 in the World

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

100. Omsk State University

For Botany

#1029 in Europe

#4798 in the World

Founded: 1974

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