100 Best universities for Genetics 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 Genetics. A graph of 2.25M citations received by 199K academic papers made by 160 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 Genetics

#106 in Europe

#295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#233 in Europe

#668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#300 in Europe

#861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

4. Kazan Federal University

For Genetics

#364 in Europe

#1132 in the World

Founded: 1804

5. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#368 in Europe

#1156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

6. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Genetics

#386 in Europe

#1235 in the World

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

7. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#439 in Europe

#1443 in the World

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

8. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#441 in Europe

#1455 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

9. Tomsk State University

For Genetics

#465 in Europe

#1546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

10. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#468 in Europe

#1558 in the World

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

11. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#476 in Europe

#1603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

12. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Genetics

#494 in Europe

#1724 in the World

Founded: 1909

13. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#495 in Europe

#1732 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

14. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Genetics

#504 in Europe

#1796 in the World

Founded: 1915

15. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#509 in Europe

#1817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

16. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Genetics

#515 in Europe

#1865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

17. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Genetics

#534 in Europe

#1986 in the World

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

18. Kazan State Medical University

For Genetics

#542 in Europe

#2049 in the World

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

19. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Genetics

#560 in Europe

#2147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

20. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Genetics

#566 in Europe

#2173 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

21. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#580 in Europe

#2220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

22. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#585 in Europe

#2268 in the World

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

23. Siberian State Medical University

For Genetics

#586 in Europe

#2271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

24. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Genetics

#587 in Europe

#2276 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

25. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Genetics

#588 in Europe

#2280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

26. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Genetics

#604 in Europe

#2351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

27. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Genetics

#639 in Europe

#2560 in the World

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

28. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#666 in Europe

#2710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

29. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Genetics

#669 in Europe

#2722 in the World

Founded: 1876

30. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Genetics

#671 in Europe

#2742 in the World

Founded: 1935

31. Kursk State Medical University

For Genetics

#687 in Europe

#2832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

32. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#703 in Europe

#2884 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

33. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Genetics

#706 in Europe

#2913 in the World

Founded: 1974

34. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Genetics

#708 in Europe

#2925 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Genetics

#709 in Europe

#2930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

36. Bashkir State University

For Genetics

#717 in Europe

#2957 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

37. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#722 in Europe

#2981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

38. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Genetics

#727 in Europe

#2993 in the World

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

39. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Genetics

#729 in Europe

#3006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

40. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Genetics

#734 in Europe

#3026 in the World

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

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

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#735 in Europe

#3036 in the World

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

42. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Genetics

#744 in Europe

#3072 in the World

Founded: 1967

43. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Genetics

#752 in Europe

#3095 in the World

Founded: 1993

44. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Genetics

#771 in Europe

#3221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

45. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#775 in Europe

#3253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

46. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Genetics

#780 in Europe

#3282 in the World

Founded: 1935

47. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#787 in Europe

#3318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

48. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Genetics

#789 in Europe

#3329 in the World

Founded: 1920

49. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#793 in Europe

#3386 in the World

Founded: 1865

50. Perm State University

For Genetics

#794 in Europe

#3388 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

51. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#799 in Europe

#3404 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

52. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#808 in Europe

#3479 in the World

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

53. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Genetics

#812 in Europe

#3500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

54. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Genetics

#816 in Europe

#3535 in the World

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

55. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Genetics

#821 in Europe

#3569 in the World

Founded: 1944

56. Kazan State Technological University

For Genetics

#826 in Europe

#3592 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

57. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Genetics

#835 in Europe

#3657 in the World

Founded: 1973

58. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Genetics

#837 in Europe

#3663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

59. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Genetics

#841 in Europe

#3691 in the World

Founded: 1976

60. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Genetics

#848 in Europe

#3750 in the World

Founded: 1930

61. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#849 in Europe

#3756 in the World

Founded: 1992

62. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Genetics

#852 in Europe

#3778 in the World

Founded: 1988

63. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Genetics

#854 in Europe

#3791 in the World

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

64. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Genetics

#863 in Europe

#3822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

65. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Genetics

#864 in Europe

#3824 in the World

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

66. Omsk State Medical Academy

For Genetics

#865 in Europe

#3825 in the World

Founded: 1991

67. Tula State University

For Genetics

#872 in Europe

#3879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

68. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Genetics

#873 in Europe

#3883 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

69. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Genetics

#881 in Europe

#3917 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

70. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#883 in Europe

#3926 in the World

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

71. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Genetics

#885 in Europe

#3936 in the World

Founded: 1954

72. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#893 in Europe

#3974 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

73. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#904 in Europe

#4055 in the World

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

74. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#905 in Europe

#4056 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

75. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Genetics

#906 in Europe

#4058 in the World

Founded: 1971

76. Penza State University

For Genetics

#912 in Europe

#4089 in the World

Founded: 1943

77. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Genetics

#916 in Europe

#4103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

78. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Genetics

#918 in Europe

#4107 in the World

Founded: 1971

79. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Genetics

#919 in Europe

#4111 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

80. Perm State Technical University

For Genetics

#923 in Europe

#4142 in the World

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

81. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Genetics

#927 in Europe

#4169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

82. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Genetics

#943 in Europe

#4269 in the World

Founded: 1974

83. Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology

Russia | Ivanovo

For Genetics

#947 in Europe

#4282 in the World

Founded: 1918

84. Tver State University

For Genetics

#948 in Europe

#4304 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

85. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Genetics

#951 in Europe

#4315 in the World

Founded: 1980

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

For Genetics

#966 in Europe

#4374 in the World

Founded: 1932

87. Orel State University

For Genetics

#973 in Europe

#4414 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

88. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Genetics

#979 in Europe

#4447 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

89. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Genetics

#980 in Europe

#4449 in the World

Founded: 1930

90. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Genetics

#991 in Europe

#4526 in the World

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

91. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Genetics

#995 in Europe

#4539 in the World

Founded: 1960

92. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Genetics

#998 in Europe

#4555 in the World

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

93. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#999 in Europe

#4559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

94. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Genetics

#1002 in Europe

#4563 in the World

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

95. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Genetics

#1008 in Europe

#4591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

96. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Genetics

#1030 in Europe

#4689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

97. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Genetics

#1036 in Europe

#4735 in the World

Founded: 1958

98. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#1042 in Europe

#4750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

99. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#1044 in Europe

#4764 in the World

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

100. Syktyvkar State University

Russia | Syktyvkar

For Genetics

#1047 in Europe

#4770 in the World

Enrollment: 8,630
Male:Female: 32:68
Founded: 1972

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