100 Best universities for Genetics 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 Genetics. A graph of 2.47M citations received by 206K 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 Genetics

#105 in Europe

#296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#232 in Europe

#662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#286 in Europe

#821 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

4. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#358 in Europe

#1110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

5. Kazan Federal University

For Genetics

#360 in Europe

#1123 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Genetics

#385 in Europe

#1242 in the World

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

7. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#427 in Europe

#1405 in the World

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

8. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#438 in Europe

#1445 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

9. Tomsk State University

For Genetics

#466 in Europe

#1556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

10. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#467 in Europe

#1560 in the World

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

11. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#473 in Europe

#1593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

12. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#491 in Europe

#1699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

13. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Genetics

#494 in Europe

#1751 in the World

Founded: 1909

14. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Genetics

#504 in Europe

#1798 in the World

Founded: 1915

15. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#507 in Europe

#1822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

16. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Genetics

#512 in Europe

#1851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

17. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Genetics

#536 in Europe

#2008 in the World

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

18. Kazan State Medical University

For Genetics

#543 in Europe

#2061 in the World

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

19. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Genetics

#556 in Europe

#2126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

20. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Genetics

#563 in Europe

#2172 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

21. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#578 in Europe

#2230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

22. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#581 in Europe

#2238 in the World

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

23. Siberian State Medical University

For Genetics

#585 in Europe

#2260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

24. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Genetics

#589 in Europe

#2273 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

25. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Genetics

#590 in Europe

#2283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

26. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Genetics

#598 in Europe

#2363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

27. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Genetics

#635 in Europe

#2547 in the World

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

28. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Genetics

#668 in Europe

#2723 in the World

Founded: 1876

29. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#671 in Europe

#2735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

30. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Genetics

#675 in Europe

#2758 in the World

Founded: 1935

31. Kursk State Medical University

For Genetics

#689 in Europe

#2837 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

32. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Genetics

#692 in Europe

#2858 in the World

Founded: 1974

33. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Genetics

#695 in Europe

#2871 in the World

Founded: 1967

34. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Genetics

#702 in Europe

#2899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

35. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#710 in Europe

#2934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

36. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Genetics

#719 in Europe

#2970 in the World

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

37. Bashkir State University

For Genetics

#723 in Europe

#2981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

38. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Genetics

#728 in Europe

#3009 in the World

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

39. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#731 in Europe

#3017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

40. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Genetics

#737 in Europe

#3036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

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

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#738 in Europe

#3042 in the World

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

42. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Genetics

#751 in Europe

#3103 in the World

Founded: 1967

43. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Genetics

#753 in Europe

#3126 in the World

Founded: 1993

44. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#767 in Europe

#3214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

45. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Genetics

#774 in Europe

#3258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

46. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Genetics

#777 in Europe

#3271 in the World

Founded: 1935

47. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Genetics

#785 in Europe

#3310 in the World

Founded: 1920

48. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#786 in Europe

#3321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

49. Perm State University

For Genetics

#796 in Europe

#3419 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

50. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#797 in Europe

#3425 in the World

Founded: 1865

51. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#801 in Europe

#3445 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

52. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#811 in Europe

#3504 in the World

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

53. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Genetics

#813 in Europe

#3518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

54. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Genetics

#815 in Europe

#3526 in the World

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

55. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Genetics

#816 in Europe

#3533 in the World

Founded: 1944

56. Kazan State Technological University

For Genetics

#827 in Europe

#3615 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

57. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Genetics

#832 in Europe

#3640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

58. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Genetics

#838 in Europe

#3686 in the World

Founded: 1976

59. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Genetics

#840 in Europe

#3692 in the World

Founded: 1973

60. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Genetics

#845 in Europe

#3723 in the World

Founded: 1930

61. Omsk State Medical Academy

For Genetics

#848 in Europe

#3749 in the World

Founded: 1991

62. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Genetics

#853 in Europe

#3773 in the World

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

63. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Genetics

#856 in Europe

#3785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

64. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Genetics

#861 in Europe

#3807 in the World

Founded: 1988

65. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Genetics

#864 in Europe

#3830 in the World

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

66. Tula State University

For Genetics

#871 in Europe

#3845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

67. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#873 in Europe

#3871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

68. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#875 in Europe

#3873 in the World

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

69. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Genetics

#882 in Europe

#3894 in the World

Founded: 1992

70. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Genetics

#885 in Europe

#3908 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

71. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Genetics

#886 in Europe

#3913 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

72. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Genetics

#890 in Europe

#3920 in the World

Founded: 1954

73. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#907 in Europe

#4057 in the World

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

74. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Genetics

#909 in Europe

#4066 in the World

Founded: 1971

75. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#910 in Europe

#4071 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

76. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Genetics

#915 in Europe

#4095 in the World

Founded: 1971

77. Penza State University

For Genetics

#917 in Europe

#4101 in the World

Founded: 1943

78. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Genetics

#922 in Europe

#4138 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

79. Perm State Technical University

For Genetics

#923 in Europe

#4144 in the World

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

80. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Genetics

#930 in Europe

#4197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

81. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Genetics

#936 in Europe

#4233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

82. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Genetics

#950 in Europe

#4308 in the World

Founded: 1974

83. Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology

Russia | Ivanovo

For Genetics

#951 in Europe

#4309 in the World

Founded: 1918

84. Orel State University

For Genetics

#952 in Europe

#4313 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

85. Tver State University

For Genetics

#962 in Europe

#4359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

86. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Genetics

#963 in Europe

#4362 in the World

Founded: 1980

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

For Genetics

#970 in Europe

#4391 in the World

Founded: 1932

88. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Genetics

#984 in Europe

#4500 in the World

Founded: 1930

89. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Genetics

#985 in Europe

#4501 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

90. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Genetics

#987 in Europe

#4507 in the World

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

91. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#993 in Europe

#4542 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

92. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Genetics

#995 in Europe

#4546 in the World

Founded: 1960

93. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Genetics

#1005 in Europe

#4580 in the World

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

94. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Genetics

#1009 in Europe

#4586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

95. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Genetics

#1010 in Europe

#4591 in the World

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

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

For Genetics

#1040 in Europe

#4734 in the World

Founded: 1918

97. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Genetics

#1041 in Europe

#4736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

98. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Genetics

#1042 in Europe

#4738 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

99. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Genetics

#1043 in Europe

#4741 in the World

Founded: 1958

100. Syktyvkar State University

Russia | Syktyvkar

For Genetics

#1048 in Europe

#4783 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.