100 Best universities for Neuroscience 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 Neuroscience. A graph of 586K citations received by 71.3K academic papers made by 142 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 Neuroscience

#153 in Europe

#392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#254 in Europe

#676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#291 in Europe

#788 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

4. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#312 in Europe

#864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

5. Kazan Federal University

For Neuroscience

#351 in Europe

#1004 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#353 in Europe

#1008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

7. Tomsk State University

For Neuroscience

#432 in Europe

#1336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

8. Kazan State Medical University

For Neuroscience

#443 in Europe

#1374 in the World

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

9. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Neuroscience

#448 in Europe

#1402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

10. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Neuroscience

#449 in Europe

#1404 in the World

Founded: 1915

11. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#455 in Europe

#1417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

12. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Neuroscience

#459 in Europe

#1429 in the World

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

13. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#466 in Europe

#1478 in the World

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

14. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Neuroscience

#468 in Europe

#1481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

15. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#469 in Europe

#1482 in the World

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

16. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#494 in Europe

#1564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

17. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Neuroscience

#497 in Europe

#1574 in the World

Founded: 1909

18. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#583 in Europe

#1968 in the World

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

19. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#592 in Europe

#2007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

20. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Neuroscience

#593 in Europe

#2029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

21. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#621 in Europe

#2118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

22. Siberian State Medical University

For Neuroscience

#640 in Europe

#2253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

23. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Neuroscience

#646 in Europe

#2273 in the World

Founded: 1967

24. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Neuroscience

#668 in Europe

#2363 in the World

Founded: 1930

25. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Neuroscience

#674 in Europe

#2386 in the World

Founded: 1935

26. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Neuroscience

#684 in Europe

#2427 in the World

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

27. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#693 in Europe

#2487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

28. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#703 in Europe

#2513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

29. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Neuroscience

#705 in Europe

#2522 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

30. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#721 in Europe

#2600 in the World

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

31. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Neuroscience

#726 in Europe

#2649 in the World

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

32. Kursk State Medical University

For Neuroscience

#732 in Europe

#2677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

33. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Neuroscience

#742 in Europe

#2721 in the World

Founded: 1974

34. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Neuroscience

#755 in Europe

#2804 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

35. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Neuroscience

#757 in Europe

#2808 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

36. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Neuroscience

#761 in Europe

#2814 in the World

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

37. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Neuroscience

#764 in Europe

#2823 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

38. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#768 in Europe

#2861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

39. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Neuroscience

#770 in Europe

#2868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

40. Bashkir State University

For Neuroscience

#784 in Europe

#2954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

41. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Neuroscience

#787 in Europe

#2967 in the World

Founded: 1876

42. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Neuroscience

#791 in Europe

#2987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

43. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#796 in Europe

#3018 in the World

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

44. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#812 in Europe

#3116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

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

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#813 in Europe

#3120 in the World

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

46. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#814 in Europe

#3124 in the World

Founded: 1992

47. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Neuroscience

#822 in Europe

#3157 in the World

Founded: 1920

48. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Neuroscience

#827 in Europe

#3184 in the World

Founded: 1993

49. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Neuroscience

#832 in Europe

#3224 in the World

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

50. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Neuroscience

#835 in Europe

#3245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

51. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#837 in Europe

#3250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

52. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Neuroscience

#841 in Europe

#3281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

53. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Neuroscience

#846 in Europe

#3292 in the World

Founded: 1935

54. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#849 in Europe

#3304 in the World

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

55. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Neuroscience

#852 in Europe

#3310 in the World

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

56. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Neuroscience

#870 in Europe

#3428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

57. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Neuroscience

#872 in Europe

#3430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

58. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#881 in Europe

#3484 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

59. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Neuroscience

#889 in Europe

#3531 in the World

Founded: 1944

60. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Neuroscience

#895 in Europe

#3566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

61. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Neuroscience

#899 in Europe

#3588 in the World

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

62. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Neuroscience

#900 in Europe

#3590 in the World

Founded: 1980

63. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#905 in Europe

#3610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

64. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Neuroscience

#908 in Europe

#3620 in the World

Founded: 1988

65. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#909 in Europe

#3622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

66. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Neuroscience

#914 in Europe

#3645 in the World

Founded: 1930

67. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#915 in Europe

#3648 in the World

Founded: 1804

68. Penza State University

For Neuroscience

#925 in Europe

#3684 in the World

Founded: 1943

69. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Neuroscience

#926 in Europe

#3685 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

70. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Neuroscience

#928 in Europe

#3704 in the World

Founded: 1967

71. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Neuroscience

#942 in Europe

#3785 in the World

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

72. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Neuroscience

#944 in Europe

#3791 in the World

Founded: 1973

73. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Neuroscience

#945 in Europe

#3793 in the World

Founded: 1976

74. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Neuroscience

#948 in Europe

#3808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

75. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Neuroscience

#952 in Europe

#3822 in the World

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

76. Perm State University

For Neuroscience

#959 in Europe

#3865 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

77. Omsk State University

For Neuroscience

#961 in Europe

#3875 in the World

Founded: 1974

78. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Neuroscience

#967 in Europe

#3931 in the World

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

79. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Neuroscience

#981 in Europe

#4006 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

80. Omsk State Medical Academy

For Neuroscience

#989 in Europe

#4061 in the World

Founded: 1991

81. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#993 in Europe

#4083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

82. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Neuroscience

#994 in Europe

#4084 in the World

Founded: 1960

83. Orel State University

For Neuroscience

#1004 in Europe

#4170 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

84. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Neuroscience

#1010 in Europe

#4222 in the World

Founded: 1971

85. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Neuroscience

#1015 in Europe

#4279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

86. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#1023 in Europe

#4320 in the World

Founded: 1919

87. Kazan State Technological University

For Neuroscience

#1027 in Europe

#4341 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

88. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Neuroscience

#1034 in Europe

#4384 in the World

Founded: 1954

89. Perm State Technical University

For Neuroscience

#1041 in Europe

#4424 in the World

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

90. South-Western State University

For Neuroscience

#1045 in Europe

#4442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

91. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#1053 in Europe

#4487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

92. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Neuroscience

#1060 in Europe

#4529 in the World

Founded: 1971

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

For Neuroscience

#1069 in Europe

#4562 in the World

Founded: 1932

94. Tula State University

For Neuroscience

#1071 in Europe

#4566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

95. Buryat State University

Russia | Ulan-Ude

For Neuroscience

#1079 in Europe

#4611 in the World

Founded: 1932

96. Syktyvkar State University

Russia | Syktyvkar

For Neuroscience

#1084 in Europe

#4624 in the World

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

97. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#1106 in Europe

#4729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 1,500
Founded: 1966

98. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#1112 in Europe

#4768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

99. Kursk State University

For Neuroscience

#1114 in Europe

#4772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1934

100. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#1117 in Europe

#4795 in the World

Founded: 1896

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