100 Best universities for Neuroscience in Russia

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Neuroscience. A graph of 383K citations received by 58.3K academic papers made by 131 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

#157 in Europe

#393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#271 in Europe

#721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#315 in Europe

#864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

4. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#335 in Europe

#953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

5. Kazan Federal University

For Neuroscience

#361 in Europe

#1039 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#362 in Europe

#1040 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

7. Kazan State Medical University

For Neuroscience

#442 in Europe

#1334 in the World

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

8. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Neuroscience

#443 in Europe

#1349 in the World

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

9. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Neuroscience

#444 in Europe

#1353 in the World

Founded: 1915

10. Tomsk State University

For Neuroscience

#459 in Europe

#1397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

11. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#460 in Europe

#1399 in the World

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

12. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#463 in Europe

#1409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

13. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Neuroscience

#479 in Europe

#1465 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

14. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#491 in Europe

#1520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

15. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Neuroscience

#509 in Europe

#1589 in the World

Founded: 1909

16. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#510 in Europe

#1590 in the World

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

17. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Neuroscience

#518 in Europe

#1620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

18. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#568 in Europe

#1865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

19. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#590 in Europe

#1954 in the World

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

20. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#606 in Europe

#2022 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

21. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Neuroscience

#627 in Europe

#2144 in the World

Founded: 1930

22. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Neuroscience

#632 in Europe

#2167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

23. Siberian State Medical University

For Neuroscience

#665 in Europe

#2333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

24. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#671 in Europe

#2367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

25. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Neuroscience

#675 in Europe

#2383 in the World

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

26. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Neuroscience

#680 in Europe

#2421 in the World

Founded: 1967

27. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Neuroscience

#706 in Europe

#2503 in the World

Founded: 1935

28. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Neuroscience

#730 in Europe

#2643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

29. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Neuroscience

#735 in Europe

#2664 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

30. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#736 in Europe

#2667 in the World

Founded: 1992

31. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#742 in Europe

#2694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

32. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Neuroscience

#747 in Europe

#2704 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

33. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Neuroscience

#750 in Europe

#2730 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

34. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#756 in Europe

#2773 in the World

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

35. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Neuroscience

#758 in Europe

#2792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

36. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Neuroscience

#763 in Europe

#2813 in the World

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

37. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#768 in Europe

#2833 in the World

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

38. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Neuroscience

#778 in Europe

#2875 in the World

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

39. Kursk State Medical University

For Neuroscience

#784 in Europe

#2907 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

40. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Neuroscience

#788 in Europe

#2928 in the World

Founded: 1993

41. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Neuroscience

#789 in Europe

#2931 in the World

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

42. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Neuroscience

#794 in Europe

#2956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

43. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Neuroscience

#800 in Europe

#2994 in the World

Founded: 1974

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

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#802 in Europe

#3001 in the World

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

45. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Neuroscience

#812 in Europe

#3047 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

46. Bashkir State University

For Neuroscience

#823 in Europe

#3140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

47. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Neuroscience

#826 in Europe

#3159 in the World

Founded: 1920

48. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#831 in Europe

#3190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

49. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#834 in Europe

#3203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

50. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Neuroscience

#841 in Europe

#3233 in the World

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

51. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Neuroscience

#849 in Europe

#3285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

52. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#855 in Europe

#3302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

53. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Neuroscience

#864 in Europe

#3346 in the World

Founded: 1935

54. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#865 in Europe

#3348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

55. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Neuroscience

#870 in Europe

#3387 in the World

Founded: 1944

56. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Neuroscience

#872 in Europe

#3401 in the World

Founded: 1876

57. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Neuroscience

#883 in Europe

#3472 in the World

Founded: 1980

58. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Neuroscience

#885 in Europe

#3523 in the World

Founded: 1988

59. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Neuroscience

#886 in Europe

#3526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

60. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Neuroscience

#902 in Europe

#3615 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

61. Omsk State University

For Neuroscience

#903 in Europe

#3618 in the World

Founded: 1974

62. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Neuroscience

#909 in Europe

#3639 in the World

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

63. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#911 in Europe

#3649 in the World

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

64. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#913 in Europe

#3659 in the World

Founded: 1804

65. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#918 in Europe

#3692 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

66. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Neuroscience

#924 in Europe

#3722 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

67. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Neuroscience

#929 in Europe

#3749 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

68. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Neuroscience

#932 in Europe

#3755 in the World

Founded: 1967

69. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Neuroscience

#936 in Europe

#3766 in the World

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

70. Perm State University

For Neuroscience

#944 in Europe

#3811 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

71. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#951 in Europe

#3879 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

72. Omsk State Medical Academy

For Neuroscience

#953 in Europe

#3902 in the World

Founded: 1991

73. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Neuroscience

#959 in Europe

#3922 in the World

Founded: 1976

74. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Neuroscience

#961 in Europe

#3934 in the World

Founded: 1960

75. Penza State University

For Neuroscience

#964 in Europe

#3951 in the World

Founded: 1943

76. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#967 in Europe

#3970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

77. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Neuroscience

#970 in Europe

#3982 in the World

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

78. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#974 in Europe

#3998 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

79. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Neuroscience

#980 in Europe

#4024 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

80. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Neuroscience

#982 in Europe

#4035 in the World

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

81. Kazan State Technological University

For Neuroscience

#984 in Europe

#4056 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

82. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Neuroscience

#991 in Europe

#4110 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

83. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Neuroscience

#994 in Europe

#4127 in the World

Founded: 1930

84. Orel State University

For Neuroscience

#1000 in Europe

#4165 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

85. Tula State University

For Neuroscience

#1018 in Europe

#4250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

86. South-Western State University

For Neuroscience

#1038 in Europe

#4336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

87. Buryat State University

Russia | Ulan-Ude

For Neuroscience

#1039 in Europe

#4348 in the World

Founded: 1932

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

For Neuroscience

#1040 in Europe

#4351 in the World

Founded: 1932

89. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Neuroscience

#1041 in Europe

#4359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

90. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Neuroscience

#1048 in Europe

#4412 in the World

Founded: 1971

91. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Neuroscience

#1052 in Europe

#4441 in the World

Founded: 1954

92. Syktyvkar State University

Russia | Syktyvkar

For Neuroscience

#1054 in Europe

#4453 in the World

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

93. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#1065 in Europe

#4488 in the World

Founded: 1919

94. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Neuroscience

#1067 in Europe

#4497 in the World

Founded: 1971

95. Perm State Technical University

For Neuroscience

#1070 in Europe

#4506 in the World

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

96. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#1077 in Europe

#4556 in the World

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

97. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Neuroscience

#1078 in Europe

#4562 in the World

Founded: 1973

98. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#1092 in Europe

#4629 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

99. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#1094 in Europe

#4640 in the World

Founded: 1896

100. Kursk State University

For Neuroscience

#1099 in Europe

#4674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1934

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