100 Best universities for Neuroscience 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 Neuroscience. A graph of 532K citations received by 68.7K academic papers made by 139 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

#396 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#253 in Europe

#679 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#299 in Europe

#815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

4. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#316 in Europe

#874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

5. Kazan Federal University

For Neuroscience

#354 in Europe

#1007 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#361 in Europe

#1034 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

7. Tomsk State University

For Neuroscience

#431 in Europe

#1325 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

8. Kazan State Medical University

For Neuroscience

#442 in Europe

#1362 in the World

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

9. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Neuroscience

#448 in Europe

#1393 in the World

Founded: 1915

10. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#455 in Europe

#1419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

11. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Neuroscience

#456 in Europe

#1420 in the World

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

12. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Neuroscience

#459 in Europe

#1429 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

13. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#468 in Europe

#1474 in the World

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

14. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Neuroscience

#475 in Europe

#1496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

15. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#478 in Europe

#1510 in the World

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

16. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Neuroscience

#497 in Europe

#1568 in the World

Founded: 1909

17. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#500 in Europe

#1577 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

18. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#586 in Europe

#1995 in the World

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

19. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#587 in Europe

#2009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

20. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Neuroscience

#589 in Europe

#2015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

21. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#611 in Europe

#2086 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

22. Siberian State Medical University

For Neuroscience

#649 in Europe

#2285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

23. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Neuroscience

#656 in Europe

#2317 in the World

Founded: 1930

24. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Neuroscience

#664 in Europe

#2354 in the World

Founded: 1967

25. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Neuroscience

#681 in Europe

#2429 in the World

Founded: 1935

26. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Neuroscience

#682 in Europe

#2435 in the World

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

27. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#686 in Europe

#2449 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

28. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#690 in Europe

#2474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

29. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Neuroscience

#703 in Europe

#2517 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

30. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#719 in Europe

#2597 in the World

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

31. Kursk State Medical University

For Neuroscience

#724 in Europe

#2627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

32. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Neuroscience

#733 in Europe

#2679 in the World

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

33. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Neuroscience

#752 in Europe

#2797 in the World

Founded: 1974

34. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Neuroscience

#753 in Europe

#2798 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

35. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Neuroscience

#756 in Europe

#2807 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

36. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Neuroscience

#762 in Europe

#2828 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

37. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Neuroscience

#764 in Europe

#2837 in the World

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

38. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Neuroscience

#771 in Europe

#2869 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

39. Bashkir State University

For Neuroscience

#776 in Europe

#2888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

40. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#782 in Europe

#2931 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

41. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Neuroscience

#787 in Europe

#2954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

42. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#792 in Europe

#2979 in the World

Founded: 1992

43. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Neuroscience

#793 in Europe

#2981 in the World

Founded: 1876

44. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#799 in Europe

#3009 in the World

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

45. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#814 in Europe

#3118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

46. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Neuroscience

#815 in Europe

#3120 in the World

Founded: 1993

47. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Neuroscience

#819 in Europe

#3138 in the World

Founded: 1920

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

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#827 in Europe

#3179 in the World

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

49. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Neuroscience

#828 in Europe

#3180 in the World

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

50. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Neuroscience

#832 in Europe

#3211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

51. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#840 in Europe

#3242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

52. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Neuroscience

#848 in Europe

#3279 in the World

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

53. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Neuroscience

#853 in Europe

#3302 in the World

Founded: 1935

54. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#855 in Europe

#3320 in the World

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

55. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Neuroscience

#864 in Europe

#3357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

56. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Neuroscience

#880 in Europe

#3465 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

57. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#881 in Europe

#3468 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

58. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Neuroscience

#884 in Europe

#3500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

59. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Neuroscience

#886 in Europe

#3515 in the World

Founded: 1944

60. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Neuroscience

#891 in Europe

#3528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

61. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Neuroscience

#894 in Europe

#3544 in the World

Founded: 1980

62. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Neuroscience

#895 in Europe

#3552 in the World

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

63. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Neuroscience

#901 in Europe

#3573 in the World

Founded: 1988

64. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#902 in Europe

#3587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

65. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#905 in Europe

#3592 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

66. Penza State University

For Neuroscience

#920 in Europe

#3684 in the World

Founded: 1943

67. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Neuroscience

#923 in Europe

#3694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

68. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#924 in Europe

#3698 in the World

Founded: 1804

69. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Neuroscience

#925 in Europe

#3702 in the World

Founded: 1967

70. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Neuroscience

#930 in Europe

#3730 in the World

Founded: 1930

71. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Neuroscience

#936 in Europe

#3753 in the World

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

72. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Neuroscience

#942 in Europe

#3772 in the World

Founded: 1973

73. Perm State University

For Neuroscience

#951 in Europe

#3818 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

74. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Neuroscience

#954 in Europe

#3835 in the World

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

75. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Neuroscience

#956 in Europe

#3840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

76. Omsk State University

For Neuroscience

#957 in Europe

#3847 in the World

Founded: 1974

77. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Neuroscience

#960 in Europe

#3879 in the World

Founded: 1976

78. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Neuroscience

#975 in Europe

#3983 in the World

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

79. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Neuroscience

#976 in Europe

#3989 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

80. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#980 in Europe

#4008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

81. Omsk State Medical Academy

For Neuroscience

#982 in Europe

#4028 in the World

Founded: 1991

82. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Neuroscience

#983 in Europe

#4034 in the World

Founded: 1960

83. Orel State University

For Neuroscience

#1004 in Europe

#4193 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

84. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Neuroscience

#1006 in Europe

#4197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

85. Kazan State Technological University

For Neuroscience

#1012 in Europe

#4273 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

86. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Neuroscience

#1022 in Europe

#4318 in the World

Founded: 1971

87. Perm State Technical University

For Neuroscience

#1035 in Europe

#4385 in the World

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

88. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Neuroscience

#1036 in Europe

#4405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

89. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Neuroscience

#1039 in Europe

#4417 in the World

Founded: 1954

90. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#1041 in Europe

#4419 in the World

Founded: 1919

91. South-Western State University

For Neuroscience

#1042 in Europe

#4421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

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

For Neuroscience

#1061 in Europe

#4534 in the World

Founded: 1932

93. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Neuroscience

#1063 in Europe

#4537 in the World

Founded: 1971

94. Tula State University

For Neuroscience

#1068 in Europe

#4560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

95. Buryat State University

Russia | Ulan-Ude

For Neuroscience

#1078 in Europe

#4618 in the World

Founded: 1932

96. Syktyvkar State University

Russia | Syktyvkar

For Neuroscience

#1082 in Europe

#4630 in the World

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

97. Kursk State University

For Neuroscience

#1107 in Europe

#4743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1934

98. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#1110 in Europe

#4760 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

99. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#1111 in Europe

#4762 in the World

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

100. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Neuroscience

#1118 in Europe

#4794 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.