100 Best universities for Paleontology 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 Paleontology. A graph of 1.52M citations received by 156K academic papers made by 172 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 Paleontology

#64 in Europe

#200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#213 in Europe

#550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Tomsk State University

For Paleontology

#309 in Europe

#875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

4. Kazan Federal University

For Paleontology

#326 in Europe

#932 in the World

Founded: 1804

5. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Paleontology

#368 in Europe

#1039 in the World

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

6. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#402 in Europe

#1173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

7. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Paleontology

#449 in Europe

#1377 in the World

Founded: 1915

8. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Paleontology

#466 in Europe

#1441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

9. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Paleontology

#471 in Europe

#1462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

10. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#486 in Europe

#1516 in the World

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

11. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#501 in Europe

#1597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

12. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Paleontology

#527 in Europe

#1742 in the World

Founded: 1909

13. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Paleontology

#532 in Europe

#1761 in the World

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

14. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Paleontology

#540 in Europe

#1780 in the World

Founded: 1973

15. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#547 in Europe

#1805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

16. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#551 in Europe

#1837 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

17. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Paleontology

#555 in Europe

#1851 in the World

Founded: 1930

18. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#561 in Europe

#1891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

19. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Paleontology

#564 in Europe

#1902 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

20. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Paleontology

#586 in Europe

#1992 in the World

Founded: 1876

21. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#589 in Europe

#2003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

22. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#594 in Europe

#2063 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

23. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Paleontology

#598 in Europe

#2086 in the World

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

24. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#616 in Europe

#2191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

25. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#626 in Europe

#2233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

26. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Paleontology

#639 in Europe

#2317 in the World

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

27. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Paleontology

#643 in Europe

#2345 in the World

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

28. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#650 in Europe

#2385 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

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

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#677 in Europe

#2515 in the World

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

30. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#678 in Europe

#2518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

31. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Paleontology

#679 in Europe

#2520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

32. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#697 in Europe

#2622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

33. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Paleontology

#711 in Europe

#2673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

34. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Paleontology

#725 in Europe

#2781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

35. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#730 in Europe

#2805 in the World

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

36. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#733 in Europe

#2818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

37. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Paleontology

#734 in Europe

#2822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

38. Perm State University

For Paleontology

#743 in Europe

#2881 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

39. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Paleontology

#759 in Europe

#2971 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

40. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#762 in Europe

#2996 in the World

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

41. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#763 in Europe

#3004 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

42. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#765 in Europe

#3016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

43. Perm State Technical University

For Paleontology

#767 in Europe

#3019 in the World

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

44. Bashkir State University

For Paleontology

#772 in Europe

#3042 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

45. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Paleontology

#776 in Europe

#3059 in the World

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

46. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#784 in Europe

#3090 in the World

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

47. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Paleontology

#788 in Europe

#3119 in the World

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

48. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Paleontology

#793 in Europe

#3143 in the World

Founded: 1967

49. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#795 in Europe

#3149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

50. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#797 in Europe

#3163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

51. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Paleontology

#798 in Europe

#3166 in the World

Founded: 1974

52. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Paleontology

#806 in Europe

#3217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

53. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Paleontology

#815 in Europe

#3287 in the World

Founded: 1993

54. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#822 in Europe

#3322 in the World

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

55. Kazan State Technological University

For Paleontology

#833 in Europe

#3386 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

56. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Paleontology

#836 in Europe

#3408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

57. Russian State Geological Prospecting University

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#843 in Europe

#3433 in the World

Founded: 1918

58. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Paleontology

#859 in Europe

#3518 in the World

Founded: 1976

59. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Paleontology

#866 in Europe

#3551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

60. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Paleontology

#868 in Europe

#3557 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

61. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Paleontology

#871 in Europe

#3573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

62. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Paleontology

#873 in Europe

#3588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

63. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Paleontology

#892 in Europe

#3705 in the World

Founded: 1930

64. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Paleontology

#896 in Europe

#3729 in the World

Founded: 1971

65. Tula State University

For Paleontology

#899 in Europe

#3753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

66. Buryat State University

Russia | Ulan-Ude

For Paleontology

#900 in Europe

#3759 in the World

Founded: 1932

67. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Paleontology

#911 in Europe

#3832 in the World

Founded: 1971

68. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Paleontology

#912 in Europe

#3835 in the World

Founded: 1980

69. Kazan State Medical University

For Paleontology

#934 in Europe

#3955 in the World

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

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

For Paleontology

#935 in Europe

#3962 in the World

Founded: 1932

71. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#936 in Europe

#3967 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

72. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Paleontology

#937 in Europe

#3968 in the World

Founded: 1960

73. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Paleontology

#938 in Europe

#3969 in the World

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

74. St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#939 in Europe

#3983 in the World

Founded: 1832

75. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Paleontology

#944 in Europe

#4022 in the World

Founded: 1950

76. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#945 in Europe

#4034 in the World

Founded: 1896

77. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#950 in Europe

#4062 in the World

Founded: 1919

78. Omsk State Technical University

For Paleontology

#967 in Europe

#4145 in the World

Founded: 1942

79. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Paleontology

#975 in Europe

#4177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

80. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Paleontology

#977 in Europe

#4187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

81. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Paleontology

#978 in Europe

#4193 in the World

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

82. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Paleontology

#980 in Europe

#4195 in the World

Founded: 1988

83. Omsk State Pedagogical University

For Paleontology

#982 in Europe

#4211 in the World

Founded: 1932

84. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#989 in Europe

#4237 in the World

Founded: 1992

85. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Paleontology

#992 in Europe

#4250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

86. Penza State University

For Paleontology

#995 in Europe

#4268 in the World

Founded: 1943

87. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#996 in Europe

#4271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

88. Siberian State Medical University

For Paleontology

#1003 in Europe

#4307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

89. Cherepovets State University

Russia | Cherepovets

For Paleontology

#1004 in Europe

#4316 in the World

Founded: 1996

90. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Paleontology

#1005 in Europe

#4328 in the World

Founded: 1967

91. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Paleontology

#1006 in Europe

#4329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

92. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Paleontology

#1007 in Europe

#4331 in the World

Founded: 1938

93. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Paleontology

#1008 in Europe

#4332 in the World

Founded: 1934

94. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Paleontology

#1014 in Europe

#4360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

95. Syktyvkar State University

Russia | Syktyvkar

For Paleontology

#1019 in Europe

#4388 in the World

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

96. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#1020 in Europe

#4391 in the World

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

97. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Paleontology

#1029 in Europe

#4444 in the World

Founded: 1935

98. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#1032 in Europe

#4464 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

99. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#1036 in Europe

#4477 in the World

Founded: 1865

100. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Paleontology

#1041 in Europe

#4491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

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