100 Best universities for Paleontology 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 Paleontology. A graph of 1.64M citations received by 160K 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

#63 in Europe

#196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#211 in Europe

#548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Tomsk State University

For Paleontology

#309 in Europe

#879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

4. Kazan Federal University

For Paleontology

#323 in Europe

#922 in the World

Founded: 1804

5. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Paleontology

#366 in Europe

#1033 in the World

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

6. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#396 in Europe

#1160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

7. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Paleontology

#445 in Europe

#1367 in the World

Founded: 1915

8. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Paleontology

#467 in Europe

#1446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

9. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Paleontology

#469 in Europe

#1448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

10. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#472 in Europe

#1459 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

#1612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

12. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Paleontology

#526 in Europe

#1744 in the World

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

13. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Paleontology

#528 in Europe

#1751 in the World

Founded: 1909

14. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#532 in Europe

#1771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

15. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#541 in Europe

#1797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

16. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Paleontology

#542 in Europe

#1801 in the World

Founded: 1973

17. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Paleontology

#552 in Europe

#1851 in the World

Founded: 1930

18. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#560 in Europe

#1887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

19. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Paleontology

#561 in Europe

#1896 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

20. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Paleontology

#581 in Europe

#1979 in the World

Founded: 1876

21. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#586 in Europe

#1995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

22. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Paleontology

#595 in Europe

#2068 in the World

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

23. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#599 in Europe

#2094 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

24. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#616 in Europe

#2201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

25. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#627 in Europe

#2250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

26. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Paleontology

#639 in Europe

#2325 in the World

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

27. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#644 in Europe

#2352 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

28. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Paleontology

#647 in Europe

#2357 in the World

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

29. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#665 in Europe

#2459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

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

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#674 in Europe

#2515 in the World

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

31. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Paleontology

#678 in Europe

#2536 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

32. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#683 in Europe

#2564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

33. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Paleontology

#705 in Europe

#2648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

34. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Paleontology

#725 in Europe

#2769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

35. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#727 in Europe

#2772 in the World

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

36. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Paleontology

#731 in Europe

#2790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

37. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#736 in Europe

#2815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

38. Perm State University

For Paleontology

#742 in Europe

#2882 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

39. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#759 in Europe

#2974 in the World

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

40. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Paleontology

#760 in Europe

#2975 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

41. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#763 in Europe

#3009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

42. Perm State Technical University

For Paleontology

#764 in Europe

#3011 in the World

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

43. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#766 in Europe

#3019 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

44. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Paleontology

#768 in Europe

#3026 in the World

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

45. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#775 in Europe

#3051 in the World

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

46. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Paleontology

#781 in Europe

#3090 in the World

Founded: 1967

47. Bashkir State University

For Paleontology

#782 in Europe

#3091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

48. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Paleontology

#784 in Europe

#3094 in the World

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

49. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Paleontology

#785 in Europe

#3101 in the World

Founded: 1974

50. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#791 in Europe

#3118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

51. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#802 in Europe

#3199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

52. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Paleontology

#804 in Europe

#3210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

53. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Paleontology

#820 in Europe

#3320 in the World

Founded: 1993

54. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#823 in Europe

#3347 in the World

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

55. Kazan State Technological University

For Paleontology

#832 in Europe

#3386 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

56. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Paleontology

#847 in Europe

#3457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

57. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Paleontology

#852 in Europe

#3474 in the World

Founded: 1976

58. Russian State Geological Prospecting University

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#856 in Europe

#3488 in the World

Founded: 1918

59. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Paleontology

#866 in Europe

#3546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

60. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Paleontology

#873 in Europe

#3569 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

61. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Paleontology

#874 in Europe

#3570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

62. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Paleontology

#877 in Europe

#3586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

63. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Paleontology

#889 in Europe

#3694 in the World

Founded: 1971

64. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Paleontology

#890 in Europe

#3703 in the World

Founded: 1930

65. Tula State University

For Paleontology

#901 in Europe

#3765 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

66. Buryat State University

Russia | Ulan-Ude

For Paleontology

#908 in Europe

#3801 in the World

Founded: 1932

67. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Paleontology

#913 in Europe

#3840 in the World

Founded: 1980

68. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Paleontology

#914 in Europe

#3856 in the World

Founded: 1971

69. Kazan State Medical University

For Paleontology

#924 in Europe

#3924 in the World

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

70. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Paleontology

#928 in Europe

#3941 in the World

Founded: 1960

71. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Paleontology

#930 in Europe

#3952 in the World

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

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

For Paleontology

#935 in Europe

#3974 in the World

Founded: 1932

73. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#939 in Europe

#4003 in the World

Founded: 1919

74. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#941 in Europe

#4007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#942 in Europe

#4012 in the World

Founded: 1832

76. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Paleontology

#949 in Europe

#4050 in the World

Founded: 1950

77. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#950 in Europe

#4055 in the World

Founded: 1896

78. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Paleontology

#974 in Europe

#4181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

79. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Paleontology

#975 in Europe

#4184 in the World

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

80. Omsk State Technical University

For Paleontology

#977 in Europe

#4194 in the World

Founded: 1942

81. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Paleontology

#983 in Europe

#4229 in the World

Founded: 1988

82. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Paleontology

#984 in Europe

#4230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

83. Omsk State Pedagogical University

For Paleontology

#985 in Europe

#4233 in the World

Founded: 1932

84. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#989 in Europe

#4242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

85. Penza State University

For Paleontology

#990 in Europe

#4246 in the World

Founded: 1943

86. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Paleontology

#993 in Europe

#4258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

87. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Paleontology

#994 in Europe

#4262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

88. Siberian State Medical University

For Paleontology

#998 in Europe

#4289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

89. Cherepovets State University

Russia | Cherepovets

For Paleontology

#1004 in Europe

#4306 in the World

Founded: 1996

90. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Paleontology

#1009 in Europe

#4334 in the World

Founded: 1967

91. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Paleontology

#1011 in Europe

#4337 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

92. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Paleontology

#1012 in Europe

#4343 in the World

Founded: 1934

93. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#1013 in Europe

#4344 in the World

Founded: 1992

94. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Paleontology

#1015 in Europe

#4353 in the World

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

95. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Paleontology

#1017 in Europe

#4358 in the World

Founded: 1938

96. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Paleontology

#1023 in Europe

#4395 in the World

Founded: 1935

97. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#1032 in Europe

#4451 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

98. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Paleontology

#1037 in Europe

#4461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

99. Syktyvkar State University

Russia | Syktyvkar

For Paleontology

#1038 in Europe

#4463 in the World

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

100. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Paleontology

#1041 in Europe

#4478 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

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