32 Best universities for Paleontology in Moscow, Russia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Moscow ranked based on their research performance in Paleontology. A graph of 681K citations received by 58.5K academic papers made by 32 universities in Moscow 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

For Paleontology

#1 in Russia

#64 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Paleontology

#6 in Russia

#402 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. RUDN University

For Paleontology

#10 in Russia

#486 in Europe

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

4. Moscow Medical Academy

For Paleontology

#16 in Russia

#551 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

5. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

For Paleontology

#18 in Russia

#561 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

6. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

For Paleontology

#21 in Russia

#589 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

7. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

For Paleontology

#22 in Russia

#594 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

8. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

For Paleontology

#24 in Russia

#616 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

9. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

For Paleontology

#25 in Russia

#626 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

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

For Paleontology

#29 in Russia

#677 in Europe

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

11. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

For Paleontology

#30 in Russia

#678 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

12. Russian National Research Medical University

For Paleontology

#32 in Russia

#697 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

13. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

For Paleontology

#35 in Russia

#730 in Europe

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

14. Moscow Aviation Institute

For Paleontology

#36 in Russia

#733 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

15. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

For Paleontology

#41 in Russia

#763 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

16. Moscow State Pedagogical University

For Paleontology

#42 in Russia

#765 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

17. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

For Paleontology

#46 in Russia

#784 in Europe

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

18. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

For Paleontology

#50 in Russia

#797 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

19. Russian State Geological Prospecting University

For Paleontology

#57 in Russia

#843 in Europe

Founded: 1918

20. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

For Paleontology

#71 in Russia

#936 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

21. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

For Paleontology

#76 in Russia

#945 in Europe

Founded: 1896

22. State University of Management

For Paleontology

#77 in Russia

#950 in Europe

Founded: 1919

23. Moscow Polytech

For Paleontology

#87 in Russia

#996 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

24. Russian State University for the Humanities

For Paleontology

#98 in Russia

#1032 in Europe

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

25. Russian State Agricultural University

For Paleontology

#99 in Russia

#1036 in Europe

Founded: 1865

26. New Economic School

For Paleontology

#117 in Russia

#1121 in Europe

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

27. Russian State Social University

For Paleontology

#131 in Russia

#1180 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

28. National Research University of Electronic Technology

For Paleontology

#138 in Russia

#1194 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

29. Moscow State Mining University

For Paleontology

#143 in Russia

#1217 in Europe

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1918

30. Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation

For Paleontology

#158 in Russia

#1280 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1971

31. Moscow State Linguistic University

For Paleontology

#160 in Russia

#1291 in Europe

Founded: 1804

32. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

For Paleontology

#171 in Russia

#1346 in Europe

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

Universities for Paleontology near Moscow

Distance, km 📏 km	University	Country rank 🏆	City
400	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	33	Nizhny Novgorod
468	Voronezh State University	26	Voronezh
571	Sumy State University	6	Sumy
578	Belgorod State University	20	Belgorod
635	St. Petersburg State University	2	Saint Petersburg
635	Saint-Petersburg Mining University	28	Saint Petersburg
636	ITMO University	15	Saint Petersburg
636	Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University	40	Saint Petersburg
637	Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University	11	Saint Petersburg
646	V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University	4	Kharkiv

Universities for Paleontology near Moscow

Biology subfields in Moscow