47 Best universities for Virology 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 Virology. A graph of 177K citations received by 14.6K academic papers made by 47 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 Virology

#121 in Europe

#356 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Virology

#156 in Europe

#458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Virology

#315 in Europe

#1066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Virology

#332 in Europe

#1163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

5. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Virology

#389 in Europe

#1399 in the World

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

6. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Virology

#407 in Europe

#1489 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

7. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Virology

#414 in Europe

#1533 in the World

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

8. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Virology

#419 in Europe

#1562 in the World

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

9. Kazan Federal University

For Virology

#434 in Europe

#1631 in the World

Founded: 1804

10. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Virology

#492 in Europe

#1884 in the World

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

11. Tomsk State University

For Virology

#513 in Europe

#2024 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

12. Kazan State Medical University

For Virology

#528 in Europe

#2082 in the World

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

13. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Virology

#536 in Europe

#2126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

14. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Virology

#543 in Europe

#2163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

15. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Virology

#582 in Europe

#2362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

16. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Virology

#595 in Europe

#2432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

17. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Virology

#598 in Europe

#2442 in the World

Founded: 1935

18. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Virology

#609 in Europe

#2502 in the World

Founded: 1935

19. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Virology

#622 in Europe

#2586 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

20. Kursk State Medical University

For Virology

#624 in Europe

#2598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

21. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Virology

#631 in Europe

#2636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

22. Omsk State Medical Academy

For Virology

#637 in Europe

#2687 in the World

Founded: 1991

23. Siberian State Medical University

For Virology

#648 in Europe

#2737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

24. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Virology

#650 in Europe

#2747 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

25. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Virology

#661 in Europe

#2805 in the World

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

26. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Virology

#667 in Europe

#2849 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

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

Russia | Moscow

For Virology

#673 in Europe

#2885 in the World

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

28. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Virology

#675 in Europe

#2910 in the World

Founded: 1920

29. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Virology

#691 in Europe

#2996 in the World

Founded: 1915

30. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Virology

#705 in Europe

#3075 in the World

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

31. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Virology

#720 in Europe

#3148 in the World

Founded: 1944

32. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Virology

#736 in Europe

#3283 in the World

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

33. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Virology

#741 in Europe

#3299 in the World

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

34. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Virology

#747 in Europe

#3322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

35. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Virology

#748 in Europe

#3336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

36. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Virology

#753 in Europe

#3369 in the World

Founded: 1967

37. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Virology

#754 in Europe

#3386 in the World

Founded: 1954

38. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Virology

#755 in Europe

#3389 in the World

Founded: 1876

39. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Virology

#758 in Europe

#3402 in the World

Founded: 1967

40. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Virology

#760 in Europe

#3409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

41. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Virology

#763 in Europe

#3425 in the World

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

42. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Virology

#764 in Europe

#3426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

43. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Virology

#765 in Europe

#3427 in the World

Founded: 1909

44. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Virology

#767 in Europe

#3441 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

45. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Virology

#771 in Europe

#3457 in the World

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

46. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Virology

#773 in Europe

#3467 in the World

Founded: 1930

47. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Virology

#774 in Europe

#3472 in the World

Founded: 1988

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