59 Best universities for Zoology in Russia

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Zoology. A graph of 165K citations received by 20K academic papers made by 59 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 Zoology

#50 in Europe

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Zoology

#111 in Europe

#297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Tomsk State University

For Zoology

#284 in Europe

#781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

4. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Zoology

#293 in Europe

#816 in the World

Founded: 1930

5. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Zoology

#317 in Europe

#911 in the World

Founded: 1973

6. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Zoology

#338 in Europe

#1012 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

7. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Zoology

#361 in Europe

#1106 in the World

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

8. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Zoology

#399 in Europe

#1308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

9. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#433 in Europe

#1500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

10. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Zoology

#436 in Europe

#1511 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

11. Kazan Federal University

For Zoology

#438 in Europe

#1521 in the World

Founded: 1804

12. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#445 in Europe

#1544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

13. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Zoology

#448 in Europe

#1559 in the World

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

14. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#458 in Europe

#1612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

15. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Zoology

#469 in Europe

#1655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

16. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#504 in Europe

#1835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

17. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Zoology

#506 in Europe

#1846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

18. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Zoology

#526 in Europe

#1941 in the World

Founded: 1915

19. Kaliningrad State Technical University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Zoology

#548 in Europe

#2054 in the World

Founded: 1930

20. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Zoology

#554 in Europe

#2072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

21. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Zoology

#566 in Europe

#2133 in the World

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

22. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Zoology

#594 in Europe

#2272 in the World

Founded: 1909

23. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#596 in Europe

#2277 in the World

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

24. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Zoology

#599 in Europe

#2293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

25. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Zoology

#601 in Europe

#2305 in the World

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

26. Perm State University

For Zoology

#604 in Europe

#2318 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

27. Omsk State Pedagogical University

For Zoology

#606 in Europe

#2334 in the World

Founded: 1932

28. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#615 in Europe

#2384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

29. Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Zoology

#616 in Europe

#2386 in the World

Founded: 1932

30. Cherepovets State University

Russia | Cherepovets

For Zoology

#618 in Europe

#2400 in the World

Founded: 1996

31. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Zoology

#620 in Europe

#2419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

32. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Zoology

#622 in Europe

#2421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

33. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Zoology

#623 in Europe

#2422 in the World

Founded: 1876

34. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Zoology

#655 in Europe

#2655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

35. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#656 in Europe

#2657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

36. Sakhalin State University

Russia | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

For Zoology

#679 in Europe

#2776 in the World

Founded: 1949

37. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Zoology

#684 in Europe

#2810 in the World

Founded: 1967

38. Smolensk State University

Russia | Smolensk

For Zoology

#689 in Europe

#2841 in the World

Founded: 1918

39. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#698 in Europe

#2918 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

40. Tver State University

For Zoology

#699 in Europe

#2919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

41. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Zoology

#700 in Europe

#2922 in the World

Founded: 1974

42. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Zoology

#701 in Europe

#2928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

43. Bashkir State University

For Zoology

#704 in Europe

#2943 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

44. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Zoology

#706 in Europe

#2950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

45. Siberian State Medical University

For Zoology

#708 in Europe

#2961 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

46. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Zoology

#713 in Europe

#2999 in the World

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

47. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Zoology

#714 in Europe

#3001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

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

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#727 in Europe

#3107 in the World

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

49. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Zoology

#729 in Europe

#3124 in the World

Founded: 1992

50. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Zoology

#730 in Europe

#3126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

51. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Zoology

#732 in Europe

#3135 in the World

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

52. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Zoology

#733 in Europe

#3140 in the World

Founded: 1988

53. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#734 in Europe

#3144 in the World

Founded: 1865

54. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#738 in Europe

#3170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

55. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#739 in Europe

#3180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

56. Penza State University

For Zoology

#742 in Europe

#3195 in the World

Founded: 1943

57. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Zoology

#743 in Europe

#3199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

58. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Zoology

#751 in Europe

#3227 in the World

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

59. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Zoology

#753 in Europe

#3231 in the World

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

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