69 Best universities for Zoology 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 Zoology. A graph of 292K citations received by 24K academic papers made by 69 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

#52 in Europe

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Zoology

#103 in Europe

#281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Tomsk State University

For Zoology

#212 in Europe

#591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

4. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Zoology

#214 in Europe

#601 in the World

Founded: 1973

5. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Zoology

#224 in Europe

#626 in the World

Founded: 1930

6. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Zoology

#334 in Europe

#1024 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

7. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Zoology

#358 in Europe

#1121 in the World

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

8. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#408 in Europe

#1396 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

9. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Zoology

#414 in Europe

#1433 in the World

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

10. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Zoology

#417 in Europe

#1455 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

11. Kazan Federal University

For Zoology

#421 in Europe

#1460 in the World

Founded: 1804

12. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Zoology

#426 in Europe

#1486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

13. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#441 in Europe

#1568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

14. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#465 in Europe

#1664 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

15. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Zoology

#475 in Europe

#1721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

16. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Zoology

#500 in Europe

#1852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

17. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Zoology

#527 in Europe

#1980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

18. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Zoology

#528 in Europe

#1984 in the World

Founded: 1915

19. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Zoology

#529 in Europe

#1988 in the World

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

20. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#541 in Europe

#2070 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

21. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Zoology

#547 in Europe

#2091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

22. Kaliningrad State Technical University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Zoology

#549 in Europe

#2096 in the World

Founded: 1930

23. Smolensk State University

Russia | Smolensk

For Zoology

#557 in Europe

#2137 in the World

Founded: 1918

24. Perm State University

For Zoology

#571 in Europe

#2188 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

25. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Zoology

#577 in Europe

#2213 in the World

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

26. Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Zoology

#578 in Europe

#2224 in the World

Founded: 1932

27. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#584 in Europe

#2259 in the World

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

28. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Zoology

#587 in Europe

#2276 in the World

Founded: 1909

29. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Zoology

#591 in Europe

#2284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

30. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Zoology

#613 in Europe

#2396 in the World

Founded: 1876

31. Cherepovets State University

Russia | Cherepovets

For Zoology

#615 in Europe

#2407 in the World

Founded: 1996

32. Omsk State Pedagogical University

For Zoology

#619 in Europe

#2428 in the World

Founded: 1932

33. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Zoology

#638 in Europe

#2554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

34. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#639 in Europe

#2556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

35. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#643 in Europe

#2573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

36. Sakhalin State University

Russia | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

For Zoology

#650 in Europe

#2625 in the World

Founded: 1949

37. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Zoology

#653 in Europe

#2638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

38. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Zoology

#659 in Europe

#2660 in the World

Founded: 1967

39. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Zoology

#664 in Europe

#2683 in the World

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

40. Siberian State Medical University

For Zoology

#688 in Europe

#2800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

41. Penza State University

For Zoology

#704 in Europe

#2910 in the World

Founded: 1943

42. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Zoology

#705 in Europe

#2913 in the World

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

43. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Zoology

#710 in Europe

#2929 in the World

Founded: 1974

44. Tver State University

For Zoology

#711 in Europe

#2930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

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

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#712 in Europe

#2944 in the World

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

46. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#715 in Europe

#2967 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

47. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Zoology

#724 in Europe

#3044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

48. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Zoology

#726 in Europe

#3066 in the World

Founded: 1971

49. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Zoology

#731 in Europe

#3088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

50. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#732 in Europe

#3098 in the World

Founded: 1865

51. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Zoology

#739 in Europe

#3135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

52. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#747 in Europe

#3203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

53. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Zoology

#756 in Europe

#3277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

54. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#759 in Europe

#3304 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

55. Bashkir State University

For Zoology

#763 in Europe

#3320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

56. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Zoology

#766 in Europe

#3344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

57. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Zoology

#767 in Europe

#3351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

58. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Zoology

#770 in Europe

#3379 in the World

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

59. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Zoology

#771 in Europe

#3392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

60. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Zoology

#775 in Europe

#3419 in the World

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

61. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Zoology

#776 in Europe

#3422 in the World

Founded: 1988

62. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Zoology

#777 in Europe

#3427 in the World

Founded: 1992

63. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Zoology

#778 in Europe

#3437 in the World

Founded: 1993

64. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Zoology

#779 in Europe

#3448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

65. Perm State Technical University

For Zoology

#781 in Europe

#3457 in the World

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

66. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Zoology

#788 in Europe

#3499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1932

67. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Zoology

#790 in Europe

#3506 in the World

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

68. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Zoology

#792 in Europe

#3539 in the World

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

69. Kazan State Medical University

For Zoology

#794 in Europe

#3555 in the World

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

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