56 Best universities for Accounting 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 Accounting. A graph of 59.9K citations received by 14K academic papers made by 56 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. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#63 in Europe

#224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

2. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#93 in Europe

#292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Accounting

#125 in Europe

#384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#238 in Europe

#656 in the World

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

5. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#257 in Europe

#703 in the World

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

6. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#292 in Europe

#789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

7. Kazan Federal University

For Accounting

#340 in Europe

#915 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Accounting

#422 in Europe

#1149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

9. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Accounting

#446 in Europe

#1235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

10. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#463 in Europe

#1280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

11. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#487 in Europe

#1392 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

12. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#505 in Europe

#1432 in the World

Founded: 1919

13. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#532 in Europe

#1545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

14. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Accounting

#538 in Europe

#1557 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

15. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Accounting

#545 in Europe

#1573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

16. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#561 in Europe

#1636 in the World

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

17. Tomsk State University

For Accounting

#572 in Europe

#1708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

18. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Accounting

#573 in Europe

#1715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

19. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Accounting

#579 in Europe

#1748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

20. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Accounting

#587 in Europe

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1930

21. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Accounting

#590 in Europe

#1802 in the World

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

22. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Accounting

#608 in Europe

#1859 in the World

Founded: 1980

23. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Accounting

#615 in Europe

#1879 in the World

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

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

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#641 in Europe

#2010 in the World

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

25. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Accounting

#653 in Europe

#2070 in the World

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

26. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Accounting

#663 in Europe

#2115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

27. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#672 in Europe

#2155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

28. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Accounting

#679 in Europe

#2187 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

29. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Accounting

#680 in Europe

#2191 in the World

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

30. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#683 in Europe

#2200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

31. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Accounting

#690 in Europe

#2220 in the World

Founded: 1930

32. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Accounting

#704 in Europe

#2270 in the World

Founded: 1976

33. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Accounting

#705 in Europe

#2278 in the World

Founded: 1915

34. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Accounting

#715 in Europe

#2321 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

35. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Accounting

#716 in Europe

#2325 in the World

Founded: 1971

36. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Accounting

#721 in Europe

#2345 in the World

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

37. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Accounting

#732 in Europe

#2415 in the World

Founded: 1971

38. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#736 in Europe

#2434 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

39. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Accounting

#738 in Europe

#2436 in the World

Founded: 1876

40. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Accounting

#740 in Europe

#2438 in the World

Founded: 1960

41. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Accounting

#752 in Europe

#2480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

42. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Accounting

#753 in Europe

#2487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

43. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Accounting

#758 in Europe

#2506 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

44. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Accounting

#777 in Europe

#2662 in the World

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

45. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#787 in Europe

#2704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

46. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Accounting

#788 in Europe

#2708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

47. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Accounting

#793 in Europe

#2722 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

48. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#794 in Europe

#2726 in the World

Founded: 1896

49. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Accounting

#796 in Europe

#2732 in the World

Founded: 1930

50. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Accounting

#802 in Europe

#2764 in the World

Founded: 1967

51. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#808 in Europe

#2798 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

52. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Accounting

#812 in Europe

#2832 in the World

Founded: 1938

53. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Accounting

#813 in Europe

#2845 in the World

Founded: 1974

54. Saratov State Academy of Law

Russia | Saratov

For Accounting

#821 in Europe

#2881 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1931

55. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Accounting

#829 in Europe

#2958 in the World

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

56. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Accounting

#831 in Europe

#2967 in the World

Founded: 1973

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