100 Best universities for Management 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 Management. A graph of 521K citations received by 90.1K academic papers made by 159 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. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#98 in Europe

#310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#180 in Europe

#503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#189 in Europe

#521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

4. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#324 in Europe

#853 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

5. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#384 in Europe

#1035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

6. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#440 in Europe

#1199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

7. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Management

#442 in Europe

#1204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

8. Kazan Federal University

For Management

#456 in Europe

#1241 in the World

Founded: 1804

9. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Management

#463 in Europe

#1259 in the World

Founded: 1909

10. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#476 in Europe

#1323 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

11. Tomsk State University

For Management

#484 in Europe

#1336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

12. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Management

#485 in Europe

#1344 in the World

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

13. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#494 in Europe

#1382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

14. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#514 in Europe

#1478 in the World

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

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

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#528 in Europe

#1543 in the World

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

16. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#536 in Europe

#1589 in the World

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

17. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Management

#549 in Europe

#1628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

18. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#556 in Europe

#1658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

19. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Management

#557 in Europe

#1664 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

20. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#571 in Europe

#1740 in the World

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

21. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#575 in Europe

#1760 in the World

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

22. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Management

#578 in Europe

#1767 in the World

Founded: 1915

23. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Management

#604 in Europe

#1897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

24. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#610 in Europe

#1920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

25. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Management

#626 in Europe

#1991 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

26. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Management

#657 in Europe

#2162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

27. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Management

#670 in Europe

#2223 in the World

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

28. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Management

#686 in Europe

#2277 in the World

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

29. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#697 in Europe

#2332 in the World

Founded: 1919

30. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Management

#712 in Europe

#2418 in the World

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

31. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Management

#728 in Europe

#2488 in the World

Founded: 1930

32. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#729 in Europe

#2498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

33. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#730 in Europe

#2501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

34. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Management

#731 in Europe

#2506 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

35. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Management

#760 in Europe

#2636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

36. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Management

#769 in Europe

#2689 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

37. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Management

#773 in Europe

#2699 in the World

Founded: 1960

38. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Management

#779 in Europe

#2711 in the World

Founded: 1993

39. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#781 in Europe

#2718 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

40. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#789 in Europe

#2770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1941

41. Perm State Technical University

For Management

#795 in Europe

#2794 in the World

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

42. South-Western State University

For Management

#821 in Europe

#2904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

43. Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev - KAI

For Management

#823 in Europe

#2916 in the World

Founded: 1932

44. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#824 in Europe

#2920 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

45. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#829 in Europe

#2949 in the World

Founded: 1896

46. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#840 in Europe

#2991 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

47. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Management

#841 in Europe

#2996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

48. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Management

#843 in Europe

#3004 in the World

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

49. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#847 in Europe

#3043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

50. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Management

#849 in Europe

#3061 in the World

Founded: 1934

51. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Management

#851 in Europe

#3074 in the World

Founded: 1952

52. Omsk State Technical University

For Management

#853 in Europe

#3081 in the World

Founded: 1942

53. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#863 in Europe

#3129 in the World

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

54. Kazan State Technological University

For Management

#869 in Europe

#3168 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

55. Penza State University

For Management

#878 in Europe

#3229 in the World

Founded: 1943

56. St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#883 in Europe

#3253 in the World

Founded: 1832

57. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#886 in Europe

#3292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

58. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Management

#892 in Europe

#3311 in the World

Founded: 1974

59. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Management

#893 in Europe

#3315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

60. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#898 in Europe

#3334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

61. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Management

#906 in Europe

#3380 in the World

Founded: 1976

62. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Management

#908 in Europe

#3385 in the World

Founded: 1980

63. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Management

#913 in Europe

#3408 in the World

Founded: 1971

64. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Management

#921 in Europe

#3424 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

65. Omsk State University

For Management

#922 in Europe

#3427 in the World

Founded: 1974

66. Tula State University

For Management

#927 in Europe

#3440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

67. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Management

#929 in Europe

#3447 in the World

Founded: 1988

68. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Management

#931 in Europe

#3459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

69. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Management

#959 in Europe

#3554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

70. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Management

#962 in Europe

#3563 in the World

Founded: 1971

71. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#966 in Europe

#3569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

72. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Management

#971 in Europe

#3592 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1994

73. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Management

#972 in Europe

#3593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

74. Perm State University

For Management

#977 in Europe

#3608 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

75. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Management

#979 in Europe

#3612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

76. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Management

#981 in Europe

#3620 in the World

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

77. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#985 in Europe

#3626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

78. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Management

#990 in Europe

#3647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

79. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Management

#992 in Europe

#3654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

80. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Management

#994 in Europe

#3658 in the World

Founded: 1958

81. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Management

#1000 in Europe

#3699 in the World

Founded: 1930

82. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Management

#1008 in Europe

#3740 in the World

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

83. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Management

#1016 in Europe

#3802 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

84. Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#1018 in Europe

#3810 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

85. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Management

#1026 in Europe

#3861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

86. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#1034 in Europe

#3905 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

87. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Management

#1037 in Europe

#3910 in the World

Founded: 1973

88. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Management

#1043 in Europe

#3931 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

89. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Management

#1044 in Europe

#3940 in the World

Founded: 1876

90. Murmansk State Technical University

Russia | Murmansk

For Management

#1047 in Europe

#3971 in the World

Founded: 1950

91. Orel State University

For Management

#1058 in Europe

#4032 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

92. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Management

#1059 in Europe

#4034 in the World

Founded: 1930

93. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Management

#1061 in Europe

#4044 in the World

Founded: 1967

94. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Management

#1067 in Europe

#4072 in the World

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

95. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#1082 in Europe

#4136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

96. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Management

#1090 in Europe

#4175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

97. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#1094 in Europe

#4199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

98. Bashkir State University

For Management

#1097 in Europe

#4214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

99. Ivanovo State Power University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Management

#1100 in Europe

#4226 in the World

Founded: 1918

100. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Management

#1102 in Europe

#4257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

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