100 Best universities for Management 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 Management. A graph of 554K citations received by 92.1K 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

#101 in Europe

#318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#179 in Europe

#502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#188 in Europe

#518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

4. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#325 in Europe

#852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

5. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#384 in Europe

#1044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

6. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Management

#433 in Europe

#1187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

7. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#443 in Europe

#1213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

8. Kazan Federal University

For Management

#463 in Europe

#1264 in the World

Founded: 1804

9. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#468 in Europe

#1288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

10. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Management

#469 in Europe

#1298 in the World

Founded: 1909

11. Tomsk State University

For Management

#486 in Europe

#1352 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

12. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Management

#489 in Europe

#1360 in the World

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

13. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#495 in Europe

#1384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

14. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#512 in Europe

#1475 in the World

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

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

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#530 in Europe

#1549 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

#540 in Europe

#1606 in the World

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

17. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Management

#553 in Europe

#1668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

18. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#558 in Europe

#1681 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

19. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Management

#563 in Europe

#1699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

20. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#574 in Europe

#1750 in the World

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

21. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#576 in Europe

#1767 in the World

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

22. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Management

#582 in Europe

#1798 in the World

Founded: 1915

23. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Management

#605 in Europe

#1903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

24. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#618 in Europe

#1938 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

25. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Management

#635 in Europe

#2021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

26. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Management

#667 in Europe

#2201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

27. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#681 in Europe

#2247 in the World

Founded: 1919

28. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Management

#682 in Europe

#2251 in the World

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

29. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Management

#689 in Europe

#2288 in the World

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

30. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Management

#715 in Europe

#2436 in the World

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

31. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#728 in Europe

#2485 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

32. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#729 in Europe

#2488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

33. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Management

#736 in Europe

#2528 in the World

Founded: 1930

34. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Management

#739 in Europe

#2536 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

35. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Management

#769 in Europe

#2673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

36. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#770 in Europe

#2680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

37. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Management

#777 in Europe

#2713 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

38. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Management

#782 in Europe

#2741 in the World

Founded: 1960

39. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Management

#789 in Europe

#2774 in the World

Founded: 1993

40. Perm State Technical University

For Management

#793 in Europe

#2792 in the World

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

41. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#798 in Europe

#2818 in the World

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

42. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#820 in Europe

#2926 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

43. South-Western State University

For Management

#826 in Europe

#2951 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

44. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#828 in Europe

#2959 in the World

Founded: 1896

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

For Management

#829 in Europe

#2962 in the World

Founded: 1932

46. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Management

#842 in Europe

#3022 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

47. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#843 in Europe

#3031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

48. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Management

#845 in Europe

#3041 in the World

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

49. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#847 in Europe

#3053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

50. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Management

#855 in Europe

#3084 in the World

Founded: 1934

51. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#860 in Europe

#3117 in the World

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

52. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Management

#866 in Europe

#3148 in the World

Founded: 1952

53. Omsk State Technical University

For Management

#867 in Europe

#3153 in the World

Founded: 1942

54. Kazan State Technological University

For Management

#874 in Europe

#3211 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

55. Penza State University

For Management

#882 in Europe

#3248 in the World

Founded: 1943

56. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#888 in Europe

#3289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#890 in Europe

#3300 in the World

Founded: 1832

58. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Management

#892 in Europe

#3303 in the World

Founded: 1974

59. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Management

#896 in Europe

#3328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

60. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#900 in Europe

#3363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

61. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Management

#906 in Europe

#3381 in the World

Founded: 1976

62. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Management

#913 in Europe

#3400 in the World

Founded: 1980

63. Omsk State University

For Management

#915 in Europe

#3407 in the World

Founded: 1974

64. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Management

#919 in Europe

#3421 in the World

Founded: 1971

65. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Management

#920 in Europe

#3425 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

66. Tula State University

For Management

#924 in Europe

#3449 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

67. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Management

#936 in Europe

#3490 in the World

Founded: 1988

68. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Management

#945 in Europe

#3513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

69. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Management

#946 in Europe

#3514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

70. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Management

#963 in Europe

#3564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

71. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Management

#967 in Europe

#3575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

72. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Management

#971 in Europe

#3589 in the World

Founded: 1971

73. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#977 in Europe

#3612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

74. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Management

#978 in Europe

#3613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

75. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Management

#982 in Europe

#3633 in the World

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

76. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#984 in Europe

#3638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

77. Perm State University

For Management

#987 in Europe

#3644 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

78. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Management

#990 in Europe

#3651 in the World

Founded: 1958

79. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Management

#991 in Europe

#3669 in the World

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

80. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Management

#994 in Europe

#3676 in the World

Founded: 1930

81. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Management

#998 in Europe

#3685 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

82. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Management

#1002 in Europe

#3704 in the World

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

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#1011 in Europe

#3781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

84. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Management

#1024 in Europe

#3851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

85. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Management

#1034 in Europe

#3917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

86. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#1037 in Europe

#3923 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

87. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Management

#1041 in Europe

#3956 in the World

Founded: 1973

88. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Management

#1042 in Europe

#3957 in the World

Founded: 1876

89. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Management

#1049 in Europe

#3995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

90. Murmansk State Technical University

Russia | Murmansk

For Management

#1057 in Europe

#4038 in the World

Founded: 1950

91. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Management

#1058 in Europe

#4041 in the World

Founded: 1967

92. Orel State University

For Management

#1064 in Europe

#4056 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

93. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Management

#1067 in Europe

#4085 in the World

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

94. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Management

#1068 in Europe

#4087 in the World

Founded: 1930

95. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#1084 in Europe

#4157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

96. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Management

#1091 in Europe

#4199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

97. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Management

#1099 in Europe

#4258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

98. Bashkir State University

For Management

#1100 in Europe

#4259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

99. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Management

#1101 in Europe

#4263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

100. Ivanovo State Power University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Management

#1102 in Europe

#4265 in the World

Founded: 1918

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