69 Best universities for Project 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 Project Management. A graph of 71K citations received by 14.6K 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. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#74 in Europe

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Project Management

#91 in Europe

#204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#132 in Europe

#307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

4. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Project Management

#144 in Europe

#340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

5. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#205 in Europe

#459 in the World

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

6. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#225 in Europe

#509 in the World

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

7. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#245 in Europe

#549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

8. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#266 in Europe

#603 in the World

Founded: 1919

9. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#278 in Europe

#635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

10. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Project Management

#305 in Europe

#691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

11. Kazan Federal University

For Project Management

#321 in Europe

#720 in the World

Founded: 1804

12. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Project Management

#398 in Europe

#908 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

13. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#399 in Europe

#909 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

14. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#418 in Europe

#967 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

15. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#442 in Europe

#1025 in the World

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

16. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Project Management

#443 in Europe

#1029 in the World

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

17. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Project Management

#457 in Europe

#1059 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

18. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Project Management

#464 in Europe

#1071 in the World

Founded: 1960

19. Samara State University

Russia | Samara

For Project Management

#480 in Europe

#1119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1969

20. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#485 in Europe

#1139 in the World

Founded: 1896

21. Tomsk State University

For Project Management

#520 in Europe

#1233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

22. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Project Management

#533 in Europe

#1268 in the World

Founded: 1915

23. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Project Management

#535 in Europe

#1271 in the World

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

24. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Project Management

#539 in Europe

#1278 in the World

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

25. Perm State Technical University

For Project Management

#548 in Europe

#1305 in the World

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

26. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#551 in Europe

#1315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

27. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Project Management

#561 in Europe

#1345 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

28. Omsk State University

For Project Management

#568 in Europe

#1378 in the World

Founded: 1974

29. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Project Management

#577 in Europe

#1399 in the World

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

30. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Project Management

#587 in Europe

#1433 in the World

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

31. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Project Management

#594 in Europe

#1446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

32. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Project Management

#604 in Europe

#1473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

33. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#605 in Europe

#1476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

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

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#610 in Europe

#1487 in the World

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

35. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Project Management

#614 in Europe

#1498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

36. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Project Management

#620 in Europe

#1518 in the World

Founded: 1952

37. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Project Management

#638 in Europe

#1587 in the World

Founded: 1971

38. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Project Management

#645 in Europe

#1606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

39. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Project Management

#647 in Europe

#1613 in the World

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

40. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Project Management

#648 in Europe

#1615 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

41. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Project Management

#675 in Europe

#1703 in the World

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

42. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Project Management

#678 in Europe

#1727 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

43. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Project Management

#689 in Europe

#1766 in the World

Founded: 1980

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Project Management

#690 in Europe

#1769 in the World

Founded: 1832

45. Kazan State Technological University

For Project Management

#693 in Europe

#1781 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

46. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Project Management

#705 in Europe

#1825 in the World

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

47. Orel State University

For Project Management

#712 in Europe

#1857 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

48. Penza State University

For Project Management

#714 in Europe

#1876 in the World

Founded: 1943

49. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Project Management

#721 in Europe

#1897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

50. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Project Management

#726 in Europe

#1923 in the World

Founded: 1971

51. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Project Management

#738 in Europe

#1980 in the World

Founded: 1976

52. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Project Management

#740 in Europe

#1988 in the World

Founded: 1930

53. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Project Management

#742 in Europe

#1995 in the World

Founded: 1934

54. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Project Management

#745 in Europe

#2006 in the World

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

55. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Project Management

#748 in Europe

#2016 in the World

Founded: 1974

56. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Project Management

#754 in Europe

#2028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

57. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Project Management

#767 in Europe

#2056 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

58. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#770 in Europe

#2065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

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

For Project Management

#771 in Europe

#2075 in the World

Founded: 1932

60. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#774 in Europe

#2085 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

61. South-Western State University

For Project Management

#778 in Europe

#2113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

62. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Project Management

#780 in Europe

#2124 in the World

Founded: 1938

63. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Project Management

#794 in Europe

#2176 in the World

Founded: 1918

64. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Project Management

#796 in Europe

#2183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

65. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Project Management

#803 in Europe

#2220 in the World

Founded: 1876

66. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Project Management

#804 in Europe

#2233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

67. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Project Management

#806 in Europe

#2252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

68. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Project Management

#809 in Europe

#2271 in the World

Founded: 1930

69. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Project Management

#810 in Europe

#2273 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

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