100 Best Business schools 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 Business. A graph of 1.21M citations received by 209K academic papers made by 178 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 Business

#118 in Europe

#338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#128 in Europe

#365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#164 in Europe

#440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

4. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#340 in Europe

#868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

5. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#412 in Europe

#1060 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

6. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#421 in Europe

#1076 in the World

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

7. Kazan Federal University

For Business

#433 in Europe

#1108 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#438 in Europe

#1125 in the World

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

9. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#442 in Europe

#1132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

10. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Business

#453 in Europe

#1165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

11. Tomsk State University

For Business

#483 in Europe

#1293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

12. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#490 in Europe

#1321 in the World

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

13. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#522 in Europe

#1438 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

14. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Business

#523 in Europe

#1446 in the World

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

15. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#526 in Europe

#1462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

16. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#538 in Europe

#1517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

17. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Business

#549 in Europe

#1555 in the World

Founded: 1915

18. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Business

#560 in Europe

#1595 in the World

Founded: 1909

19. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#593 in Europe

#1706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

20. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Business

#608 in Europe

#1781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

21. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#642 in Europe

#1917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

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

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#648 in Europe

#1965 in the World

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

23. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#656 in Europe

#2016 in the World

Founded: 1919

24. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Business

#657 in Europe

#2019 in the World

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

25. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Business

#669 in Europe

#2120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

26. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Business

#696 in Europe

#2226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

27. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Business

#698 in Europe

#2235 in the World

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

28. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Business

#700 in Europe

#2252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

29. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#706 in Europe

#2279 in the World

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

30. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#728 in Europe

#2373 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

31. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Business

#739 in Europe

#2458 in the World

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

32. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Business

#742 in Europe

#2464 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

33. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#756 in Europe

#2535 in the World

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

34. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Business

#785 in Europe

#2638 in the World

Founded: 1980

35. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Business

#788 in Europe

#2653 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

36. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#790 in Europe

#2661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

37. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Business

#793 in Europe

#2680 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

38. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Business

#812 in Europe

#2767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

39. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Business

#826 in Europe

#2861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

40. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#828 in Europe

#2873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

41. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#842 in Europe

#2949 in the World

Founded: 1896

42. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#847 in Europe

#2978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

43. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#853 in Europe

#3036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

44. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Business

#856 in Europe

#3044 in the World

Founded: 1976

45. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Business

#858 in Europe

#3047 in the World

Founded: 1993

46. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Business

#859 in Europe

#3048 in the World

Founded: 1960

47. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Business

#860 in Europe

#3057 in the World

Founded: 1930

48. Perm State Technical University

For Business

#863 in Europe

#3068 in the World

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

49. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Business

#874 in Europe

#3119 in the World

Founded: 1971

50. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Business

#875 in Europe

#3122 in the World

Founded: 1973

51. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Business

#879 in Europe

#3141 in the World

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

52. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Business

#885 in Europe

#3177 in the World

Founded: 1930

53. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Business

#889 in Europe

#3211 in the World

Founded: 1974

54. Kazan State Technological University

For Business

#891 in Europe

#3219 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

55. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Business

#892 in Europe

#3220 in the World

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

56. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Business

#905 in Europe

#3272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#912 in Europe

#3301 in the World

Founded: 1832

58. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Business

#920 in Europe

#3339 in the World

Founded: 1988

59. Omsk State University

For Business

#926 in Europe

#3361 in the World

Founded: 1974

60. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Business

#933 in Europe

#3409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

61. South-Western State University

For Business

#936 in Europe

#3420 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

62. Perm State University

For Business

#937 in Europe

#3421 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

63. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#941 in Europe

#3432 in the World

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

64. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#943 in Europe

#3461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

65. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Business

#951 in Europe

#3511 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

66. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Business

#954 in Europe

#3524 in the World

Founded: 1876

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

For Business

#964 in Europe

#3561 in the World

Founded: 1932

68. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Business

#966 in Europe

#3564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

69. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Business

#968 in Europe

#3573 in the World

Founded: 1971

70. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Business

#969 in Europe

#3577 in the World

Founded: 1952

71. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Business

#970 in Europe

#3579 in the World

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

72. Penza State University

For Business

#976 in Europe

#3612 in the World

Founded: 1943

73. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Business

#979 in Europe

#3636 in the World

Founded: 1934

74. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#985 in Europe

#3659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

75. Samara State University

Russia | Samara

For Business

#988 in Europe

#3668 in the World

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

76. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#990 in Europe

#3681 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

77. Bashkir State University

For Business

#992 in Europe

#3696 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

78. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Business

#993 in Europe

#3699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

79. Omsk State Technical University

For Business

#997 in Europe

#3728 in the World

Founded: 1942

80. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Business

#999 in Europe

#3740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

81. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Business

#1007 in Europe

#3773 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

82. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Business

#1008 in Europe

#3774 in the World

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

83. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Business

#1009 in Europe

#3777 in the World

Founded: 1967

84. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Business

#1013 in Europe

#3794 in the World

Founded: 1967

85. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Business

#1020 in Europe

#3825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

86. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#1029 in Europe

#3867 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

87. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Business

#1035 in Europe

#3882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

88. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Business

#1036 in Europe

#3888 in the World

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

89. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#1056 in Europe

#4014 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

90. Tula State University

For Business

#1060 in Europe

#4033 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

91. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Business

#1063 in Europe

#4059 in the World

Founded: 1958

92. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Business

#1069 in Europe

#4094 in the World

Founded: 1930

93. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Business

#1077 in Europe

#4118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

94. Orel State University

For Business

#1083 in Europe

#4148 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

95. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Business

#1084 in Europe

#4152 in the World

Founded: 1918

96. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Business

#1086 in Europe

#4170 in the World

Founded: 1938

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#1091 in Europe

#4185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

98. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Business

#1105 in Europe

#4225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

99. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#1111 in Europe

#4269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

100. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#1114 in Europe

#4284 in the World

Founded: 1992

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