100 Best Business schools 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 Business. A graph of 1.12M citations received by 203K 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

#115 in Europe

#329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#135 in Europe

#372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#167 in Europe

#442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

4. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#359 in Europe

#917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

5. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#409 in Europe

#1048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

6. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#425 in Europe

#1084 in the World

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

7. Kazan Federal University

For Business

#431 in Europe

#1099 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#443 in Europe

#1136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

9. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#448 in Europe

#1151 in the World

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

10. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Business

#456 in Europe

#1196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

11. Tomsk State University

For Business

#483 in Europe

#1291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

12. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#496 in Europe

#1343 in the World

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

13. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#524 in Europe

#1450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

14. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Business

#525 in Europe

#1453 in the World

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

15. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#528 in Europe

#1469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

16. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#540 in Europe

#1524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

17. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Business

#549 in Europe

#1543 in the World

Founded: 1915

18. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Business

#551 in Europe

#1554 in the World

Founded: 1909

19. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#585 in Europe

#1688 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

20. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Business

#605 in Europe

#1763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

21. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#639 in Europe

#1910 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

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

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#648 in Europe

#1970 in the World

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

23. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Business

#654 in Europe

#2011 in the World

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

24. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#665 in Europe

#2081 in the World

Founded: 1919

25. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Business

#673 in Europe

#2141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

26. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Business

#693 in Europe

#2215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

27. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Business

#696 in Europe

#2227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

28. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Business

#699 in Europe

#2232 in the World

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

29. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#706 in Europe

#2269 in the World

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

30. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#725 in Europe

#2349 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

31. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Business

#737 in Europe

#2450 in the World

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

32. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Business

#739 in Europe

#2457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

33. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#763 in Europe

#2543 in the World

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

34. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Business

#780 in Europe

#2631 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

35. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Business

#787 in Europe

#2649 in the World

Founded: 1980

36. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Business

#791 in Europe

#2666 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

37. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#798 in Europe

#2702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

38. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Business

#819 in Europe

#2817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

39. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#835 in Europe

#2900 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

40. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Business

#841 in Europe

#2933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

41. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#845 in Europe

#2953 in the World

Founded: 1896

42. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#847 in Europe

#2970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

43. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Business

#852 in Europe

#3000 in the World

Founded: 1993

44. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Business

#863 in Europe

#3058 in the World

Founded: 1960

45. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#864 in Europe

#3061 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

46. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Business

#865 in Europe

#3077 in the World

Founded: 1930

47. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Business

#866 in Europe

#3078 in the World

Founded: 1976

48. Perm State Technical University

For Business

#868 in Europe

#3085 in the World

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

49. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Business

#871 in Europe

#3120 in the World

Founded: 1973

50. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Business

#873 in Europe

#3127 in the World

Founded: 1971

51. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Business

#877 in Europe

#3150 in the World

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

52. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Business

#878 in Europe

#3156 in the World

Founded: 1930

53. Kazan State Technological University

For Business

#885 in Europe

#3202 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

54. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Business

#891 in Europe

#3231 in the World

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

55. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Business

#901 in Europe

#3270 in the World

Founded: 1974

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#905 in Europe

#3280 in the World

Founded: 1832

57. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Business

#909 in Europe

#3293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

58. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Business

#911 in Europe

#3303 in the World

Founded: 1988

59. South-Western State University

For Business

#929 in Europe

#3368 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

60. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Business

#931 in Europe

#3380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

61. Perm State University

For Business

#932 in Europe

#3384 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

62. Omsk State University

For Business

#936 in Europe

#3399 in the World

Founded: 1974

63. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#937 in Europe

#3403 in the World

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

64. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#938 in Europe

#3405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

65. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Business

#952 in Europe

#3506 in the World

Founded: 1952

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

For Business

#956 in Europe

#3518 in the World

Founded: 1932

67. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Business

#962 in Europe

#3547 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

68. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Business

#963 in Europe

#3549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

69. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Business

#965 in Europe

#3553 in the World

Founded: 1876

70. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Business

#971 in Europe

#3579 in the World

Founded: 1971

71. Samara State University

Russia | Samara

For Business

#972 in Europe

#3593 in the World

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

72. Penza State University

For Business

#979 in Europe

#3614 in the World

Founded: 1943

73. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Business

#980 in Europe

#3616 in the World

Founded: 1934

74. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Business

#981 in Europe

#3620 in the World

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

75. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#987 in Europe

#3645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

76. Bashkir State University

For Business

#988 in Europe

#3668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

77. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Business

#990 in Europe

#3674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

78. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#991 in Europe

#3675 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

79. Omsk State Technical University

For Business

#992 in Europe

#3680 in the World

Founded: 1942

80. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Business

#997 in Europe

#3726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

81. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Business

#1004 in Europe

#3758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

82. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Business

#1007 in Europe

#3773 in the World

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

83. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Business

#1013 in Europe

#3794 in the World

Founded: 1967

84. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Business

#1016 in Europe

#3806 in the World

Founded: 1967

85. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Business

#1027 in Europe

#3835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

86. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Business

#1032 in Europe

#3863 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

87. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Business

#1036 in Europe

#3874 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

88. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Business

#1041 in Europe

#3915 in the World

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

89. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#1058 in Europe

#4011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

90. Tula State University

For Business

#1063 in Europe

#4044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

91. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Business

#1066 in Europe

#4072 in the World

Founded: 1930

92. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Business

#1068 in Europe

#4085 in the World

Founded: 1958

93. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Business

#1070 in Europe

#4091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

94. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Business

#1078 in Europe

#4127 in the World

Founded: 1918

95. Orel State University

For Business

#1080 in Europe

#4141 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

96. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Business

#1088 in Europe

#4171 in the World

Founded: 1938

97. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Business

#1095 in Europe

#4189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#1101 in Europe

#4202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

99. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#1105 in Europe

#4225 in the World

Founded: 1992

100. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Business

#1112 in Europe

#4263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

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