40 Best universities for Computer Engineering 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 Computer Engineering. A graph of 46.4K citations received by 8.15K academic papers made by 40 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. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Engineering

#165 in Europe

#485 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Engineering

#236 in Europe

#686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

3. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Engineering

#259 in Europe

#747 in the World

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

4. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Engineering

#277 in Europe

#806 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

5. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Engineering

#282 in Europe

#814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

6. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Engineering

#298 in Europe

#871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

7. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Engineering

#309 in Europe

#915 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

8. Tomsk State University

For Computer Engineering

#319 in Europe

#973 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

9. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Engineering

#330 in Europe

#1013 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

10. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Computer Engineering

#337 in Europe

#1054 in the World

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

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

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Engineering

#358 in Europe

#1110 in the World

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

12. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Engineering

#360 in Europe

#1120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

13. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Computer Engineering

#361 in Europe

#1122 in the World

Founded: 1971

14. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Computer Engineering

#365 in Europe

#1131 in the World

Founded: 1915

15. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Computer Engineering

#370 in Europe

#1156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

16. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Computer Engineering

#375 in Europe

#1165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

17. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Engineering

#380 in Europe

#1181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

18. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Computer Engineering

#382 in Europe

#1183 in the World

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

19. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Engineering

#404 in Europe

#1257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

20. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Computer Engineering

#416 in Europe

#1303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

21. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Computer Engineering

#425 in Europe

#1333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

22. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Engineering

#443 in Europe

#1381 in the World

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

23. Perm State Technical University

For Computer Engineering

#467 in Europe

#1491 in the World

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

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

For Computer Engineering

#469 in Europe

#1499 in the World

Founded: 1932

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Engineering

#474 in Europe

#1526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

26. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Computer Engineering

#487 in Europe

#1576 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

27. Penza State University

For Computer Engineering

#526 in Europe

#1758 in the World

Founded: 1943

28. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Computer Engineering

#528 in Europe

#1778 in the World

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

29. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Computer Engineering

#529 in Europe

#1783 in the World

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

30. Kazan Federal University

For Computer Engineering

#531 in Europe

#1789 in the World

Founded: 1804

31. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Computer Engineering

#542 in Europe

#1830 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

32. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Computer Engineering

#559 in Europe

#1921 in the World

Founded: 1960

33. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Computer Engineering

#578 in Europe

#2047 in the World

Founded: 1909

34. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Computer Engineering

#581 in Europe

#2084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

35. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Computer Engineering

#582 in Europe

#2085 in the World

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

36. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Computer Engineering

#584 in Europe

#2096 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

37. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Engineering

#586 in Europe

#2107 in the World

Founded: 1896

38. Omsk State Technical University

For Computer Engineering

#589 in Europe

#2136 in the World

Founded: 1942

39. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Computer Engineering

#591 in Europe

#2145 in the World

Founded: 1952

40. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Computer Engineering

#592 in Europe

#2151 in the World

Founded: 1930

The best cities to study Computer Engineering in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tomsk, and Chelyabinsk.