100 Best universities for Computer Vision 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 Vision. A graph of 553K citations received by 62.3K academic papers made by 118 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 Vision

#63 in Europe

#209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Vision

#184 in Europe

#499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Vision

#308 in Europe

#864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

4. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#314 in Europe

#880 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

5. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#332 in Europe

#933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

6. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Vision

#352 in Europe

#1001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

7. Tomsk State University

For Computer Vision

#358 in Europe

#1022 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

8. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Computer Vision

#364 in Europe

#1041 in the World

Founded: 1909

9. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Computer Vision

#366 in Europe

#1053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

10. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Computer Vision

#373 in Europe

#1069 in the World

Founded: 1915

11. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#396 in Europe

#1151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

12. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#405 in Europe

#1183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

13. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Computer Vision

#408 in Europe

#1194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

14. Kazan Federal University

For Computer Vision

#417 in Europe

#1230 in the World

Founded: 1804

15. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Vision

#451 in Europe

#1385 in the World

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

16. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Computer Vision

#454 in Europe

#1391 in the World

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

17. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#455 in Europe

#1395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

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

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#465 in Europe

#1432 in the World

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

19. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Computer Vision

#480 in Europe

#1488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

20. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Computer Vision

#506 in Europe

#1601 in the World

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

21. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Computer Vision

#510 in Europe

#1622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

22. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Computer Vision

#540 in Europe

#1789 in the World

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

23. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Computer Vision

#550 in Europe

#1839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

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

For Computer Vision

#592 in Europe

#2050 in the World

Founded: 1932

25. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#595 in Europe

#2060 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

26. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#602 in Europe

#2089 in the World

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

27. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Computer Vision

#610 in Europe

#2120 in the World

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

28. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Computer Vision

#625 in Europe

#2220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

29. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Computer Vision

#628 in Europe

#2234 in the World

Founded: 1976

30. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#631 in Europe

#2249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

31. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Computer Vision

#637 in Europe

#2295 in the World

Founded: 1993

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Vision

#638 in Europe

#2299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

33. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Vision

#641 in Europe

#2312 in the World

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

34. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Computer Vision

#642 in Europe

#2319 in the World

Founded: 1930

35. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#644 in Europe

#2338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

36. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Computer Vision

#671 in Europe

#2441 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

37. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#673 in Europe

#2447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

38. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Computer Vision

#680 in Europe

#2530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

39. Perm State Technical University

For Computer Vision

#681 in Europe

#2531 in the World

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

40. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Computer Vision

#700 in Europe

#2613 in the World

Founded: 1960

41. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#703 in Europe

#2627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

42. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Computer Vision

#706 in Europe

#2635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

43. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Computer Vision

#707 in Europe

#2638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

44. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Computer Vision

#709 in Europe

#2645 in the World

Founded: 1952

45. Tula State University

For Computer Vision

#718 in Europe

#2672 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

46. Omsk State Technical University

For Computer Vision

#723 in Europe

#2692 in the World

Founded: 1942

47. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Computer Vision

#735 in Europe

#2735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

48. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#737 in Europe

#2743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

49. South-Western State University

For Computer Vision

#753 in Europe

#2795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

50. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Computer Vision

#757 in Europe

#2824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

51. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Computer Vision

#768 in Europe

#2860 in the World

Founded: 1971

52. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Vision

#780 in Europe

#2947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

53. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Computer Vision

#781 in Europe

#2958 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

54. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Computer Vision

#782 in Europe

#2977 in the World

Founded: 1958

55. Perm State University

For Computer Vision

#790 in Europe

#3009 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

56. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Computer Vision

#791 in Europe

#3011 in the World

Founded: 1967

57. Penza State University

For Computer Vision

#792 in Europe

#3013 in the World

Founded: 1943

58. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Computer Vision

#800 in Europe

#3045 in the World

Founded: 1980

59. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Computer Vision

#817 in Europe

#3128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

60. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Computer Vision

#822 in Europe

#3167 in the World

Founded: 1973

61. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#824 in Europe

#3173 in the World

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

62. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Computer Vision

#831 in Europe

#3200 in the World

Founded: 1876

63. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#839 in Europe

#3228 in the World

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

64. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#843 in Europe

#3256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

65. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Vision

#860 in Europe

#3334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

66. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Computer Vision

#866 in Europe

#3358 in the World

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

67. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Computer Vision

#867 in Europe

#3359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

68. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Vision

#870 in Europe

#3372 in the World

Founded: 1992

69. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Computer Vision

#873 in Europe

#3376 in the World

Founded: 1988

70. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Computer Vision

#880 in Europe

#3430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

71. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Computer Vision

#891 in Europe

#3472 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

72. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Computer Vision

#897 in Europe

#3502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

73. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Computer Vision

#898 in Europe

#3507 in the World

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

74. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Computer Vision

#906 in Europe

#3556 in the World

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

75. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Computer Vision

#911 in Europe

#3603 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

76. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Computer Vision

#923 in Europe

#3673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

77. Volga State University of Technology

Russia | Yoshkar-Ola

For Computer Vision

#929 in Europe

#3697 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1932

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Vision

#937 in Europe

#3730 in the World

Founded: 1832

79. Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Vision

#942 in Europe

#3742 in the World

Founded: 1930

80. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#945 in Europe

#3758 in the World

Founded: 1804

81. Bashkir State University

For Computer Vision

#946 in Europe

#3772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

82. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#948 in Europe

#3780 in the World

Founded: 1896

83. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#953 in Europe

#3797 in the World

Founded: 1919

84. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Computer Vision

#956 in Europe

#3812 in the World

Founded: 1918

85. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#960 in Europe

#3856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

86. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Computer Vision

#966 in Europe

#3881 in the World

Founded: 1930

87. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Computer Vision

#968 in Europe

#3883 in the World

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

88. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Computer Vision

#971 in Europe

#3900 in the World

Founded: 1934

89. Orel State University

For Computer Vision

#975 in Europe

#3925 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

90. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Computer Vision

#981 in Europe

#3950 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

91. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Computer Vision

#982 in Europe

#3952 in the World

Founded: 1971

92. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Computer Vision

#983 in Europe

#3954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

93. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Computer Vision

#989 in Europe

#3972 in the World

Founded: 1967

94. Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh"

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Vision

#995 in Europe

#4015 in the World

Founded: 1932

95. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#997 in Europe

#4017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

96. Kaliningrad State Technical University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Computer Vision

#999 in Europe

#4023 in the World

Founded: 1930

97. Tver State University

For Computer Vision

#1004 in Europe

#4046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

98. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Computer Vision

#1007 in Europe

#4057 in the World

Founded: 1974

99. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Computer Vision

#1008 in Europe

#4058 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

100. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Vision

#1015 in Europe

#4094 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

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