100 Best universities for Cyber Security 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 Cyber Security. A graph of 358K citations received by 38.6K academic papers made by 115 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 Cyber Security

#154 in Europe

#435 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#206 in Europe

#556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#236 in Europe

#647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#257 in Europe

#710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

5. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#276 in Europe

#766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

6. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#291 in Europe

#809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

7. Kazan Federal University

For Cyber Security

#372 in Europe

#1074 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#387 in Europe

#1112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

9. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#415 in Europe

#1220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

10. Tomsk State University

For Cyber Security

#440 in Europe

#1307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

11. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#441 in Europe

#1308 in the World

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

12. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Cyber Security

#470 in Europe

#1415 in the World

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

13. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Cyber Security

#482 in Europe

#1465 in the World

Founded: 1915

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#503 in Europe

#1543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

15. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#506 in Europe

#1553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

16. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Cyber Security

#508 in Europe

#1560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

17. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Cyber Security

#537 in Europe

#1721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

18. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#560 in Europe

#1794 in the World

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

19. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Cyber Security

#567 in Europe

#1818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

20. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Cyber Security

#572 in Europe

#1841 in the World

Founded: 1909

21. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#579 in Europe

#1868 in the World

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

22. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Cyber Security

#585 in Europe

#1903 in the World

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

23. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#588 in Europe

#1919 in the World

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

24. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#605 in Europe

#2012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

25. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#607 in Europe

#2023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

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

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#634 in Europe

#2120 in the World

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

27. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Cyber Security

#665 in Europe

#2326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

28. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#680 in Europe

#2414 in the World

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

29. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Cyber Security

#689 in Europe

#2463 in the World

Founded: 1971

30. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Cyber Security

#696 in Europe

#2509 in the World

Founded: 1930

31. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Cyber Security

#710 in Europe

#2580 in the World

Founded: 1980

32. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Cyber Security

#718 in Europe

#2636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

33. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#728 in Europe

#2685 in the World

Founded: 1896

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#736 in Europe

#2714 in the World

Founded: 1832

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

For Cyber Security

#742 in Europe

#2733 in the World

Founded: 1932

36. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#745 in Europe

#2738 in the World

Founded: 1919

37. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Cyber Security

#750 in Europe

#2750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

38. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Cyber Security

#770 in Europe

#2881 in the World

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

39. Penza State University

For Cyber Security

#773 in Europe

#2898 in the World

Founded: 1943

40. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Cyber Security

#775 in Europe

#2901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

41. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Cyber Security

#777 in Europe

#2910 in the World

Founded: 1960

42. Omsk State Technical University

For Cyber Security

#782 in Europe

#2922 in the World

Founded: 1942

43. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Cyber Security

#789 in Europe

#2937 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

44. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#791 in Europe

#2940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

45. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Cyber Security

#796 in Europe

#2970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

46. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#798 in Europe

#2974 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

47. Perm State Technical University

For Cyber Security

#809 in Europe

#3037 in the World

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

48. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Cyber Security

#823 in Europe

#3085 in the World

Founded: 1993

49. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#827 in Europe

#3097 in the World

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

50. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Cyber Security

#828 in Europe

#3104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

51. South-Western State University

For Cyber Security

#830 in Europe

#3110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

52. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#841 in Europe

#3198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

53. Bashkir State University

For Cyber Security

#859 in Europe

#3295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

54. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Cyber Security

#867 in Europe

#3334 in the World

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

55. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#868 in Europe

#3335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

56. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Cyber Security

#870 in Europe

#3339 in the World

Founded: 1930

57. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Cyber Security

#881 in Europe

#3394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

58. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Cyber Security

#884 in Europe

#3407 in the World

Founded: 1973

59. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Cyber Security

#886 in Europe

#3421 in the World

Founded: 1952

60. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Cyber Security

#888 in Europe

#3433 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

61. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Cyber Security

#890 in Europe

#3450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

62. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#893 in Europe

#3464 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

63. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#894 in Europe

#3467 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

64. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#901 in Europe

#3502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

65. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Cyber Security

#903 in Europe

#3515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

66. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Cyber Security

#916 in Europe

#3565 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

67. Omsk State University

For Cyber Security

#919 in Europe

#3573 in the World

Founded: 1974

68. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#920 in Europe

#3576 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

69. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#924 in Europe

#3586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

70. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Cyber Security

#925 in Europe

#3589 in the World

Founded: 1967

71. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Cyber Security

#927 in Europe

#3601 in the World

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

72. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Cyber Security

#937 in Europe

#3637 in the World

Founded: 1938

73. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Cyber Security

#949 in Europe

#3697 in the World

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

74. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Cyber Security

#970 in Europe

#3810 in the World

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

75. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Cyber Security

#971 in Europe

#3812 in the World

Founded: 1876

76. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#972 in Europe

#3817 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

77. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#973 in Europe

#3819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

78. Tula State University

For Cyber Security

#976 in Europe

#3846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

79. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#982 in Europe

#3871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

80. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Cyber Security

#983 in Europe

#3872 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

81. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Cyber Security

#989 in Europe

#3922 in the World

Founded: 1934

82. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Cyber Security

#990 in Europe

#3927 in the World

Founded: 1971

83. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Cyber Security

#995 in Europe

#3951 in the World

Founded: 1976

84. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Cyber Security

#996 in Europe

#3959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

85. Tver State University

For Cyber Security

#997 in Europe

#3962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

86. Perm State University

For Cyber Security

#1000 in Europe

#3971 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

87. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Cyber Security

#1003 in Europe

#3992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

88. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Cyber Security

#1005 in Europe

#3994 in the World

Founded: 1974

89. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#1009 in Europe

#4005 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

90. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Cyber Security

#1010 in Europe

#4006 in the World

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

91. Kazan State Technological University

For Cyber Security

#1015 in Europe

#4027 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

92. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Cyber Security

#1019 in Europe

#4052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

93. Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Cyber Security

#1040 in Europe

#4180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1942

94. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Cyber Security

#1049 in Europe

#4219 in the World

Founded: 1918

95. Murmansk State Technical University

Russia | Murmansk

For Cyber Security

#1052 in Europe

#4255 in the World

Founded: 1950

96. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Cyber Security

#1065 in Europe

#4306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

97. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Cyber Security

#1075 in Europe

#4366 in the World

Founded: 1988

98. Orel State University

For Cyber Security

#1077 in Europe

#4371 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

99. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#1081 in Europe

#4396 in the World

Founded: 1992

100. Saratov State Academy of Law

Russia | Saratov

For Cyber Security

#1089 in Europe

#4427 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1931

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