100 Best universities for Cyber Security 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 Cyber Security. A graph of 336K citations received by 37.6K 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

#149 in Europe

#424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#204 in Europe

#551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#231 in Europe

#630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#256 in Europe

#705 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

#761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

6. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#286 in Europe

#793 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

7. Kazan Federal University

For Cyber Security

#364 in Europe

#1047 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#377 in Europe

#1080 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

9. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#422 in Europe

#1241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

10. Tomsk State University

For Cyber Security

#437 in Europe

#1286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

11. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#447 in Europe

#1310 in the World

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

12. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Cyber Security

#473 in Europe

#1421 in the World

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

13. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Cyber Security

#479 in Europe

#1446 in the World

Founded: 1915

14. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#499 in Europe

#1534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#500 in Europe

#1535 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

16. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Cyber Security

#506 in Europe

#1555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

17. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Cyber Security

#534 in Europe

#1695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

18. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Cyber Security

#560 in Europe

#1779 in the World

Founded: 1909

19. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#562 in Europe

#1789 in the World

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

20. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Cyber Security

#565 in Europe

#1804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

21. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Cyber Security

#581 in Europe

#1875 in the World

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

22. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#584 in Europe

#1889 in the World

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

23. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#586 in Europe

#1898 in the World

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

24. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#602 in Europe

#1987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

25. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#603 in Europe

#1992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

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

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#627 in Europe

#2088 in the World

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

27. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Cyber Security

#659 in Europe

#2289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

28. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#675 in Europe

#2382 in the World

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

29. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Cyber Security

#689 in Europe

#2480 in the World

Founded: 1971

30. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Cyber Security

#693 in Europe

#2494 in the World

Founded: 1930

31. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Cyber Security

#704 in Europe

#2547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

32. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Cyber Security

#713 in Europe

#2591 in the World

Founded: 1980

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

For Cyber Security

#725 in Europe

#2682 in the World

Founded: 1932

34. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#732 in Europe

#2701 in the World

Founded: 1896

35. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#739 in Europe

#2718 in the World

Founded: 1919

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#740 in Europe

#2728 in the World

Founded: 1832

37. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Cyber Security

#745 in Europe

#2742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

38. Penza State University

For Cyber Security

#759 in Europe

#2825 in the World

Founded: 1943

39. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Cyber Security

#760 in Europe

#2826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

40. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Cyber Security

#765 in Europe

#2862 in the World

Founded: 1960

41. Omsk State Technical University

For Cyber Security

#767 in Europe

#2868 in the World

Founded: 1942

42. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Cyber Security

#769 in Europe

#2878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

43. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Cyber Security

#771 in Europe

#2885 in the World

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

44. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#775 in Europe

#2892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

45. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Cyber Security

#783 in Europe

#2923 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

46. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#794 in Europe

#2958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

47. Perm State Technical University

For Cyber Security

#803 in Europe

#2992 in the World

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

48. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Cyber Security

#805 in Europe

#3000 in the World

Founded: 1993

49. South-Western State University

For Cyber Security

#819 in Europe

#3069 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

50. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#826 in Europe

#3103 in the World

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

51. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#837 in Europe

#3166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

52. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Cyber Security

#849 in Europe

#3226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

53. Bashkir State University

For Cyber Security

#853 in Europe

#3248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

54. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Cyber Security

#854 in Europe

#3260 in the World

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

55. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Cyber Security

#855 in Europe

#3262 in the World

Founded: 1930

56. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#870 in Europe

#3328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

57. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Cyber Security

#876 in Europe

#3354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

58. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Cyber Security

#877 in Europe

#3356 in the World

Founded: 1952

59. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Cyber Security

#882 in Europe

#3377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

60. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Cyber Security

#885 in Europe

#3392 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

61. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Cyber Security

#886 in Europe

#3393 in the World

Founded: 1973

62. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#888 in Europe

#3412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

63. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#896 in Europe

#3455 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

64. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Cyber Security

#897 in Europe

#3460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

65. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#902 in Europe

#3484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

66. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#905 in Europe

#3489 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

67. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#916 in Europe

#3549 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

68. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Cyber Security

#919 in Europe

#3556 in the World

Founded: 1967

69. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Cyber Security

#922 in Europe

#3563 in the World

Founded: 1938

70. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Cyber Security

#930 in Europe

#3605 in the World

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

71. Omsk State University

For Cyber Security

#937 in Europe

#3649 in the World

Founded: 1974

72. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Cyber Security

#942 in Europe

#3680 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

73. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Cyber Security

#947 in Europe

#3687 in the World

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

74. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Cyber Security

#959 in Europe

#3754 in the World

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

75. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#964 in Europe

#3776 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

76. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Cyber Security

#966 in Europe

#3784 in the World

Founded: 1876

77. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#967 in Europe

#3789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

78. Tula State University

For Cyber Security

#969 in Europe

#3810 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

79. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Cyber Security

#974 in Europe

#3839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

80. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Cyber Security

#979 in Europe

#3880 in the World

Founded: 1934

81. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Cyber Security

#990 in Europe

#3920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

82. Tver State University

For Cyber Security

#992 in Europe

#3927 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

83. Perm State University

For Cyber Security

#993 in Europe

#3929 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

84. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Cyber Security

#995 in Europe

#3936 in the World

Founded: 1971

85. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#996 in Europe

#3942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

86. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Cyber Security

#998 in Europe

#3962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

87. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Cyber Security

#1001 in Europe

#3971 in the World

Founded: 1974

88. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Cyber Security

#1005 in Europe

#3981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

89. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Cyber Security

#1007 in Europe

#3990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

90. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Cyber Security

#1009 in Europe

#3999 in the World

Founded: 1976

91. Kazan State Technological University

For Cyber Security

#1014 in Europe

#4022 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

92. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Cyber Security

#1017 in Europe

#4030 in the World

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

93. Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Cyber Security

#1032 in Europe

#4118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1942

94. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Cyber Security

#1040 in Europe

#4158 in the World

Founded: 1918

95. Murmansk State Technical University

Russia | Murmansk

For Cyber Security

#1049 in Europe

#4236 in the World

Founded: 1950

96. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Cyber Security

#1057 in Europe

#4269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

97. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cyber Security

#1059 in Europe

#4282 in the World

Founded: 1992

98. Orel State University

For Cyber Security

#1066 in Europe

#4298 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

99. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Cyber Security

#1077 in Europe

#4346 in the World

Founded: 1988

100. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Cyber Security

#1081 in Europe

#4370 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

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.