100 Best universities for Machine Learning in Russia

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Machine Learning. A graph of 342K citations received by 56.3K academic papers made by 130 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 Machine Learning

#164 in Europe

#487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#207 in Europe

#591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#258 in Europe

#720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#376 in Europe

#1122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

5. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#387 in Europe

#1151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

6. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#463 in Europe

#1494 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

7. Kazan Federal University

For Machine Learning

#481 in Europe

#1551 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Machine Learning

#489 in Europe

#1577 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

9. Tomsk State University

For Machine Learning

#492 in Europe

#1589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

10. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Machine Learning

#497 in Europe

#1605 in the World

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

11. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#533 in Europe

#1742 in the World

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

12. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Machine Learning

#536 in Europe

#1749 in the World

Founded: 1915

13. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#544 in Europe

#1793 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

14. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Machine Learning

#549 in Europe

#1814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

15. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#551 in Europe

#1841 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

16. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Machine Learning

#552 in Europe

#1843 in the World

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

17. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#557 in Europe

#1857 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

18. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#581 in Europe

#1961 in the World

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

19. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Machine Learning

#592 in Europe

#2002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

20. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Machine Learning

#608 in Europe

#2095 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

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

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#614 in Europe

#2139 in the World

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

22. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#617 in Europe

#2153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

23. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Machine Learning

#626 in Europe

#2185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

24. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Machine Learning

#629 in Europe

#2204 in the World

Founded: 1909

25. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Machine Learning

#670 in Europe

#2440 in the World

Founded: 1960

26. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Machine Learning

#690 in Europe

#2553 in the World

Founded: 1993

27. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Machine Learning

#703 in Europe

#2643 in the World

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

28. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Machine Learning

#744 in Europe

#2857 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

29. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Machine Learning

#751 in Europe

#2905 in the World

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

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

For Machine Learning

#762 in Europe

#2963 in the World

Founded: 1932

31. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#764 in Europe

#2972 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

32. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Machine Learning

#765 in Europe

#2974 in the World

Founded: 1971

33. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#767 in Europe

#2976 in the World

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

34. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Machine Learning

#781 in Europe

#3031 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

35. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Machine Learning

#783 in Europe

#3039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

36. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Machine Learning

#786 in Europe

#3052 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

37. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Machine Learning

#803 in Europe

#3161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

38. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#805 in Europe

#3172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

39. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#824 in Europe

#3280 in the World

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

40. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Machine Learning

#834 in Europe

#3341 in the World

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

41. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Machine Learning

#845 in Europe

#3373 in the World

Founded: 1930

42. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#849 in Europe

#3392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

43. Perm State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#850 in Europe

#3394 in the World

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

44. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Machine Learning

#858 in Europe

#3446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

45. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Machine Learning

#868 in Europe

#3497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

46. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#869 in Europe

#3498 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

47. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Machine Learning

#874 in Europe

#3523 in the World

Founded: 1976

48. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Machine Learning

#878 in Europe

#3542 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

49. Tula State University

For Machine Learning

#882 in Europe

#3555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

50. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#899 in Europe

#3694 in the World

Founded: 1919

51. Penza State University

For Machine Learning

#908 in Europe

#3723 in the World

Founded: 1943

52. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#911 in Europe

#3728 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

53. Omsk State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#918 in Europe

#3770 in the World

Founded: 1942

54. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#925 in Europe

#3795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

55. Perm State University

For Machine Learning

#926 in Europe

#3806 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

56. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#932 in Europe

#3818 in the World

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

57. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#933 in Europe

#3825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#936 in Europe

#3835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

59. Omsk State University

For Machine Learning

#941 in Europe

#3856 in the World

Founded: 1974

60. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Machine Learning

#942 in Europe

#3859 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

61. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Machine Learning

#946 in Europe

#3870 in the World

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

62. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Machine Learning

#951 in Europe

#3912 in the World

Founded: 1980

63. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#952 in Europe

#3913 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

64. Bashkir State University

For Machine Learning

#955 in Europe

#3926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

65. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#956 in Europe

#3928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

66. South-Western State University

For Machine Learning

#958 in Europe

#3938 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

67. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#960 in Europe

#3941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1930

68. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#963 in Europe

#3960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

69. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Machine Learning

#971 in Europe

#3998 in the World

Founded: 1876

70. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Machine Learning

#981 in Europe

#4047 in the World

Founded: 1958

71. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#984 in Europe

#4065 in the World

Founded: 1896

72. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Machine Learning

#986 in Europe

#4071 in the World

Founded: 1988

73. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Machine Learning

#988 in Europe

#4084 in the World

Founded: 1974

74. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Machine Learning

#991 in Europe

#4093 in the World

Founded: 1967

75. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Machine Learning

#994 in Europe

#4113 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

76. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#1002 in Europe

#4159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

77. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Machine Learning

#1005 in Europe

#4170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

78. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Machine Learning

#1006 in Europe

#4196 in the World

Founded: 1930

79. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Machine Learning

#1009 in Europe

#4224 in the World

Founded: 1952

80. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Machine Learning

#1011 in Europe

#4231 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

81. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Machine Learning

#1018 in Europe

#4262 in the World

Founded: 1971

82. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#1023 in Europe

#4300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

83. Kazan State Technological University

For Machine Learning

#1024 in Europe

#4301 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

84. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#1025 in Europe

#4303 in the World

Founded: 1992

85. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#1042 in Europe

#4392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1897

86. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Machine Learning

#1046 in Europe

#4417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

87. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Machine Learning

#1049 in Europe

#4442 in the World

Founded: 1967

88. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Machine Learning

#1054 in Europe

#4471 in the World

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

89. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Machine Learning

#1061 in Europe

#4495 in the World

Founded: 1973

90. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Machine Learning

#1062 in Europe

#4496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

91. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Machine Learning

#1064 in Europe

#4507 in the World

Founded: 1934

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#1065 in Europe

#4509 in the World

Founded: 1832

93. Orel State University

For Machine Learning

#1066 in Europe

#4514 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

94. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Machine Learning

#1074 in Europe

#4581 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

95. Tver State University

For Machine Learning

#1078 in Europe

#4607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

96. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#1079 in Europe

#4609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

97. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Machine Learning

#1093 in Europe

#4664 in the World

Founded: 1918

98. Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Machine Learning

#1100 in Europe

#4717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1942

99. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#1103 in Europe

#4722 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

100. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Machine Learning

#1117 in Europe

#4793 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

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