100 Best universities for Machine Learning 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 Machine Learning. A graph of 511K citations received by 65.2K academic papers made by 143 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

#167 in Europe

#500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#192 in Europe

#561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#196 in Europe

#575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

4. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#343 in Europe

#1054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

5. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#373 in Europe

#1153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

6. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#440 in Europe

#1447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

7. Kazan Federal University

For Machine Learning

#449 in Europe

#1496 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Machine Learning

#461 in Europe

#1518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

9. Tomsk State University

For Machine Learning

#480 in Europe

#1600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

10. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#482 in Europe

#1606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

11. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#523 in Europe

#1739 in the World

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

12. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Machine Learning

#531 in Europe

#1774 in the World

Founded: 1915

13. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Machine Learning

#532 in Europe

#1777 in the World

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

14. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Machine Learning

#549 in Europe

#1857 in the World

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

15. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#555 in Europe

#1887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

16. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Machine Learning

#558 in Europe

#1903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

17. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#566 in Europe

#1928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

18. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#583 in Europe

#2034 in the World

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

19. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#584 in Europe

#2035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

20. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Machine Learning

#599 in Europe

#2104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

21. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Machine Learning

#600 in Europe

#2105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

22. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Machine Learning

#606 in Europe

#2153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

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

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#611 in Europe

#2189 in the World

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

24. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Machine Learning

#635 in Europe

#2298 in the World

Founded: 1909

25. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Machine Learning

#667 in Europe

#2459 in the World

Founded: 1960

26. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Machine Learning

#690 in Europe

#2584 in the World

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

27. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Machine Learning

#722 in Europe

#2813 in the World

Founded: 1993

28. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#725 in Europe

#2831 in the World

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

29. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Machine Learning

#747 in Europe

#2945 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

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

For Machine Learning

#755 in Europe

#2990 in the World

Founded: 1932

31. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Machine Learning

#758 in Europe

#3009 in the World

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

32. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Machine Learning

#764 in Europe

#3027 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

33. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Machine Learning

#769 in Europe

#3042 in the World

Founded: 1971

34. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#771 in Europe

#3058 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

35. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#790 in Europe

#3139 in the World

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

36. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Machine Learning

#813 in Europe

#3260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

37. Perm State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#819 in Europe

#3294 in the World

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

38. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Machine Learning

#820 in Europe

#3298 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

39. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#821 in Europe

#3306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

40. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Machine Learning

#829 in Europe

#3360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

41. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Machine Learning

#835 in Europe

#3413 in the World

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

42. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Machine Learning

#839 in Europe

#3420 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

43. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Machine Learning

#854 in Europe

#3478 in the World

Founded: 1930

44. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Machine Learning

#856 in Europe

#3481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

45. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Machine Learning

#859 in Europe

#3496 in the World

Founded: 1976

46. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#875 in Europe

#3593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

47. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#880 in Europe

#3621 in the World

Founded: 1919

48. Tula State University

For Machine Learning

#887 in Europe

#3662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

49. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#888 in Europe

#3668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

50. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#902 in Europe

#3751 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

51. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Machine Learning

#903 in Europe

#3753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

52. Penza State University

For Machine Learning

#905 in Europe

#3757 in the World

Founded: 1943

53. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#911 in Europe

#3790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

54. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Machine Learning

#921 in Europe

#3829 in the World

Founded: 1980

55. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#922 in Europe

#3835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

56. Perm State University

For Machine Learning

#924 in Europe

#3854 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#927 in Europe

#3866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

58. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#931 in Europe

#3876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

59. South-Western State University

For Machine Learning

#932 in Europe

#3877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

60. Omsk State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#937 in Europe

#3900 in the World

Founded: 1942

61. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Machine Learning

#941 in Europe

#3929 in the World

Founded: 1876

62. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Machine Learning

#945 in Europe

#3950 in the World

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

63. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#948 in Europe

#3955 in the World

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

64. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Machine Learning

#951 in Europe

#3964 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

65. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#952 in Europe

#3972 in the World

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

66. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Machine Learning

#956 in Europe

#3993 in the World

Founded: 1958

67. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Machine Learning

#979 in Europe

#4111 in the World

Founded: 1988

68. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Machine Learning

#983 in Europe

#4139 in the World

Founded: 1930

69. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Machine Learning

#985 in Europe

#4144 in the World

Founded: 1952

70. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#988 in Europe

#4148 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

71. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Machine Learning

#991 in Europe

#4174 in the World

Founded: 1974

72. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Machine Learning

#992 in Europe

#4175 in the World

Founded: 1967

73. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Machine Learning

#995 in Europe

#4191 in the World

Founded: 1971

74. Bashkir State University

For Machine Learning

#997 in Europe

#4197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

75. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#999 in Europe

#4211 in the World

Founded: 1896

76. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#1003 in Europe

#4232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

77. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Machine Learning

#1005 in Europe

#4243 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

78. Omsk State University

For Machine Learning

#1007 in Europe

#4251 in the World

Founded: 1974

79. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#1008 in Europe

#4252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

80. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Machine Learning

#1014 in Europe

#4265 in the World

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

81. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Machine Learning

#1016 in Europe

#4295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

82. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Machine Learning

#1023 in Europe

#4317 in the World

Founded: 1967

83. Kazan State Technological University

For Machine Learning

#1028 in Europe

#4342 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

84. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Machine Learning

#1033 in Europe

#4367 in the World

Founded: 1934

85. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#1036 in Europe

#4396 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

86. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Machine Learning

#1037 in Europe

#4412 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#1039 in Europe

#4422 in the World

Founded: 1832

88. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Machine Learning

#1055 in Europe

#4502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

89. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Machine Learning

#1058 in Europe

#4528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

90. Orel State University

For Machine Learning

#1063 in Europe

#4542 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

91. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#1065 in Europe

#4553 in the World

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

92. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Machine Learning

#1069 in Europe

#4574 in the World

Founded: 1973

93. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#1071 in Europe

#4577 in the World

Founded: 1992

94. Tver State University

For Machine Learning

#1073 in Europe

#4606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

95. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Machine Learning

#1074 in Europe

#4610 in the World

Founded: 1918

96. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Machine Learning

#1075 in Europe

#4614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

97. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Machine Learning

#1080 in Europe

#4637 in the World

Founded: 1938

98. Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Machine Learning

#1095 in Europe

#4700 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1934

99. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Machine Learning

#1098 in Europe

#4708 in the World

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

100. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#1100 in Europe

#4723 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

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.