100 Best universities for Machine Learning 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 Machine Learning. A graph of 560K citations received by 66.9K academic papers made by 144 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

#174 in Europe

#515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#193 in Europe

#570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#200 in Europe

#582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

4. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#342 in Europe

#1054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

5. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#369 in Europe

#1160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

6. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#441 in Europe

#1459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

7. Kazan Federal University

For Machine Learning

#453 in Europe

#1512 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Machine Learning

#461 in Europe

#1540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

9. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#482 in Europe

#1606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

10. Tomsk State University

For Machine Learning

#486 in Europe

#1631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

11. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#523 in Europe

#1746 in the World

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

12. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Machine Learning

#528 in Europe

#1765 in the World

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

13. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Machine Learning

#538 in Europe

#1822 in the World

Founded: 1915

14. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Machine Learning

#551 in Europe

#1886 in the World

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

15. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#558 in Europe

#1922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

16. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Machine Learning

#560 in Europe

#1927 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

17. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#570 in Europe

#1976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

18. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#581 in Europe

#2044 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

#582 in Europe

#2046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

20. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Machine Learning

#600 in Europe

#2135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

21. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Machine Learning

#601 in Europe

#2137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

22. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Machine Learning

#614 in Europe

#2211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

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

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#615 in Europe

#2215 in the World

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

24. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Machine Learning

#635 in Europe

#2308 in the World

Founded: 1909

25. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Machine Learning

#675 in Europe

#2534 in the World

Founded: 1960

26. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Machine Learning

#696 in Europe

#2622 in the World

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

27. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#727 in Europe

#2834 in the World

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

28. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Machine Learning

#739 in Europe

#2911 in the World

Founded: 1993

29. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Machine Learning

#760 in Europe

#3013 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

30. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#762 in Europe

#3016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

31. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Machine Learning

#767 in Europe

#3050 in the World

Founded: 1971

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

For Machine Learning

#772 in Europe

#3068 in the World

Founded: 1932

33. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Machine Learning

#774 in Europe

#3072 in the World

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

34. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Machine Learning

#776 in Europe

#3076 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

35. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#802 in Europe

#3210 in the World

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

36. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#822 in Europe

#3339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

37. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Machine Learning

#823 in Europe

#3341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

38. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Machine Learning

#825 in Europe

#3346 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

39. Perm State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#828 in Europe

#3371 in the World

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

40. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Machine Learning

#841 in Europe

#3437 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

41. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Machine Learning

#850 in Europe

#3470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

42. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Machine Learning

#854 in Europe

#3486 in the World

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

43. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Machine Learning

#861 in Europe

#3514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

44. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Machine Learning

#864 in Europe

#3529 in the World

Founded: 1976

45. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Machine Learning

#866 in Europe

#3545 in the World

Founded: 1930

46. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#870 in Europe

#3583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

47. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#884 in Europe

#3654 in the World

Founded: 1919

48. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#895 in Europe

#3716 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

49. Tula State University

For Machine Learning

#896 in Europe

#3717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

50. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#897 in Europe

#3719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

51. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#907 in Europe

#3780 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

52. Penza State University

For Machine Learning

#908 in Europe

#3783 in the World

Founded: 1943

53. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Machine Learning

#917 in Europe

#3819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#920 in Europe

#3829 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

55. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Machine Learning

#929 in Europe

#3878 in the World

Founded: 1980

56. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#933 in Europe

#3892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

57. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#936 in Europe

#3906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

58. South-Western State University

For Machine Learning

#939 in Europe

#3917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

59. Perm State University

For Machine Learning

#940 in Europe

#3925 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

60. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Machine Learning

#943 in Europe

#3960 in the World

Founded: 1876

61. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Machine Learning

#944 in Europe

#3964 in the World

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

62. Omsk State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#945 in Europe

#3967 in the World

Founded: 1942

63. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#947 in Europe

#3975 in the World

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

64. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Machine Learning

#954 in Europe

#4006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

65. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#965 in Europe

#4038 in the World

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

66. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Machine Learning

#966 in Europe

#4039 in the World

Founded: 1958

67. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Machine Learning

#976 in Europe

#4090 in the World

Founded: 1967

68. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Machine Learning

#983 in Europe

#4131 in the World

Founded: 1930

69. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Machine Learning

#985 in Europe

#4136 in the World

Founded: 1974

70. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#989 in Europe

#4178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

71. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Machine Learning

#992 in Europe

#4204 in the World

Founded: 1971

72. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Machine Learning

#994 in Europe

#4210 in the World

Founded: 1988

73. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#995 in Europe

#4214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

74. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Machine Learning

#998 in Europe

#4219 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

75. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Machine Learning

#1002 in Europe

#4226 in the World

Founded: 1952

76. Bashkir State University

For Machine Learning

#1008 in Europe

#4262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

77. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#1010 in Europe

#4270 in the World

Founded: 1896

78. Omsk State University

For Machine Learning

#1012 in Europe

#4274 in the World

Founded: 1974

79. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#1016 in Europe

#4288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

80. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Machine Learning

#1017 in Europe

#4299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

81. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Machine Learning

#1021 in Europe

#4327 in the World

Founded: 1967

82. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Machine Learning

#1030 in Europe

#4385 in the World

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

83. Kazan State Technological University

For Machine Learning

#1033 in Europe

#4401 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

84. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Machine Learning

#1034 in Europe

#4403 in the World

Founded: 1934

85. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#1038 in Europe

#4411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

86. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Machine Learning

#1050 in Europe

#4497 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#1052 in Europe

#4502 in the World

Founded: 1832

88. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Machine Learning

#1058 in Europe

#4535 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

89. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Machine Learning

#1060 in Europe

#4552 in the World

Founded: 1973

90. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Machine Learning

#1063 in Europe

#4563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

91. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#1067 in Europe

#4591 in the World

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

92. Orel State University

For Machine Learning

#1068 in Europe

#4600 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

93. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Machine Learning

#1069 in Europe

#4602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

94. Tver State University

For Machine Learning

#1079 in Europe

#4643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

95. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Machine Learning

#1081 in Europe

#4652 in the World

Founded: 1938

96. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Machine Learning

#1082 in Europe

#4656 in the World

Founded: 1918

97. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Machine Learning

#1084 in Europe

#4665 in the World

Founded: 1992

98. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Machine Learning

#1103 in Europe

#4738 in the World

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

99. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Machine Learning

#1109 in Europe

#4757 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

100. Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Machine Learning

#1113 in Europe

#4775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1934

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.