100 Best universities for Computer Science 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 Computer Science. A graph of 3.37M citations received by 419K academic papers made by 182 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 Computer Science

#119 in Europe

#329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#202 in Europe

#519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#254 in Europe

#668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

4. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#361 in Europe

#981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

5. Tomsk State University

For Computer Science

#398 in Europe

#1101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

6. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#401 in Europe

#1115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

7. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#403 in Europe

#1120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

8. Kazan Federal University

For Computer Science

#429 in Europe

#1208 in the World

Founded: 1804

9. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#436 in Europe

#1233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

10. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Computer Science

#447 in Europe

#1276 in the World

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

11. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Computer Science

#469 in Europe

#1377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

12. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#489 in Europe

#1467 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

13. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Computer Science

#490 in Europe

#1471 in the World

Founded: 1915

14. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Computer Science

#514 in Europe

#1555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

15. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#527 in Europe

#1602 in the World

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

16. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Computer Science

#530 in Europe

#1616 in the World

Founded: 1909

17. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#547 in Europe

#1710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

18. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#562 in Europe

#1758 in the World

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

19. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#564 in Europe

#1768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

20. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Computer Science

#575 in Europe

#1828 in the World

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

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

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#589 in Europe

#1865 in the World

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

22. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Computer Science

#590 in Europe

#1869 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

23. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Computer Science

#608 in Europe

#1973 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

24. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Computer Science

#622 in Europe

#2089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

25. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#632 in Europe

#2145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

26. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#636 in Europe

#2171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

27. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#665 in Europe

#2336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

28. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Computer Science

#671 in Europe

#2379 in the World

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

29. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Computer Science

#705 in Europe

#2567 in the World

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

30. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#730 in Europe

#2653 in the World

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

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

For Computer Science

#749 in Europe

#2725 in the World

Founded: 1932

32. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Computer Science

#751 in Europe

#2734 in the World

Founded: 1993

33. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#756 in Europe

#2769 in the World

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

34. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Computer Science

#762 in Europe

#2788 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

35. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Computer Science

#764 in Europe

#2801 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

36. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#774 in Europe

#2868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

37. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#780 in Europe

#2898 in the World

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

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#787 in Europe

#2934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

39. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Computer Science

#790 in Europe

#2953 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

40. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Computer Science

#798 in Europe

#2997 in the World

Founded: 1960

41. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Computer Science

#799 in Europe

#2999 in the World

Founded: 1930

42. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Computer Science

#809 in Europe

#3036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

43. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#810 in Europe

#3040 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

44. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Computer Science

#814 in Europe

#3065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

45. Perm State Technical University

For Computer Science

#828 in Europe

#3159 in the World

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

46. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Computer Science

#835 in Europe

#3204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

47. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Computer Science

#849 in Europe

#3284 in the World

Founded: 1980

48. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#864 in Europe

#3349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

49. Omsk State Technical University

For Computer Science

#865 in Europe

#3350 in the World

Founded: 1942

50. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#866 in Europe

#3367 in the World

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

51. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#868 in Europe

#3385 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

52. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Computer Science

#869 in Europe

#3394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

53. Penza State University

For Computer Science

#872 in Europe

#3410 in the World

Founded: 1943

54. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Computer Science

#876 in Europe

#3419 in the World

Founded: 1976

55. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Computer Science

#885 in Europe

#3479 in the World

Founded: 1971

56. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Computer Science

#896 in Europe

#3543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

57. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Computer Science

#899 in Europe

#3559 in the World

Founded: 1930

58. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Computer Science

#904 in Europe

#3578 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

59. Kazan State Medical University

For Computer Science

#906 in Europe

#3591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1814

60. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Computer Science

#907 in Europe

#3600 in the World

Founded: 1876

61. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Computer Science

#908 in Europe

#3601 in the World

Founded: 1967

62. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#909 in Europe

#3609 in the World

Founded: 1919

63. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#915 in Europe

#3630 in the World

Founded: 1992

64. South-Western State University

For Computer Science

#918 in Europe

#3639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

65. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Computer Science

#919 in Europe

#3643 in the World

Founded: 1988

66. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#921 in Europe

#3654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

67. Perm State University

For Computer Science

#922 in Europe

#3657 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

68. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Computer Science

#927 in Europe

#3691 in the World

Founded: 1952

69. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Computer Science

#930 in Europe

#3712 in the World

Founded: 1974

70. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#937 in Europe

#3733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

71. Bashkir State University

For Computer Science

#939 in Europe

#3739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

72. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Computer Science

#940 in Europe

#3747 in the World

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

73. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#957 in Europe

#3814 in the World

Founded: 1896

74. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Computer Science

#962 in Europe

#3844 in the World

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

75. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Computer Science

#965 in Europe

#3861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

76. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Computer Science

#971 in Europe

#3890 in the World

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

77. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#978 in Europe

#3931 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

78. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Computer Science

#982 in Europe

#3944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

79. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Computer Science

#985 in Europe

#3965 in the World

Founded: 1973

80. Kazan State Technological University

For Computer Science

#986 in Europe

#3967 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

81. Tula State University

For Computer Science

#994 in Europe

#4016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

82. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#1002 in Europe

#4044 in the World

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

83. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#1016 in Europe

#4116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#1023 in Europe

#4140 in the World

Founded: 1832

85. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Computer Science

#1028 in Europe

#4175 in the World

Founded: 1958

86. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Computer Science

#1034 in Europe

#4193 in the World

Founded: 1934

87. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#1048 in Europe

#4250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

88. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#1049 in Europe

#4252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1925

89. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Computer Science

#1053 in Europe

#4278 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

90. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Computer Science

#1057 in Europe

#4289 in the World

Founded: 1971

91. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Computer Science

#1059 in Europe

#4312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

92. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Computer Science

#1062 in Europe

#4336 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

93. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Computer Science

#1063 in Europe

#4338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

94. Omsk State University

For Computer Science

#1068 in Europe

#4366 in the World

Founded: 1974

95. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Computer Science

#1080 in Europe

#4429 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

96. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#1082 in Europe

#4441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

97. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Computer Science

#1090 in Europe

#4484 in the World

Founded: 1967

98. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#1092 in Europe

#4486 in the World

Founded: 1804

99. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Computer Science

#1093 in Europe

#4487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

100. Siberian State Medical University

For Computer Science

#1094 in Europe

#4491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

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