100 Best universities for Computer Science 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 Computer Science. A graph of 3.65M citations received by 431K 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

#120 in Europe

#333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#202 in Europe

#522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#249 in Europe

#657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

4. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#354 in Europe

#972 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

5. Tomsk State University

For Computer Science

#398 in Europe

#1115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

6. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#399 in Europe

#1116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

7. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#404 in Europe

#1128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

8. Kazan Federal University

For Computer Science

#429 in Europe

#1209 in the World

Founded: 1804

9. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#438 in Europe

#1256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

10. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Computer Science

#450 in Europe

#1308 in the World

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

11. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Computer Science

#467 in Europe

#1374 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

12. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#487 in Europe

#1476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

13. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Computer Science

#494 in Europe

#1501 in the World

Founded: 1915

14. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#518 in Europe

#1577 in the World

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

15. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Computer Science

#521 in Europe

#1582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

16. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Computer Science

#531 in Europe

#1647 in the World

Founded: 1909

17. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#534 in Europe

#1659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

18. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#562 in Europe

#1782 in the World

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

19. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#566 in Europe

#1797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

20. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Computer Science

#573 in Europe

#1825 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

#1880 in the World

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

22. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Computer Science

#590 in Europe

#1882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

23. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Computer Science

#608 in Europe

#1979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

24. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#625 in Europe

#2117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

25. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Computer Science

#632 in Europe

#2138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

26. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#638 in Europe

#2188 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

27. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#653 in Europe

#2272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

28. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Computer Science

#675 in Europe

#2391 in the World

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

29. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Computer Science

#718 in Europe

#2597 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

#733 in Europe

#2662 in the World

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

31. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#751 in Europe

#2742 in the World

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

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

For Computer Science

#756 in Europe

#2756 in the World

Founded: 1932

33. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Computer Science

#761 in Europe

#2789 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

34. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Computer Science

#763 in Europe

#2795 in the World

Founded: 1993

35. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Computer Science

#766 in Europe

#2827 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

36. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#776 in Europe

#2882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

37. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#782 in Europe

#2927 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

#785 in Europe

#2941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

39. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Computer Science

#798 in Europe

#2997 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

40. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#806 in Europe

#3031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

41. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Computer Science

#808 in Europe

#3042 in the World

Founded: 1960

42. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Computer Science

#810 in Europe

#3056 in the World

Founded: 1930

43. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Computer Science

#817 in Europe

#3092 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

44. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Computer Science

#819 in Europe

#3103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

45. Perm State Technical University

For Computer Science

#831 in Europe

#3185 in the World

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

46. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Computer Science

#840 in Europe

#3238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

47. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Computer Science

#851 in Europe

#3296 in the World

Founded: 1980

48. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#863 in Europe

#3349 in the World

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

49. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#867 in Europe

#3376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

50. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#869 in Europe

#3389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

51. Omsk State Technical University

For Computer Science

#871 in Europe

#3401 in the World

Founded: 1942

52. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Computer Science

#874 in Europe

#3410 in the World

Founded: 1976

53. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Computer Science

#880 in Europe

#3441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

54. Penza State University

For Computer Science

#881 in Europe

#3448 in the World

Founded: 1943

55. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Computer Science

#882 in Europe

#3453 in the World

Founded: 1971

56. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Computer Science

#894 in Europe

#3539 in the World

Founded: 1967

57. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Computer Science

#896 in Europe

#3551 in the World

Founded: 1930

58. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#901 in Europe

#3564 in the World

Founded: 1919

59. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Computer Science

#907 in Europe

#3594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

60. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Computer Science

#909 in Europe

#3601 in the World

Founded: 1876

61. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Computer Science

#910 in Europe

#3606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

62. Kazan State Medical University

For Computer Science

#912 in Europe

#3611 in the World

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

63. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Computer Science

#917 in Europe

#3649 in the World

Founded: 1974

64. South-Western State University

For Computer Science

#924 in Europe

#3676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

65. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#925 in Europe

#3686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

66. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Computer Science

#926 in Europe

#3687 in the World

Founded: 1988

67. Perm State University

For Computer Science

#927 in Europe

#3692 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

68. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#930 in Europe

#3714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

69. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Computer Science

#942 in Europe

#3766 in the World

Founded: 1952

70. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#943 in Europe

#3767 in the World

Founded: 1992

71. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Computer Science

#949 in Europe

#3790 in the World

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

72. Bashkir State University

For Computer Science

#950 in Europe

#3793 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

73. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Computer Science

#957 in Europe

#3822 in the World

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

74. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#959 in Europe

#3829 in the World

Founded: 1896

75. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Computer Science

#965 in Europe

#3869 in the World

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

76. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Computer Science

#972 in Europe

#3898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

77. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#982 in Europe

#3962 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

78. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Computer Science

#987 in Europe

#3984 in the World

Founded: 1973

79. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Computer Science

#990 in Europe

#4000 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

80. Kazan State Technological University

For Computer Science

#994 in Europe

#4012 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

81. Tula State University

For Computer Science

#997 in Europe

#4023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

82. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#1006 in Europe

#4073 in the World

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

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#1025 in Europe

#4165 in the World

Founded: 1832

84. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Computer Science

#1026 in Europe

#4170 in the World

Founded: 1958

85. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#1030 in Europe

#4183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

86. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Computer Science

#1038 in Europe

#4222 in the World

Founded: 1934

87. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#1040 in Europe

#4225 in the World

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

88. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Computer Science

#1054 in Europe

#4283 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

89. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#1055 in Europe

#4287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

90. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Computer Science

#1057 in Europe

#4292 in the World

Founded: 1971

91. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Computer Science

#1062 in Europe

#4333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

92. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Computer Science

#1063 in Europe

#4340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

93. Omsk State University

For Computer Science

#1064 in Europe

#4342 in the World

Founded: 1974

94. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Computer Science

#1065 in Europe

#4343 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

95. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#1071 in Europe

#4377 in the World

Founded: 1804

96. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Computer Science

#1073 in Europe

#4392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

97. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Computer Science

#1081 in Europe

#4441 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

98. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#1085 in Europe

#4451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

99. Siberian State Medical University

For Computer Science

#1089 in Europe

#4474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

100. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Computer Science

#1090 in Europe

#4475 in the World

Founded: 1967

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.