100 Best universities for Computer Science 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 Computer Science. A graph of 2.18M citations received by 358K academic papers made by 181 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

#115 in Europe

#322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#242 in Europe

#618 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#275 in Europe

#719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

4. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#374 in Europe

#1008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

5. Tomsk State University

For Computer Science

#400 in Europe

#1086 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

6. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#401 in Europe

#1087 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

7. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#407 in Europe

#1108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

8. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#425 in Europe

#1156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

9. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Computer Science

#429 in Europe

#1189 in the World

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

10. Kazan Federal University

For Computer Science

#444 in Europe

#1241 in the World

Founded: 1804

11. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Computer Science

#477 in Europe

#1374 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

12. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Computer Science

#482 in Europe

#1394 in the World

Founded: 1915

13. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Computer Science

#503 in Europe

#1479 in the World

Founded: 1909

14. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Computer Science

#507 in Europe

#1492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

15. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#525 in Europe

#1560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

16. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#539 in Europe

#1619 in the World

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

17. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#543 in Europe

#1642 in the World

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

18. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#569 in Europe

#1741 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

19. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#574 in Europe

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

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

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#585 in Europe

#1823 in the World

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

21. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Computer Science

#594 in Europe

#1865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

22. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Computer Science

#596 in Europe

#1873 in the World

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

23. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Computer Science

#608 in Europe

#1940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

24. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Computer Science

#619 in Europe

#2010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

25. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#642 in Europe

#2160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

26. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#654 in Europe

#2208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

27. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#691 in Europe

#2405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

28. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Computer Science

#696 in Europe

#2438 in the World

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

29. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Computer Science

#712 in Europe

#2524 in the World

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

30. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Computer Science

#717 in Europe

#2541 in the World

Founded: 1993

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

For Computer Science

#736 in Europe

#2631 in the World

Founded: 1932

32. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#737 in Europe

#2644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

33. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#745 in Europe

#2678 in the World

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

34. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Computer Science

#753 in Europe

#2718 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

35. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Computer Science

#766 in Europe

#2784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

36. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#772 in Europe

#2818 in the World

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

37. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Computer Science

#775 in Europe

#2829 in the World

Founded: 1930

38. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Computer Science

#789 in Europe

#2908 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#790 in Europe

#2909 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

40. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Computer Science

#795 in Europe

#2953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

41. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#798 in Europe

#2968 in the World

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

42. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Computer Science

#800 in Europe

#2977 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

43. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Computer Science

#815 in Europe

#3058 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

44. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Computer Science

#817 in Europe

#3064 in the World

Founded: 1960

45. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#836 in Europe

#3196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

46. Omsk State Technical University

For Computer Science

#846 in Europe

#3240 in the World

Founded: 1942

47. Perm State Technical University

For Computer Science

#847 in Europe

#3250 in the World

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

48. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#850 in Europe

#3254 in the World

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

49. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#856 in Europe

#3291 in the World

Founded: 1992

50. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Computer Science

#863 in Europe

#3331 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

51. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#866 in Europe

#3352 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

52. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Computer Science

#871 in Europe

#3391 in the World

Founded: 1971

53. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Computer Science

#872 in Europe

#3395 in the World

Founded: 1976

54. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#876 in Europe

#3415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

55. Kazan State Medical University

For Computer Science

#887 in Europe

#3443 in the World

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

56. Penza State University

For Computer Science

#888 in Europe

#3444 in the World

Founded: 1943

57. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Computer Science

#893 in Europe

#3473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

58. South-Western State University

For Computer Science

#901 in Europe

#3510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

59. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Computer Science

#904 in Europe

#3527 in the World

Founded: 1988

60. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#907 in Europe

#3552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

61. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Computer Science

#908 in Europe

#3556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

62. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Computer Science

#910 in Europe

#3559 in the World

Founded: 1980

63. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Computer Science

#919 in Europe

#3615 in the World

Founded: 1967

64. Bashkir State University

For Computer Science

#927 in Europe

#3649 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

65. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Computer Science

#933 in Europe

#3668 in the World

Founded: 1952

66. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#934 in Europe

#3671 in the World

Founded: 1919

67. Tula State University

For Computer Science

#937 in Europe

#3683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

68. Perm State University

For Computer Science

#939 in Europe

#3691 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

69. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Computer Science

#943 in Europe

#3705 in the World

Founded: 1930

70. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#945 in Europe

#3726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

71. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#948 in Europe

#3738 in the World

Founded: 1896

72. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Computer Science

#952 in Europe

#3747 in the World

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

73. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Computer Science

#964 in Europe

#3816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

74. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Computer Science

#968 in Europe

#3839 in the World

Founded: 1974

75. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Computer Science

#972 in Europe

#3849 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

76. Kazan State Technological University

For Computer Science

#980 in Europe

#3884 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

77. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#982 in Europe

#3910 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

78. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Computer Science

#983 in Europe

#3916 in the World

Founded: 1876

79. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Computer Science

#995 in Europe

#3969 in the World

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

80. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Computer Science

#996 in Europe

#3972 in the World

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

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#997 in Europe

#3974 in the World

Founded: 1832

82. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Computer Science

#998 in Europe

#3979 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

83. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#1001 in Europe

#3999 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

84. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#1008 in Europe

#4032 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

85. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#1013 in Europe

#4044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1930

86. Omsk State University

For Computer Science

#1021 in Europe

#4074 in the World

Founded: 1974

87. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Computer Science

#1030 in Europe

#4136 in the World

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

88. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Computer Science

#1031 in Europe

#4145 in the World

Founded: 1958

89. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#1033 in Europe

#4156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

90. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Computer Science

#1034 in Europe

#4157 in the World

Founded: 1973

91. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Computer Science

#1043 in Europe

#4208 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

92. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Computer Science

#1045 in Europe

#4210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

93. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Computer Science

#1046 in Europe

#4226 in the World

Founded: 1934

94. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Computer Science

#1049 in Europe

#4254 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

95. Tver State University

For Computer Science

#1061 in Europe

#4330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

96. Siberian State Medical University

For Computer Science

#1071 in Europe

#4378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

97. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Computer Science

#1076 in Europe

#4397 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

98. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Computer Science

#1079 in Europe

#4410 in the World

Founded: 1971

99. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Computer Science

#1080 in Europe

#4412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

100. Murmansk State Technical University

Russia | Murmansk

For Computer Science

#1094 in Europe

#4459 in the World

Founded: 1950

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