44 Best universities for Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering. A graph of 56.9K citations received by 9.95K academic papers made by 44 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. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#275 in Europe

#628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

2. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#284 in Europe

#639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#286 in Europe

#641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#288 in Europe

#651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

5. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#363 in Europe

#822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

6. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#396 in Europe

#907 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

7. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#402 in Europe

#935 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

8. Tomsk State University

For Software Engineering

#425 in Europe

#1009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

9. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#437 in Europe

#1044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

10. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#483 in Europe

#1198 in the World

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

11. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#485 in Europe

#1203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

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

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#510 in Europe

#1268 in the World

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

13. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Software Engineering

#511 in Europe

#1269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

14. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Software Engineering

#521 in Europe

#1307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

15. Kazan Federal University

For Software Engineering

#523 in Europe

#1312 in the World

Founded: 1804

16. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Software Engineering

#537 in Europe

#1358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

17. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Software Engineering

#558 in Europe

#1439 in the World

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

18. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Software Engineering

#564 in Europe

#1460 in the World

Founded: 1960

19. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Software Engineering

#565 in Europe

#1462 in the World

Founded: 1915

20. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Software Engineering

#577 in Europe

#1545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

21. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Software Engineering

#583 in Europe

#1588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

22. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Software Engineering

#594 in Europe

#1633 in the World

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

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#642 in Europe

#1860 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

24. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Software Engineering

#646 in Europe

#1883 in the World

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

25. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#652 in Europe

#1907 in the World

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

26. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#659 in Europe

#1955 in the World

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

27. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Software Engineering

#663 in Europe

#1980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

28. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Software Engineering

#674 in Europe

#2028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

29. Penza State University

For Software Engineering

#699 in Europe

#2112 in the World

Founded: 1943

30. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Software Engineering

#707 in Europe

#2142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

31. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#708 in Europe

#2144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

32. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#709 in Europe

#2157 in the World

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

33. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Software Engineering

#712 in Europe

#2176 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

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

For Software Engineering

#717 in Europe

#2215 in the World

Founded: 1932

35. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Software Engineering

#725 in Europe

#2261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

36. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#732 in Europe

#2298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

37. Perm State Technical University

For Software Engineering

#733 in Europe

#2300 in the World

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

38. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#734 in Europe

#2312 in the World

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

39. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#753 in Europe

#2452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

40. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Software Engineering

#756 in Europe

#2467 in the World

Founded: 1909

41. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#757 in Europe

#2473 in the World

Founded: 1896

42. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Software Engineering

#765 in Europe

#2533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

43. Omsk State Technical University

For Software Engineering

#772 in Europe

#2607 in the World

Founded: 1942

44. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Software Engineering

#776 in Europe

#2665 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

The best cities to study Software Engineering in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tomsk, and Yekaterinburg.