44 Best universities for Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering. A graph of 62K citations received by 10.2K 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

#280 in Europe

#634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#284 in Europe

#641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#287 in Europe

#649 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

4. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#289 in Europe

#654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

5. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#351 in Europe

#794 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

6. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#398 in Europe

#912 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

7. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#406 in Europe

#949 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

8. Tomsk State University

For Software Engineering

#425 in Europe

#1011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

9. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#441 in Europe

#1064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

10. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#485 in Europe

#1203 in the World

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

11. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#494 in Europe

#1222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

12. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Software Engineering

#511 in Europe

#1273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

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

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#512 in Europe

#1275 in the World

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

14. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Software Engineering

#520 in Europe

#1298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

15. Kazan Federal University

For Software Engineering

#531 in Europe

#1334 in the World

Founded: 1804

16. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Software Engineering

#547 in Europe

#1402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

17. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Software Engineering

#563 in Europe

#1465 in the World

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

18. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Software Engineering

#569 in Europe

#1495 in the World

Founded: 1960

19. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Software Engineering

#570 in Europe

#1499 in the World

Founded: 1915

20. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Software Engineering

#574 in Europe

#1556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

21. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Software Engineering

#589 in Europe

#1614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

22. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Software Engineering

#600 in Europe

#1654 in the World

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

23. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Software Engineering

#639 in Europe

#1863 in the World

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

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#641 in Europe

#1867 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

25. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#649 in Europe

#1907 in the World

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

26. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#650 in Europe

#1911 in the World

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

27. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Software Engineering

#671 in Europe

#2010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

28. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#681 in Europe

#2039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

29. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Software Engineering

#693 in Europe

#2092 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

30. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#707 in Europe

#2143 in the World

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

31. Penza State University

For Software Engineering

#709 in Europe

#2151 in the World

Founded: 1943

32. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Software Engineering

#712 in Europe

#2176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

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

For Software Engineering

#715 in Europe

#2197 in the World

Founded: 1932

34. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Software Engineering

#718 in Europe

#2218 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

35. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Software Engineering

#730 in Europe

#2310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

36. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#736 in Europe

#2329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

37. Perm State Technical University

For Software Engineering

#738 in Europe

#2334 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

#740 in Europe

#2352 in the World

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

39. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#758 in Europe

#2484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

40. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#761 in Europe

#2520 in the World

Founded: 1896

41. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Software Engineering

#762 in Europe

#2523 in the World

Founded: 1909

42. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Software Engineering

#767 in Europe

#2564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

43. Omsk State Technical University

For Software Engineering

#775 in Europe

#2644 in the World

Founded: 1942

44. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Software Engineering

#780 in Europe

#2692 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.