40 Best universities for Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering. A graph of 32.6K citations received by 8.43K academic papers made by 40 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 Software Engineering

#264 in Europe

#592 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#281 in Europe

#629 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#340 in Europe

#764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

4. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#400 in Europe

#919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

5. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#419 in Europe

#978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

6. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#431 in Europe

#1014 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

7. Tomsk State University

For Software Engineering

#438 in Europe

#1039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

8. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#441 in Europe

#1043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

9. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#445 in Europe

#1053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

10. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#474 in Europe

#1131 in the World

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

11. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#510 in Europe

#1260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

12. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Software Engineering

#511 in Europe

#1261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

13. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Software Engineering

#517 in Europe

#1286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

14. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Software Engineering

#519 in Europe

#1290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

15. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Software Engineering

#550 in Europe

#1406 in the World

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

16. Kazan Federal University

For Software Engineering

#553 in Europe

#1423 in the World

Founded: 1804

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

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#555 in Europe

#1433 in the World

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

18. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Software Engineering

#557 in Europe

#1437 in the World

Founded: 1915

19. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Software Engineering

#595 in Europe

#1614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

20. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Software Engineering

#601 in Europe

#1655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

21. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#628 in Europe

#1771 in the World

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

22. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Software Engineering

#652 in Europe

#1892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Software Engineering

#658 in Europe

#1905 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

24. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Software Engineering

#661 in Europe

#1913 in the World

Founded: 1960

25. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Software Engineering

#668 in Europe

#1932 in the World

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

26. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Software Engineering

#677 in Europe

#2004 in the World

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

27. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#683 in Europe

#2027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

28. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#690 in Europe

#2054 in the World

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

29. Penza State University

For Software Engineering

#704 in Europe

#2133 in the World

Founded: 1943

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

For Software Engineering

#719 in Europe

#2224 in the World

Founded: 1932

31. Perm State Technical University

For Software Engineering

#720 in Europe

#2235 in the World

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

32. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Software Engineering

#723 in Europe

#2243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

33. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#725 in Europe

#2246 in the World

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

34. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Software Engineering

#729 in Europe

#2277 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

35. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Software Engineering

#732 in Europe

#2295 in the World

Founded: 1909

36. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Software Engineering

#737 in Europe

#2327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

37. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#739 in Europe

#2349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

38. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#740 in Europe

#2351 in the World

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

39. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Software Engineering

#743 in Europe

#2395 in the World

Founded: 1896

40. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Software Engineering

#749 in Europe

#2467 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 Ulyanovsk.