100 Best universities for Finance 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 Finance. A graph of 463K citations received by 68.4K academic papers made by 137 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 Finance

#68 in Europe

#195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

2. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#73 in Europe

#204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Finance

#106 in Europe

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#162 in Europe

#421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

5. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#304 in Europe

#722 in the World

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

6. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#347 in Europe

#863 in the World

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

7. Kazan Federal University

For Finance

#369 in Europe

#903 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#376 in Europe

#924 in the World

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

9. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Finance

#378 in Europe

#929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

10. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#390 in Europe

#956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

11. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#430 in Europe

#1072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

12. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Finance

#452 in Europe

#1140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

13. Tomsk State University

For Finance

#481 in Europe

#1231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

14. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Finance

#482 in Europe

#1236 in the World

Founded: 1915

15. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Finance

#491 in Europe

#1264 in the World

Founded: 1909

16. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Finance

#513 in Europe

#1339 in the World

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

17. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Finance

#522 in Europe

#1374 in the World

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

18. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#530 in Europe

#1392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

19. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#531 in Europe

#1394 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

20. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Finance

#562 in Europe

#1540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

21. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#578 in Europe

#1601 in the World

Founded: 1919

22. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#587 in Europe

#1648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

23. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Finance

#614 in Europe

#1794 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

24. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Finance

#617 in Europe

#1802 in the World

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

25. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#626 in Europe

#1831 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

26. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Finance

#627 in Europe

#1834 in the World

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

27. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Finance

#629 in Europe

#1851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

28. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Finance

#640 in Europe

#1904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

29. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Finance

#652 in Europe

#1958 in the World

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

30. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Finance

#654 in Europe

#1970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

31. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Finance

#658 in Europe

#1986 in the World

Founded: 1980

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

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#668 in Europe

#2021 in the World

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

33. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Finance

#678 in Europe

#2098 in the World

Founded: 1976

34. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Finance

#689 in Europe

#2151 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

35. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Finance

#722 in Europe

#2317 in the World

Founded: 1993

36. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Finance

#735 in Europe

#2397 in the World

Founded: 1988

37. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Finance

#739 in Europe

#2426 in the World

Founded: 1971

38. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#759 in Europe

#2545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

39. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Finance

#770 in Europe

#2596 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

40. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Finance

#774 in Europe

#2611 in the World

Founded: 1930

41. Bashkir State University

For Finance

#779 in Europe

#2641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

42. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Finance

#782 in Europe

#2658 in the World

Founded: 1876

43. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#784 in Europe

#2660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

44. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Finance

#801 in Europe

#2776 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

45. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Finance

#808 in Europe

#2802 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

46. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Finance

#817 in Europe

#2855 in the World

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

47. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Finance

#833 in Europe

#2950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

48. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Finance

#842 in Europe

#2980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1922

49. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Finance

#852 in Europe

#3003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

50. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Finance

#854 in Europe

#3012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

51. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#857 in Europe

#3018 in the World

Founded: 1896

52. Omsk State University

For Finance

#860 in Europe

#3035 in the World

Founded: 1974

53. Perm State University

For Finance

#865 in Europe

#3045 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

54. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Finance

#867 in Europe

#3059 in the World

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

55. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Finance

#874 in Europe

#3086 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

56. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Finance

#878 in Europe

#3109 in the World

Founded: 1973

57. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Finance

#883 in Europe

#3115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

58. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Finance

#884 in Europe

#3118 in the World

Founded: 1971

59. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#885 in Europe

#3121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

60. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Finance

#886 in Europe

#3124 in the World

Founded: 1960

61. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Finance

#887 in Europe

#3125 in the World

Founded: 1974

62. Perm State Technical University

For Finance

#889 in Europe

#3151 in the World

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

63. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Finance

#907 in Europe

#3260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

64. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Finance

#918 in Europe

#3314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

65. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Finance

#919 in Europe

#3320 in the World

Founded: 1967

66. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#924 in Europe

#3330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

67. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Finance

#928 in Europe

#3342 in the World

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

68. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Finance

#930 in Europe

#3347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1994

69. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Finance

#934 in Europe

#3367 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

70. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Finance

#936 in Europe

#3369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Finance

#938 in Europe

#3402 in the World

Founded: 1832

72. Kazan State Technological University

For Finance

#943 in Europe

#3447 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

73. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Finance

#944 in Europe

#3458 in the World

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

74. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#952 in Europe

#3496 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

75. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#955 in Europe

#3505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

76. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Finance

#958 in Europe

#3514 in the World

Founded: 1938

77. Tver State University

For Finance

#960 in Europe

#3518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

78. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Finance

#967 in Europe

#3566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

79. South-Western State University

For Finance

#968 in Europe

#3570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

80. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Finance

#972 in Europe

#3587 in the World

Founded: 1967

81. Penza State University

For Finance

#982 in Europe

#3627 in the World

Founded: 1943

82. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Finance

#985 in Europe

#3637 in the World

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

83. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Finance

#994 in Europe

#3689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

84. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Finance

#995 in Europe

#3699 in the World

Founded: 1992

85. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Finance

#1002 in Europe

#3744 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

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

For Finance

#1014 in Europe

#3791 in the World

Founded: 1932

87. Orel State University

For Finance

#1023 in Europe

#3837 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

88. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Finance

#1032 in Europe

#3889 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

89. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#1035 in Europe

#3896 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

90. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Finance

#1036 in Europe

#3905 in the World

Founded: 1952

91. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Finance

#1038 in Europe

#3908 in the World

Founded: 1918

92. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Finance

#1041 in Europe

#3923 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

93. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Finance

#1042 in Europe

#3925 in the World

Founded: 1930

94. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Finance

#1046 in Europe

#3969 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

95. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Finance

#1052 in Europe

#4027 in the World

Founded: 1930

96. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Finance

#1057 in Europe

#4047 in the World

Founded: 1950

97. Tula State University

For Finance

#1058 in Europe

#4050 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

98. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Finance

#1060 in Europe

#4061 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

99. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Finance

#1065 in Europe

#4091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

100. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Finance

#1067 in Europe

#4098 in the World

Founded: 1934

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

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