100 Best universities for Economics 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 Economics. A graph of 451K citations received by 113K academic papers made by 163 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 Economics

#87 in Europe

#252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

2. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#136 in Europe

#372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Economics

#241 in Europe

#618 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#345 in Europe

#882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

5. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#368 in Europe

#953 in the World

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

6. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#402 in Europe

#1033 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

7. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#408 in Europe

#1048 in the World

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

8. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Economics

#443 in Europe

#1145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

9. Kazan Federal University

For Economics

#455 in Europe

#1185 in the World

Founded: 1804

10. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Economics

#479 in Europe

#1253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

11. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#507 in Europe

#1373 in the World

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

12. Tomsk State University

For Economics

#514 in Europe

#1417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

13. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#561 in Europe

#1597 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

14. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#566 in Europe

#1621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

15. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Economics

#571 in Europe

#1636 in the World

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

16. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Economics

#576 in Europe

#1673 in the World

Founded: 1915

17. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Economics

#584 in Europe

#1707 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

18. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Economics

#590 in Europe

#1756 in the World

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

19. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#610 in Europe

#1850 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

20. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#619 in Europe

#1875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

21. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#655 in Europe

#2086 in the World

Founded: 1919

22. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Economics

#665 in Europe

#2126 in the World

Founded: 1909

23. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Economics

#666 in Europe

#2138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

24. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#668 in Europe

#2157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

25. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Economics

#688 in Europe

#2254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

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

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#690 in Europe

#2257 in the World

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

27. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#703 in Europe

#2359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

28. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Economics

#737 in Europe

#2529 in the World

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

29. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Economics

#744 in Europe

#2586 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

30. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Economics

#753 in Europe

#2624 in the World

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

31. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Economics

#763 in Europe

#2647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1930

32. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Economics

#764 in Europe

#2665 in the World

Founded: 1993

33. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Economics

#765 in Europe

#2673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

34. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Economics

#772 in Europe

#2707 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

35. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Economics

#776 in Europe

#2713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

36. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#790 in Europe

#2781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

37. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Economics

#797 in Europe

#2850 in the World

Founded: 1980

38. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Economics

#824 in Europe

#2982 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

39. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Economics

#829 in Europe

#3000 in the World

Founded: 1992

40. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Economics

#843 in Europe

#3093 in the World

Founded: 1930

41. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Economics

#846 in Europe

#3107 in the World

Founded: 1976

42. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Economics

#851 in Europe

#3140 in the World

Founded: 1974

43. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Economics

#861 in Europe

#3198 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

44. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Economics

#862 in Europe

#3201 in the World

Founded: 1973

45. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Economics

#873 in Europe

#3287 in the World

Founded: 1988

46. Kazan State Technological University

For Economics

#875 in Europe

#3296 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

47. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Economics

#878 in Europe

#3303 in the World

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

48. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Economics

#880 in Europe

#3313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

49. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Economics

#881 in Europe

#3315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

50. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#882 in Europe

#3325 in the World

Founded: 1896

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Economics

#894 in Europe

#3379 in the World

Founded: 1832

52. Bashkir State University

For Economics

#900 in Europe

#3417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

53. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Economics

#912 in Europe

#3470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

54. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Economics

#913 in Europe

#3471 in the World

Founded: 1971

55. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#921 in Europe

#3507 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

56. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Economics

#927 in Europe

#3556 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

57. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Economics

#929 in Europe

#3577 in the World

Founded: 1960

58. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Economics

#932 in Europe

#3590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

59. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Economics

#942 in Europe

#3644 in the World

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

60. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Economics

#959 in Europe

#3726 in the World

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

61. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#967 in Europe

#3775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

62. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Economics

#972 in Europe

#3808 in the World

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

63. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Economics

#974 in Europe

#3814 in the World

Founded: 1876

64. Samara State University

Russia | Samara

For Economics

#976 in Europe

#3821 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1969

65. Penza State University

For Economics

#982 in Europe

#3854 in the World

Founded: 1943

66. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#983 in Europe

#3856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

67. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Economics

#984 in Europe

#3891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

68. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Economics

#985 in Europe

#3892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

69. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Economics

#995 in Europe

#3934 in the World

Founded: 1930

70. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#1011 in Europe

#4022 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

71. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Economics

#1013 in Europe

#4044 in the World

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

72. Perm State Technical University

For Economics

#1014 in Europe

#4048 in the World

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

73. Perm State University

For Economics

#1016 in Europe

#4077 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

74. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Economics

#1018 in Europe

#4089 in the World

Founded: 1950

75. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Economics

#1019 in Europe

#4093 in the World

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

76. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#1023 in Europe

#4107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

77. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Economics

#1027 in Europe

#4119 in the World

Founded: 1938

78. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Economics

#1030 in Europe

#4124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

79. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Economics

#1031 in Europe

#4133 in the World

Founded: 1967

80. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Economics

#1054 in Europe

#4221 in the World

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

81. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Economics

#1060 in Europe

#4261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

82. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Economics

#1063 in Europe

#4275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

83. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Economics

#1068 in Europe

#4301 in the World

Founded: 1930

84. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#1069 in Europe

#4303 in the World

Founded: 1865

85. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Economics

#1077 in Europe

#4351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

86. Omsk State University

For Economics

#1083 in Europe

#4389 in the World

Founded: 1974

87. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#1086 in Europe

#4400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

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

For Economics

#1090 in Europe

#4435 in the World

Founded: 1932

89. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Economics

#1095 in Europe

#4468 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

90. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Economics

#1096 in Europe

#4472 in the World

Founded: 1934

91. South-Western State University

For Economics

#1097 in Europe

#4476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

92. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Economics

#1108 in Europe

#4542 in the World

Founded: 1952

93. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Economics

#1109 in Europe

#4544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

94. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#1111 in Europe

#4571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

95. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Economics

#1112 in Europe

#4576 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

96. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Economics

#1114 in Europe

#4586 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

97. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Economics

#1120 in Europe

#4620 in the World

Founded: 1958

98. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Economics

#1125 in Europe

#4642 in the World

Founded: 1967

99. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Economics

#1127 in Europe

#4648 in the World

Founded: 1971

100. Orel State University

For Economics

#1130 in Europe

#4668 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

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

Economics subfields in Russia

Actuarial Science7

Agricultural Economics8

Development Studies126

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics42

Environmental Economics32

International Economics15

International Relations and Diplomacy18

International Trade29

Investment Banking and Stock trading17

Political Economy12