51 Best universities for Remote Sensing 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 Remote Sensing. A graph of 98.7K citations received by 13.9K academic papers made by 51 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 Remote Sensing

#64 in Europe

#194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Remote Sensing

#190 in Europe

#492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Remote Sensing

#213 in Europe

#559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Remote Sensing

#268 in Europe

#706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

5. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Remote Sensing

#288 in Europe

#756 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

6. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Remote Sensing

#314 in Europe

#832 in the World

Founded: 1804

7. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Remote Sensing

#329 in Europe

#888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

8. Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Remote Sensing

#332 in Europe

#894 in the World

Founded: 1930

9. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Remote Sensing

#348 in Europe

#947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

10. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Remote Sensing

#356 in Europe

#976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

11. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Remote Sensing

#357 in Europe

#977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

12. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Remote Sensing

#390 in Europe

#1089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

13. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Remote Sensing

#392 in Europe

#1099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

14. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Remote Sensing

#403 in Europe

#1123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

15. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Remote Sensing

#407 in Europe

#1135 in the World

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

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

Russia | Moscow

For Remote Sensing

#424 in Europe

#1215 in the World

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

17. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Remote Sensing

#432 in Europe

#1239 in the World

Founded: 1915

18. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Remote Sensing

#439 in Europe

#1275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

19. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Remote Sensing

#440 in Europe

#1276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

20. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Remote Sensing

#461 in Europe

#1365 in the World

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

21. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Remote Sensing

#482 in Europe

#1446 in the World

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

22. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Remote Sensing

#493 in Europe

#1485 in the World

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

23. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

Russia | Tomsk

For Remote Sensing

#515 in Europe

#1590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

24. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Remote Sensing

#519 in Europe

#1616 in the World

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

25. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Remote Sensing

#523 in Europe

#1632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

26. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Remote Sensing

#531 in Europe

#1669 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

27. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Remote Sensing

#552 in Europe

#1797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

28. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Remote Sensing

#554 in Europe

#1808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

29. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Remote Sensing

#560 in Europe

#1831 in the World

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

30. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Remote Sensing

#577 in Europe

#1891 in the World

Founded: 1909

31. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Remote Sensing

#581 in Europe

#1898 in the World

Founded: 1960

32. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Remote Sensing

#582 in Europe

#1913 in the World

Founded: 1980

33. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Remote Sensing

#603 in Europe

#2026 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

34. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Remote Sensing

#606 in Europe

#2035 in the World

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

35. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Remote Sensing

#615 in Europe

#2089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

36. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Remote Sensing

#620 in Europe

#2125 in the World

Founded: 1876

37. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Remote Sensing

#627 in Europe

#2170 in the World

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

38. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Remote Sensing

#628 in Europe

#2173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

39. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

Russia | Ufa

For Remote Sensing

#634 in Europe

#2189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

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

Russia | Kazan

For Remote Sensing

#638 in Europe

#2213 in the World

Founded: 1932

41. Volga State University of Technology

Russia | Yoshkar-Ola

For Remote Sensing

#640 in Europe

#2225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1932

42. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Remote Sensing

#644 in Europe

#2254 in the World

Founded: 1973

43. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Remote Sensing

#645 in Europe

#2261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

44. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Remote Sensing

#646 in Europe

#2267 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

45. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Remote Sensing

#647 in Europe

#2269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

46. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Remote Sensing

#648 in Europe

#2277 in the World

Founded: 1918

47. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Remote Sensing

#651 in Europe

#2282 in the World

Founded: 1971

48. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Remote Sensing

#652 in Europe

#2286 in the World

Founded: 1930

49. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Remote Sensing

#653 in Europe

#2291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

50. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Remote Sensing

#655 in Europe

#2301 in the World

Founded: 1967

51. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Remote Sensing

#664 in Europe

#2333 in the World

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

The best cities to study Remote Sensing in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Tomsk, Saint Petersburg, and Samara.