100 Best universities for Engineering in Russia

Ranking by academic field

Below is the list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Engineering. A graph of 1.11M citations received by 149K academic papers made by 138 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 Engineering

#39 in Europe

#167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 27,500
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Engineering

#111 in Europe

#382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 22,500
Founded: 1724

3. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Engineering

#249 in Europe

#733 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1896

4. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Engineering

#257 in Europe

#760 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 32,500
Founded: 1899

5. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Engineering

#296 in Europe

#888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 42,500
Founded: 1920

6. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Engineering

#303 in Europe

#901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 7,131
Founded: 1959

7. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Engineering

#305 in Europe

#903 in the World

Enrollment: 22,500
Founded: 1909

8. Tomsk State University

For Engineering

#310 in Europe

#910 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1878

9. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Engineering

#325 in Europe

#956 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1932

10. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Engineering

#332 in Europe

#979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1900

11. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#346 in Europe

#1025 in the World

Enrollment: 17,500
Founded: 1830

12. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#359 in Europe

#1068 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 1942

13. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#360 in Europe

#1072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 4,500
Founded: 1946

14. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Engineering

#367 in Europe

#1095 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1915

15. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Engineering

#426 in Europe

#1334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 27,500
Founded: 1943

16. Kazan Federal University

For Engineering

#428 in Europe

#1339 in the World

Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1804

17. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Engineering

#448 in Europe

#1399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1942

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

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#466 in Europe

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 14,069
Founded: 1930

19. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Engineering

#469 in Europe

#1484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 32,145
Founded: 2006

20. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Engineering

#471 in Europe

#1487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1950

21. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#495 in Europe

#1586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 22,500
Founded: 1930

22. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Engineering

#505 in Europe

#1614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 17,500
Founded: 1918

23. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Engineering

#517 in Europe

#1700 in the World

Enrollment: 32,500
Founded: 1876

24. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Engineering

#525 in Europe

#1742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 9,500
Founded: 1886

25. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Engineering

#531 in Europe

#1771 in the World

Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 1930

26. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#539 in Europe

#1795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1930

27. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#543 in Europe

#1800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 32,500
Founded: 1992

28. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Engineering

#545 in Europe

#1805 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1914

29. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Engineering

#557 in Europe

#1845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

30. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#591 in Europe

#2006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 5,500
Founded: 1898

31. Perm State Technical University

For Engineering

#595 in Europe

#2028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1953

32. Omsk State Technical University

For Engineering

#605 in Europe

#2080 in the World

Enrollment: 17,500
Founded: 1942

33. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#609 in Europe

#2112 in the World

Enrollment: 17,500
Founded: 1960

34. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Engineering

#614 in Europe

#2123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 22,500
Founded: 1920

35. Moscow Technical University - MIREA

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#615 in Europe

#2125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1947

36. Tula State University

For Engineering

#618 in Europe

#2135 in the World

Enrollment: 22,500
Founded: 1930

37. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Engineering

#619 in Europe

#2145 in the World

Enrollment: 9,500
Founded: 1962

38. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#630 in Europe

#2192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 6,500
Founded: 1965

39. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Engineering

#640 in Europe

#2257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1988

40. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#642 in Europe

#2263 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1930

41. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Engineering

#645 in Europe

#2270 in the World

Enrollment: 6,500
Founded: 1954

42. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#649 in Europe

#2290 in the World

Enrollment: 5,500
Founded: 1930

43. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Engineering

#651 in Europe

#2300 in the World

Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 1934

44. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Engineering

#662 in Europe

#2356 in the World

Enrollment: 17,500
Founded: 1917

45. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#664 in Europe

#2360 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1872

46. Samara State University

Russia | Samara

For Engineering

#667 in Europe

#2379 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 6,500
Founded: 1969

47. Perm State University

For Engineering

#669 in Europe

#2395 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

48. Irkutsk National Research Technical University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Engineering

#676 in Europe

#2433 in the World

Enrollment: 35,700
Founded: 1930

49. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Engineering

#677 in Europe

#2440 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1958

50. Siberian State Industrial University

Russia | Novokuznetsk

For Engineering

#678 in Europe

#2442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1930

51. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Engineering

#682 in Europe

#2470 in the World

Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 1976

52. Tver State University

For Engineering

#688 in Europe

#2502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 6,500
Founded: 1870

53. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Engineering

#697 in Europe

#2536 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1931

54. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Engineering

#701 in Europe

#2563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 27,500
Founded: 1916

55. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Engineering

#702 in Europe

#2574 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1952

56. Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Engineering

#704 in Europe

#2576 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Enrollment: 17,500
Founded: 1942

57. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Engineering

#705 in Europe

#2579 in the World

Enrollment: 22,500
Founded: 1974

58. Bashkir State University

For Engineering

#706 in Europe

#2589 in the World

Enrollment: 9,500
Founded: 1909

59. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Engineering

#709 in Europe

#2614 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1918

60. Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building

For Engineering

#710 in Europe

#2615 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 6,500
Founded: 1952

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Engineering

#719 in Europe

#2639 in the World

Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 1832

62. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Engineering

#724 in Europe

#2665 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 17,500
Founded: 1940

63. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Engineering

#727 in Europe

#2689 in the World

Enrollment: 22,500
Founded: 1948

64. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Engineering

#729 in Europe

#2694 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1994

65. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Engineering

#730 in Europe

#2696 in the World

Enrollment: 6,500
Founded: 1980

66. Tyumen Industrial University

Russia | Tyumen

For Engineering

#741 in Europe

#2740 in the World

Enrollment: 21,601
Founded: 1958

67. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Engineering

#748 in Europe

#2783 in the World

Enrollment: 2,500
Founded: 1968

68. Penza State University

For Engineering

#755 in Europe

#2827 in the World

Enrollment: 9,500
Founded: 1943

69. Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh"

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Engineering

#757 in Europe

#2832 in the World

Enrollment: 6,500
Founded: 1932

70. Kazan State Technological University

For Engineering

#763 in Europe

#2846 in the World

Enrollment: 27,500
Founded: 1890

71. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Engineering

#766 in Europe

#2864 in the World

Enrollment: 9,500
Founded: 1950

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

For Engineering

#768 in Europe

#2875 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1932

73. Murmansk State Technical University

Russia | Murmansk

For Engineering

#772 in Europe

#2891 in the World

Enrollment: 5,500
Founded: 1950

74. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#776 in Europe

#2909 in the World

Enrollment: 37,500
Founded: 1896

75. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Engineering

#779 in Europe

#2927 in the World

Founded: 1951

76. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Engineering

#781 in Europe

#2940 in the World

Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 1973

77. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#786 in Europe

#2958 in the World

Enrollment: 17,500
Founded: 1866

78. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Engineering

#787 in Europe

#2967 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Enrollment: 6,500
Founded: 1828

79. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Engineering

#793 in Europe

#2991 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1960

80. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Engineering

#798 in Europe

#3015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1957

81. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Engineering

#803 in Europe

#3042 in the World

Enrollment: 4,500
Founded: 1974

82. Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology

Russia | Ivanovo

For Engineering

#805 in Europe

#3047 in the World

Enrollment: 3,500
Founded: 1918

83. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Engineering

#807 in Europe

#3055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 1931

84. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Engineering

#808 in Europe

#3056 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1967

85. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Engineering

#818 in Europe

#3108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 5,500
Founded: 1918

86. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Engineering

#821 in Europe

#3123 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1971

87. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#840 in Europe

#3224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 9,500
Founded: 1758

88. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Engineering

#844 in Europe

#3242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1971

89. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Engineering

#852 in Europe

#3275 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1941

90. Omsk State University

For Engineering

#855 in Europe

#3287 in the World

Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1974

91. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Engineering

#879 in Europe

#3380 in the World

Enrollment: 19,077
Founded: 1956

92. Moscow State Mining University

Russia | Moscow

For Engineering

#882 in Europe

#3399 in the World

Enrollment: 5,500
Founded: 1918

93. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Engineering

#886 in Europe

#3416 in the World

Enrollment: 5,500
Founded: 1975

94. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Engineering

#902 in Europe

#3484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 7,500
Founded: 1930

95. South-Western State University

For Engineering

#906 in Europe

#3498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1964

96. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Engineering

#915 in Europe

#3543 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1918

97. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Engineering

#918 in Europe

#3552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1929

98. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Engineering

#920 in Europe

#3562 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1967

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Engineering

#927 in Europe

#3595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 5,500
Founded: 1930

100. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Engineering

#929 in Europe

#3613 in the World

Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1932

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

Engineering subfields in Russia

Acoustical Engineering29

Aerospace Engineering24

Agricultural Engineering16

Applied/Engineering Physics20

Architectural Engineering12

Automation and Control engineering36

Automotive Engineering19

Biochemical Engineering7

Biomedical Engineering11

Chemical Engineering43

Civil Engineering17

Computer Engineering11

Computer Networking6

Construction Management12

Electrical Engineering18

Electronic Engineering27

Engineering Management17

Environmental Engineering2

Firefighting and Fire Science16

Geotechnical Engineering8

Human-Computer Interaction5

Industrial Engineering21

Landscape Architecture24

Marine Engineering22

Materials Science119

Mechanical Engineering31

Metallurgical Engineering37

Mining Engineering26

Nanotechnology22

Nuclear Engineering22

Operations Research6

Optical Engineering48

Petroleum Engineering43

Polymer science and Plastics engineering21

Product and Industrial Design7

Reliability and Quality Engineering17

Remote Sensing20

Renewable Energy Engineering7

Structural Engineering19

Systems Engineering19

Technical Drawing15

Telecommunications7

Transportation Engineering10