100 Best universities for Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications. A graph of 975K citations received by 95.7K academic papers made by 134 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 Telecommunications

#67 in Europe

#244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#223 in Europe

#639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#230 in Europe

#657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#238 in Europe

#671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

5. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#243 in Europe

#686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

6. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Telecommunications

#244 in Europe

#688 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

7. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Telecommunications

#264 in Europe

#736 in the World

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

8. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#277 in Europe

#767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

9. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Telecommunications

#310 in Europe

#874 in the World

Founded: 1909

10. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Telecommunications

#314 in Europe

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

11. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#329 in Europe

#936 in the World

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

12. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#337 in Europe

#966 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

13. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#367 in Europe

#1067 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

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

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#395 in Europe

#1165 in the World

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

15. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Telecommunications

#410 in Europe

#1218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

16. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#413 in Europe

#1240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

17. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Telecommunications

#439 in Europe

#1342 in the World

Founded: 1915

18. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Telecommunications

#457 in Europe

#1415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

19. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Telecommunications

#465 in Europe

#1458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

20. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#466 in Europe

#1463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

21. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#476 in Europe

#1493 in the World

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

22. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Telecommunications

#478 in Europe

#1498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#479 in Europe

#1507 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

24. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Telecommunications

#480 in Europe

#1509 in the World

Founded: 1804

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

Russia | Kazan

For Telecommunications

#482 in Europe

#1512 in the World

Founded: 1932

26. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

Russia | Tomsk

For Telecommunications

#489 in Europe

#1527 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

27. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#494 in Europe

#1550 in the World

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

28. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Telecommunications

#502 in Europe

#1600 in the World

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

29. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Telecommunications

#540 in Europe

#1754 in the World

Founded: 1993

30. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Telecommunications

#580 in Europe

#1903 in the World

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

31. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Telecommunications

#586 in Europe

#1929 in the World

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

32. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#587 in Europe

#1933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

33. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Telecommunications

#608 in Europe

#2049 in the World

Founded: 1930

34. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#609 in Europe

#2054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

35. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Telecommunications

#628 in Europe

#2171 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

36. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Telecommunications

#645 in Europe

#2265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

37. Omsk State Technical University

Russia | Omsk

For Telecommunications

#646 in Europe

#2270 in the World

Founded: 1942

38. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Telecommunications

#656 in Europe

#2362 in the World

Founded: 1988

39. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Telecommunications

#658 in Europe

#2367 in the World

Founded: 1943

40. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Telecommunications

#668 in Europe

#2452 in the World

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

41. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Telecommunications

#672 in Europe

#2479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

42. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Telecommunications

#689 in Europe

#2535 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

43. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

Russia | Ufa

For Telecommunications

#692 in Europe

#2546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

44. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#694 in Europe

#2559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

45. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Telecommunications

#697 in Europe

#2568 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

46. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Telecommunications

#715 in Europe

#2698 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

47. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#739 in Europe

#2814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

48. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Telecommunications

#741 in Europe

#2824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

49. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

Russia | Ufa

For Telecommunications

#742 in Europe

#2838 in the World

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

50. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#744 in Europe

#2854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

51. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Telecommunications

#750 in Europe

#2871 in the World

Founded: 1952

52. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#752 in Europe

#2877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

53. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Telecommunications

#760 in Europe

#2907 in the World

Founded: 1960

54. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Telecommunications

#761 in Europe

#2910 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

55. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Telecommunications

#777 in Europe

#2955 in the World

Founded: 1980

56. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#779 in Europe

#2966 in the World

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

57. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#780 in Europe

#2970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

58. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Telecommunications

#789 in Europe

#3030 in the World

Founded: 1971

59. Murmansk State Technical University

Russia | Murmansk

For Telecommunications

#800 in Europe

#3091 in the World

Founded: 1950

60. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Telecommunications

#802 in Europe

#3102 in the World

Founded: 1976

61. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Telecommunications

#803 in Europe

#3103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

62. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#805 in Europe

#3106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

63. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#806 in Europe

#3112 in the World

Founded: 1896

64. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Telecommunications

#813 in Europe

#3169 in the World

Founded: 1973

65. Kazan State Technological University

Russia | Kazan

For Telecommunications

#822 in Europe

#3193 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

66. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Telecommunications

#823 in Europe

#3201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

67. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Telecommunications

#824 in Europe

#3206 in the World

Founded: 1876

68. South-Western State University

Russia | Kursk

For Telecommunications

#836 in Europe

#3252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

69. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Telecommunications

#841 in Europe

#3279 in the World

Founded: 1967

70. Tula State University

Russia | Tula

For Telecommunications

#842 in Europe

#3283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

71. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#848 in Europe

#3304 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

72. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Telecommunications

#860 in Europe

#3350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

73. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Telecommunications

#862 in Europe

#3359 in the World

Founded: 1934

74. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Telecommunications

#876 in Europe

#3420 in the World

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

75. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#880 in Europe

#3434 in the World

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

76. Volga State University of Technology

Russia | Yoshkar-Ola

For Telecommunications

#882 in Europe

#3436 in the World

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

77. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Telecommunications

#887 in Europe

#3457 in the World

Founded: 1958

78. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#892 in Europe

#3489 in the World

Founded: 1992

79. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Telecommunications

#897 in Europe

#3512 in the World

Founded: 1930

80. Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#898 in Europe

#3513 in the World

Founded: 1930

81. Kaliningrad State Technical University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Telecommunications

#899 in Europe

#3514 in the World

Founded: 1930

82. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#906 in Europe

#3548 in the World

Founded: 1919

83. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Telecommunications

#910 in Europe

#3556 in the World

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

84. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Telecommunications

#912 in Europe

#3567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

85. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Telecommunications

#914 in Europe

#3586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

86. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Telecommunications

#923 in Europe

#3633 in the World

Founded: 1971

87. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#937 in Europe

#3712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

88. Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh"

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#944 in Europe

#3739 in the World

Founded: 1932

89. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Telecommunications

#950 in Europe

#3764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

90. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Telecommunications

#955 in Europe

#3796 in the World

Founded: 1918

91. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Telecommunications

#958 in Europe

#3821 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

92. Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Telecommunications

#960 in Europe

#3854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1942

93. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Telecommunications

#962 in Europe

#3861 in the World

Founded: 1974

94. Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#968 in Europe

#3880 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1971

95. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Telecommunications

#970 in Europe

#3894 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

96. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Telecommunications

#973 in Europe

#3903 in the World

Founded: 1967

97. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Telecommunications

#985 in Europe

#3980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1932

98. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#991 in Europe

#4007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#1004 in Europe

#4083 in the World

Founded: 1832

100. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#1012 in Europe

#4113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

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