100 Best universities for Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications. A graph of 927K citations received by 94.5K academic papers made by 132 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

#66 in Europe

#241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#225 in Europe

#642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#228 in Europe

#649 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#238 in Europe

#667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

5. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#243 in Europe

#682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

6. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Telecommunications

#245 in Europe

#686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

7. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Telecommunications

#266 in Europe

#732 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

#764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

9. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Telecommunications

#303 in Europe

#855 in the World

Founded: 1909

10. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Telecommunications

#316 in Europe

#883 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

11. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#328 in Europe

#921 in the World

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

12. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#343 in Europe

#981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

13. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#372 in Europe

#1061 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

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

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#399 in Europe

#1161 in the World

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

15. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Telecommunications

#409 in Europe

#1216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

16. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#412 in Europe

#1231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

17. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Telecommunications

#438 in Europe

#1332 in the World

Founded: 1915

18. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Telecommunications

#457 in Europe

#1402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

19. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#461 in Europe

#1432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

20. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Telecommunications

#465 in Europe

#1448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

21. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#474 in Europe

#1476 in the World

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

22. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Telecommunications

#478 in Europe

#1494 in the World

Founded: 1804

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

Russia | Kazan

For Telecommunications

#482 in Europe

#1504 in the World

Founded: 1932

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#483 in Europe

#1508 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

25. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

Russia | Tomsk

For Telecommunications

#485 in Europe

#1516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

26. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Telecommunications

#487 in Europe

#1519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

27. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#493 in Europe

#1557 in the World

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

28. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Telecommunications

#500 in Europe

#1584 in the World

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

29. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Telecommunications

#531 in Europe

#1720 in the World

Founded: 1993

30. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Telecommunications

#581 in Europe

#1900 in the World

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

31. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Telecommunications

#582 in Europe

#1904 in the World

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

32. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#593 in Europe

#1952 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

33. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Telecommunications

#606 in Europe

#2036 in the World

Founded: 1930

34. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#611 in Europe

#2051 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

35. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Telecommunications

#625 in Europe

#2162 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

36. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Telecommunications

#639 in Europe

#2241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

37. Omsk State Technical University

Russia | Omsk

For Telecommunications

#643 in Europe

#2249 in the World

Founded: 1942

38. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Telecommunications

#656 in Europe

#2353 in the World

Founded: 1988

39. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Telecommunications

#657 in Europe

#2357 in the World

Founded: 1943

40. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Telecommunications

#666 in Europe

#2453 in the World

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

41. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Telecommunications

#671 in Europe

#2463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

42. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Telecommunications

#678 in Europe

#2492 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

43. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

Russia | Ufa

For Telecommunications

#687 in Europe

#2522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

44. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Telecommunications

#695 in Europe

#2562 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

45. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#705 in Europe

#2624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

46. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Telecommunications

#706 in Europe

#2641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

47. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#730 in Europe

#2774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

48. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

Russia | Ufa

For Telecommunications

#740 in Europe

#2815 in the World

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

49. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Telecommunications

#744 in Europe

#2831 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

50. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Telecommunications

#745 in Europe

#2834 in the World

Founded: 1952

51. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#748 in Europe

#2845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

52. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#754 in Europe

#2871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

53. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Telecommunications

#756 in Europe

#2884 in the World

Founded: 1960

54. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Telecommunications

#760 in Europe

#2900 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

55. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Telecommunications

#765 in Europe

#2910 in the World

Founded: 1980

56. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#775 in Europe

#2954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

57. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#786 in Europe

#3016 in the World

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

58. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Telecommunications

#793 in Europe

#3040 in the World

Founded: 1971

59. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Telecommunications

#796 in Europe

#3060 in the World

Founded: 1976

60. Murmansk State Technical University

Russia | Murmansk

For Telecommunications

#799 in Europe

#3076 in the World

Founded: 1950

61. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Telecommunications

#803 in Europe

#3090 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

62. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#804 in Europe

#3106 in the World

Founded: 1896

63. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#807 in Europe

#3119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

64. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Telecommunications

#810 in Europe

#3124 in the World

Founded: 1973

65. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Telecommunications

#817 in Europe

#3169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

66. Kazan State Technological University

Russia | Kazan

For Telecommunications

#818 in Europe

#3177 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

67. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Telecommunications

#825 in Europe

#3209 in the World

Founded: 1876

68. Tula State University

Russia | Tula

For Telecommunications

#835 in Europe

#3256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

69. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Telecommunications

#838 in Europe

#3269 in the World

Founded: 1967

70. South-Western State University

Russia | Kursk

For Telecommunications

#841 in Europe

#3276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

71. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Telecommunications

#849 in Europe

#3303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

72. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Telecommunications

#860 in Europe

#3352 in the World

Founded: 1934

73. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#868 in Europe

#3383 in the World

Founded: 1992

74. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#870 in Europe

#3389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

75. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Telecommunications

#876 in Europe

#3404 in the World

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

76. Volga State University of Technology

Russia | Yoshkar-Ola

For Telecommunications

#878 in Europe

#3412 in the World

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

77. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Telecommunications

#879 in Europe

#3421 in the World

Founded: 1958

78. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#881 in Europe

#3431 in the World

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

79. Kaliningrad State Technical University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Telecommunications

#890 in Europe

#3469 in the World

Founded: 1930

80. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Telecommunications

#894 in Europe

#3491 in the World

Founded: 1930

81. Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#896 in Europe

#3495 in the World

Founded: 1930

82. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Telecommunications

#905 in Europe

#3548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

83. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Telecommunications

#911 in Europe

#3566 in the World

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

84. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Telecommunications

#915 in Europe

#3585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

85. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Telecommunications

#921 in Europe

#3621 in the World

Founded: 1971

86. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#925 in Europe

#3641 in the World

Founded: 1919

87. Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh"

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#938 in Europe

#3698 in the World

Founded: 1932

88. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#940 in Europe

#3708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

89. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Telecommunications

#948 in Europe

#3761 in the World

Founded: 1918

90. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Telecommunications

#950 in Europe

#3764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

91. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Telecommunications

#955 in Europe

#3783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

92. Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Telecommunications

#961 in Europe

#3842 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1942

93. Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#962 in Europe

#3853 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1971

94. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Telecommunications

#966 in Europe

#3877 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

95. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Telecommunications

#970 in Europe

#3902 in the World

Founded: 1967

96. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Telecommunications

#978 in Europe

#3941 in the World

Founded: 1974

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

#992 in Europe

#4033 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Telecommunications

#1009 in Europe

#4089 in the World

Founded: 1832

100. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#1016 in Europe

#4123 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.