100 Best universities for Ecology 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 Ecology. A graph of 1.82M citations received by 196K academic papers made by 175 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 Ecology

#70 in Europe

#225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#218 in Europe

#594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Kazan Federal University

For Ecology

#282 in Europe

#785 in the World

Founded: 1804

4. Tomsk State University

For Ecology

#323 in Europe

#889 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

5. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#365 in Europe

#1032 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

6. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Ecology

#444 in Europe

#1330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

7. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Ecology

#457 in Europe

#1405 in the World

Founded: 1915

8. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#460 in Europe

#1421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

9. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#466 in Europe

#1434 in the World

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

10. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Ecology

#468 in Europe

#1439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

11. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Ecology

#479 in Europe

#1481 in the World

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

12. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Ecology

#519 in Europe

#1681 in the World

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

13. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#546 in Europe

#1823 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

14. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Ecology

#555 in Europe

#1877 in the World

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

15. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Ecology

#558 in Europe

#1889 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

16. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Ecology

#562 in Europe

#1901 in the World

Founded: 1973

17. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Ecology

#568 in Europe

#1928 in the World

Founded: 1930

18. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#574 in Europe

#1960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

19. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Ecology

#583 in Europe

#1980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

20. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#613 in Europe

#2151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

21. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#629 in Europe

#2234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

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

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#630 in Europe

#2239 in the World

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

23. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#631 in Europe

#2243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

24. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#640 in Europe

#2282 in the World

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

25. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#649 in Europe

#2333 in the World

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

26. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#664 in Europe

#2402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

27. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#667 in Europe

#2411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

28. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Ecology

#685 in Europe

#2502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

29. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Ecology

#689 in Europe

#2516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

30. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Ecology

#691 in Europe

#2527 in the World

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

31. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Ecology

#712 in Europe

#2640 in the World

Founded: 1909

32. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#723 in Europe

#2695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

33. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Ecology

#727 in Europe

#2710 in the World

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

34. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Ecology

#732 in Europe

#2741 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

35. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Ecology

#744 in Europe

#2856 in the World

Founded: 1876

36. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#746 in Europe

#2859 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

37. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#747 in Europe

#2861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

38. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Ecology

#752 in Europe

#2891 in the World

Founded: 1974

39. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Ecology

#755 in Europe

#2897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

40. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#756 in Europe

#2903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

41. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Ecology

#757 in Europe

#2910 in the World

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

42. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Ecology

#767 in Europe

#2991 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

43. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#775 in Europe

#3015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

44. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#783 in Europe

#3061 in the World

Founded: 1865

45. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#784 in Europe

#3075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

46. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Ecology

#791 in Europe

#3105 in the World

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

47. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Ecology

#796 in Europe

#3137 in the World

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

48. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Ecology

#802 in Europe

#3175 in the World

Founded: 1967

49. Kazan State Technological University

For Ecology

#808 in Europe

#3222 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

50. Perm State University

For Ecology

#811 in Europe

#3255 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

51. Bashkir State University

For Ecology

#818 in Europe

#3284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

52. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Ecology

#833 in Europe

#3352 in the World

Founded: 1960

53. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Ecology

#834 in Europe

#3367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

54. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Ecology

#845 in Europe

#3410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

55. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Ecology

#850 in Europe

#3427 in the World

Founded: 1980

56. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#853 in Europe

#3440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#875 in Europe

#3525 in the World

Founded: 1832

58. Perm State Technical University

For Ecology

#879 in Europe

#3547 in the World

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

59. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#880 in Europe

#3556 in the World

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

60. Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#888 in Europe

#3612 in the World

Founded: 1930

61. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Ecology

#905 in Europe

#3710 in the World

Founded: 1938

62. Omsk State Agrarian University n.a. P. A. Stolypin

For Ecology

#906 in Europe

#3711 in the World

Founded: 1918

63. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#910 in Europe

#3718 in the World

Founded: 1919

64. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Ecology

#913 in Europe

#3730 in the World

Founded: 1993

65. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Ecology

#918 in Europe

#3762 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

66. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Ecology

#924 in Europe

#3817 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

67. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#925 in Europe

#3825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

68. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Ecology

#931 in Europe

#3865 in the World

Founded: 1971

69. Kaliningrad State Technical University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Ecology

#938 in Europe

#3904 in the World

Founded: 1930

70. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#940 in Europe

#3937 in the World

Founded: 1896

71. Penza State University

For Ecology

#942 in Europe

#3958 in the World

Founded: 1943

72. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#944 in Europe

#3960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

73. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Ecology

#953 in Europe

#4008 in the World

Founded: 1930

74. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Ecology

#961 in Europe

#4036 in the World

Founded: 1976

75. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Ecology

#968 in Europe

#4088 in the World

Founded: 1971

76. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Ecology

#974 in Europe

#4124 in the World

Founded: 1958

77. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Ecology

#977 in Europe

#4130 in the World

Founded: 1950

78. South-Western State University

For Ecology

#980 in Europe

#4151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

79. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Ecology

#987 in Europe

#4175 in the World

Founded: 1988

80. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Ecology

#991 in Europe

#4186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

81. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Ecology

#996 in Europe

#4202 in the World

Founded: 1930

82. Tula State University

For Ecology

#998 in Europe

#4211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

83. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#1004 in Europe

#4242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1930

84. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#1017 in Europe

#4296 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

85. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Ecology

#1024 in Europe

#4334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

86. Omsk State Technical University

For Ecology

#1032 in Europe

#4381 in the World

Founded: 1942

87. Sakhalin State University

Russia | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

For Ecology

#1034 in Europe

#4389 in the World

Founded: 1949

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

For Ecology

#1035 in Europe

#4392 in the World

Founded: 1932

89. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Ecology

#1038 in Europe

#4409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

90. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Ecology

#1040 in Europe

#4426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

91. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Ecology

#1041 in Europe

#4435 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

92. Cherepovets State University

Russia | Cherepovets

For Ecology

#1045 in Europe

#4468 in the World

Founded: 1996

93. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#1050 in Europe

#4486 in the World

Founded: 1992

94. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#1052 in Europe

#4499 in the World

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

95. Orel State University

For Ecology

#1057 in Europe

#4513 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

96. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#1062 in Europe

#4529 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

97. Omsk State University

For Ecology

#1063 in Europe

#4535 in the World

Founded: 1974

98. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Ecology

#1064 in Europe

#4538 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#1067 in Europe

#4547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

100. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Ecology

#1069 in Europe

#4559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

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

Environmental Science subfields in Russia

Agricultural Science106

Earth science and Geophysics113

Environmental Chemistry97

Environmental Engineering69

Environmental Management128

Geography and Cartography178

Geotechnical Engineering95

Hydrology and Water resources management4

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science148

Mining Engineering38

Oceanography136

Paleontology172

Petrology and Geochemistry77

Urban and Regional planning102

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation56