100 Best universities for Ecology in Russia

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Ecology. A graph of 1.11M citations received by 165K academic papers made by 173 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

#66 in Europe

#209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#234 in Europe

#635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Kazan Federal University

For Ecology

#311 in Europe

#843 in the World

Founded: 1804

4. Tomsk State University

For Ecology

#345 in Europe

#952 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

5. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#401 in Europe

#1118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

6. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Ecology

#449 in Europe

#1313 in the World

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

7. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#468 in Europe

#1405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

8. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Ecology

#474 in Europe

#1423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

9. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Ecology

#475 in Europe

#1426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

10. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Ecology

#495 in Europe

#1498 in the World

Founded: 1915

11. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#496 in Europe

#1499 in the World

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

12. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Ecology

#536 in Europe

#1720 in the World

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

13. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#553 in Europe

#1805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

14. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Ecology

#557 in Europe

#1822 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

15. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#572 in Europe

#1892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

16. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#592 in Europe

#1978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

17. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Ecology

#595 in Europe

#1996 in the World

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

18. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Ecology

#616 in Europe

#2144 in the World

Founded: 1930

19. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Ecology

#620 in Europe

#2168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

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

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#628 in Europe

#2210 in the World

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

21. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#636 in Europe

#2257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

22. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#639 in Europe

#2282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

23. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Ecology

#656 in Europe

#2349 in the World

Founded: 1973

24. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Ecology

#668 in Europe

#2400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

25. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Ecology

#670 in Europe

#2411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

26. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Ecology

#680 in Europe

#2452 in the World

Founded: 1909

27. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#694 in Europe

#2535 in the World

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

28. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Ecology

#697 in Europe

#2552 in the World

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

29. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#701 in Europe

#2563 in the World

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

30. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#702 in Europe

#2567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

31. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#712 in Europe

#2626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

32. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#718 in Europe

#2663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

33. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Ecology

#741 in Europe

#2761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

34. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#744 in Europe

#2769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

35. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#746 in Europe

#2778 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

36. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Ecology

#747 in Europe

#2794 in the World

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

37. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Ecology

#751 in Europe

#2807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

38. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#755 in Europe

#2846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

39. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Ecology

#756 in Europe

#2861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

40. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#757 in Europe

#2889 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

41. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Ecology

#769 in Europe

#2961 in the World

Founded: 1876

42. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Ecology

#772 in Europe

#3000 in the World

Founded: 1974

43. Bashkir State University

For Ecology

#775 in Europe

#3028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

44. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Ecology

#780 in Europe

#3056 in the World

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

45. Kazan State Technological University

For Ecology

#781 in Europe

#3058 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

46. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#799 in Europe

#3175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

47. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#802 in Europe

#3211 in the World

Founded: 1865

48. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#804 in Europe

#3222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

49. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Ecology

#818 in Europe

#3291 in the World

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

50. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Ecology

#819 in Europe

#3294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#821 in Europe

#3296 in the World

Founded: 1832

52. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Ecology

#837 in Europe

#3357 in the World

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

53. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#839 in Europe

#3368 in the World

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

54. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#844 in Europe

#3422 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

55. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Ecology

#853 in Europe

#3453 in the World

Founded: 1967

56. Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#856 in Europe

#3457 in the World

Founded: 1930

57. Perm State University

For Ecology

#860 in Europe

#3472 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

58. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Ecology

#871 in Europe

#3526 in the World

Founded: 1960

59. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Ecology

#879 in Europe

#3572 in the World

Founded: 1938

60. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Ecology

#880 in Europe

#3573 in the World

Founded: 1993

61. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Ecology

#905 in Europe

#3722 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

62. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Ecology

#907 in Europe

#3736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

63. Perm State Technical University

For Ecology

#915 in Europe

#3776 in the World

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

64. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#917 in Europe

#3794 in the World

Founded: 1919

65. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#926 in Europe

#3852 in the World

Founded: 1896

66. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Ecology

#927 in Europe

#3854 in the World

Founded: 1980

67. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Ecology

#928 in Europe

#3866 in the World

Founded: 1930

68. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Ecology

#930 in Europe

#3901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

69. Kaliningrad State Technical University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Ecology

#936 in Europe

#3918 in the World

Founded: 1930

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

For Ecology

#938 in Europe

#3942 in the World

Founded: 1918

71. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Ecology

#947 in Europe

#4003 in the World

Founded: 1976

72. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Ecology

#957 in Europe

#4065 in the World

Founded: 1950

73. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#958 in Europe

#4068 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

74. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#960 in Europe

#4074 in the World

Founded: 1992

75. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Ecology

#961 in Europe

#4076 in the World

Founded: 1971

76. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Ecology

#965 in Europe

#4087 in the World

Founded: 1958

77. South-Western State University

For Ecology

#967 in Europe

#4095 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

78. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Ecology

#968 in Europe

#4114 in the World

Founded: 1971

79. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#974 in Europe

#4130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

80. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Ecology

#979 in Europe

#4164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

81. Penza State University

For Ecology

#980 in Europe

#4167 in the World

Founded: 1943

82. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Ecology

#981 in Europe

#4168 in the World

Founded: 1988

83. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Ecology

#983 in Europe

#4176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

84. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Ecology

#988 in Europe

#4200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

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

For Ecology

#999 in Europe

#4231 in the World

Founded: 1932

86. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#1003 in Europe

#4248 in the World

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

87. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Ecology

#1004 in Europe

#4249 in the World

Founded: 1930

88. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Ecology

#1010 in Europe

#4275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

89. Omsk State Technical University

For Ecology

#1018 in Europe

#4327 in the World

Founded: 1942

90. Sakhalin State University

Russia | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

For Ecology

#1020 in Europe

#4339 in the World

Founded: 1949

91. Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Ecology

#1024 in Europe

#4367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1942

92. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#1026 in Europe

#4386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1930

93. Tula State University

For Ecology

#1028 in Europe

#4399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

94. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Ecology

#1029 in Europe

#4404 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

95. Omsk State University

For Ecology

#1031 in Europe

#4409 in the World

Founded: 1974

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Ecology

#1036 in Europe

#4450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

97. Orel State University

For Ecology

#1041 in Europe

#4469 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

98. Cherepovets State University

Russia | Cherepovets

For Ecology

#1057 in Europe

#4530 in the World

Founded: 1996

99. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Ecology

#1062 in Europe

#4553 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

100. Siberian State Medical University

For Ecology

#1069 in Europe

#4588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

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 Science94

Earth science and Geophysics106

Environmental Chemistry95

Environmental Engineering57

Environmental Management115

Geography and Cartography178

Geotechnical Engineering89

Hydrology and Water resources management4

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science138

Mining Engineering35

Oceanography130

Paleontology171

Petrology and Geochemistry67

Urban and Regional planning88

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation48