46 Best Forestry schools 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 Forestry. A graph of 85.4K citations received by 9.74K academic papers made by 46 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 Forestry

#116 in Europe

#359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Forestry

#284 in Europe

#935 in the World

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

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Forestry

#308 in Europe

#1019 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Tomsk State University

For Forestry

#318 in Europe

#1053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

5. Kazan Federal University

For Forestry

#356 in Europe

#1208 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Forestry

#388 in Europe

#1333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

7. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Forestry

#389 in Europe

#1336 in the World

Founded: 1960

8. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Forestry

#422 in Europe

#1456 in the World

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

9. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Forestry

#446 in Europe

#1566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

10. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Forestry

#451 in Europe

#1599 in the World

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

11. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Forestry

#452 in Europe

#1608 in the World

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

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

For Forestry

#454 in Europe

#1613 in the World

Founded: 1918

13. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Forestry

#458 in Europe

#1639 in the World

Founded: 1865

14. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Forestry

#462 in Europe

#1663 in the World

Founded: 1915

15. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Forestry

#480 in Europe

#1731 in the World

Founded: 1930

16. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Forestry

#484 in Europe

#1761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

17. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Forestry

#489 in Europe

#1790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

18. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Forestry

#493 in Europe

#1798 in the World

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

19. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Forestry

#515 in Europe

#1888 in the World

Founded: 1876

20. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Forestry

#521 in Europe

#1927 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

21. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Forestry

#536 in Europe

#2002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

22. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Forestry

#545 in Europe

#2071 in the World

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

23. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Forestry

#550 in Europe

#2110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

24. Volga State University of Technology

Russia | Yoshkar-Ola

For Forestry

#554 in Europe

#2119 in the World

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

25. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Forestry

#565 in Europe

#2151 in the World

Founded: 1973

26. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Forestry

#569 in Europe

#2170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

27. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Forestry

#573 in Europe

#2178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

28. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Forestry

#601 in Europe

#2341 in the World

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

29. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Forestry

#609 in Europe

#2386 in the World

Founded: 1930

30. Perm State University

For Forestry

#615 in Europe

#2443 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

31. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Forestry

#619 in Europe

#2454 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

32. Bashkir State University

For Forestry

#626 in Europe

#2478 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

33. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Forestry

#628 in Europe

#2500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

34. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Forestry

#629 in Europe

#2504 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

35. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Forestry

#634 in Europe

#2521 in the World

Founded: 1971

36. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Forestry

#646 in Europe

#2577 in the World

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

37. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Forestry

#655 in Europe

#2636 in the World

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

38. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Forestry

#656 in Europe

#2638 in the World

Founded: 1909

39. Kalmyk State University

Russia | Elista

For Forestry

#658 in Europe

#2641 in the World

Founded: 1970

40. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Forestry

#659 in Europe

#2644 in the World

Founded: 1974

41. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Forestry

#660 in Europe

#2653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

42. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Forestry

#661 in Europe

#2656 in the World

Founded: 1993

43. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Forestry

#663 in Europe

#2667 in the World

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

44. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Forestry

#664 in Europe

#2671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

45. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Forestry

#665 in Europe

#2678 in the World

Founded: 1980

46. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Forestry

#667 in Europe

#2685 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

The best cities to study Forestry in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Saint Petersburg, 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