100 Best universities for Oceanography 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 Oceanography. A graph of 814K citations received by 78.6K academic papers made by 136 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 Oceanography

#45 in Europe

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Oceanography

#176 in Europe

#481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Tomsk State University

For Oceanography

#193 in Europe

#527 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

4. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Oceanography

#308 in Europe

#858 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

5. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Oceanography

#312 in Europe

#876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

6. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Oceanography

#348 in Europe

#1005 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

7. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Oceanography

#360 in Europe

#1049 in the World

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

8. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Oceanography

#362 in Europe

#1053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

9. Kazan Federal University

For Oceanography

#369 in Europe

#1068 in the World

Founded: 1804

10. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#385 in Europe

#1107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

11. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Oceanography

#387 in Europe

#1110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

12. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#415 in Europe

#1199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

13. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Oceanography

#417 in Europe

#1212 in the World

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

14. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#418 in Europe

#1216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

15. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#424 in Europe

#1235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

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

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#425 in Europe

#1239 in the World

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

17. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Oceanography

#429 in Europe

#1249 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

18. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Oceanography

#453 in Europe

#1343 in the World

Founded: 1915

19. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#471 in Europe

#1394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

20. Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Oceanography

#480 in Europe

#1453 in the World

Founded: 1930

21. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#490 in Europe

#1487 in the World

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

22. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Oceanography

#495 in Europe

#1507 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

23. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Oceanography

#503 in Europe

#1531 in the World

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

24. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Oceanography

#528 in Europe

#1659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

25. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Oceanography

#535 in Europe

#1694 in the World

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

26. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Oceanography

#539 in Europe

#1711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

27. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Oceanography

#540 in Europe

#1713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

28. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#542 in Europe

#1724 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

29. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Oceanography

#545 in Europe

#1745 in the World

Founded: 1876

30. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Oceanography

#546 in Europe

#1752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

31. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Oceanography

#552 in Europe

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

32. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Oceanography

#556 in Europe

#1794 in the World

Founded: 1967

33. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Oceanography

#558 in Europe

#1818 in the World

Founded: 1909

34. Perm State Technical University

For Oceanography

#579 in Europe

#1905 in the World

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

35. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Oceanography

#591 in Europe

#1977 in the World

Founded: 1930

36. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Oceanography

#603 in Europe

#2046 in the World

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

37. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Oceanography

#626 in Europe

#2177 in the World

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

38. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Oceanography

#633 in Europe

#2200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

39. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#649 in Europe

#2272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

40. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Oceanography

#651 in Europe

#2282 in the World

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

41. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Oceanography

#664 in Europe

#2343 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

42. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#670 in Europe

#2388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

43. Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building

For Oceanography

#671 in Europe

#2400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1952

44. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Oceanography

#678 in Europe

#2426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

45. Perm State University

For Oceanography

#683 in Europe

#2451 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

46. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#692 in Europe

#2488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

47. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Oceanography

#702 in Europe

#2566 in the World

Founded: 1993

48. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#710 in Europe

#2608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

49. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#716 in Europe

#2619 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

50. Kazan State Technological University

For Oceanography

#718 in Europe

#2638 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

51. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#720 in Europe

#2649 in the World

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

52. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Oceanography

#724 in Europe

#2689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

53. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#734 in Europe

#2723 in the World

Founded: 1896

54. Sakhalin State University

Russia | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

For Oceanography

#738 in Europe

#2742 in the World

Founded: 1949

55. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Oceanography

#739 in Europe

#2744 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

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

For Oceanography

#740 in Europe

#2747 in the World

Founded: 1932

57. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#741 in Europe

#2749 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

58. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Oceanography

#745 in Europe

#2765 in the World

Founded: 1973

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Oceanography

#747 in Europe

#2774 in the World

Founded: 1832

60. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#748 in Europe

#2776 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

61. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Oceanography

#757 in Europe

#2828 in the World

Founded: 1934

62. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Oceanography

#760 in Europe

#2854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

63. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#762 in Europe

#2860 in the World

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

64. Bashkir State University

For Oceanography

#777 in Europe

#2939 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

65. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#781 in Europe

#2952 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

66. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Oceanography

#783 in Europe

#2969 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1994

67. Murmansk State Technical University

Russia | Murmansk

For Oceanography

#789 in Europe

#2983 in the World

Founded: 1950

68. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Oceanography

#792 in Europe

#2997 in the World

Founded: 1988

69. Tula State University

For Oceanography

#794 in Europe

#3014 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

70. Omsk State Technical University

For Oceanography

#807 in Europe

#3095 in the World

Founded: 1942

71. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Oceanography

#809 in Europe

#3102 in the World

Founded: 1976

72. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Oceanography

#821 in Europe

#3180 in the World

Founded: 1974

73. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Oceanography

#823 in Europe

#3186 in the World

Founded: 1958

74. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Oceanography

#828 in Europe

#3195 in the World

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

75. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Oceanography

#831 in Europe

#3206 in the World

Founded: 1930

76. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Oceanography

#837 in Europe

#3222 in the World

Founded: 1960

77. Kaliningrad State Technical University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Oceanography

#839 in Europe

#3236 in the World

Founded: 1930

78. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Oceanography

#841 in Europe

#3241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

79. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#850 in Europe

#3289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

80. Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh"

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Oceanography

#851 in Europe

#3296 in the World

Founded: 1932

81. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Oceanography

#861 in Europe

#3352 in the World

Founded: 1971

82. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Oceanography

#862 in Europe

#3354 in the World

Founded: 1950

83. Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Oceanography

#866 in Europe

#3388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1942

84. Siberian State Industrial University

Russia | Novokuznetsk

For Oceanography

#870 in Europe

#3424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

85. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Oceanography

#876 in Europe

#3473 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

86. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Oceanography

#878 in Europe

#3477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

87. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Oceanography

#896 in Europe

#3553 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

88. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Oceanography

#898 in Europe

#3561 in the World

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

89. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Oceanography

#900 in Europe

#3575 in the World

Founded: 1918

90. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Oceanography

#904 in Europe

#3590 in the World

Founded: 1980

91. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Oceanography

#908 in Europe

#3614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

92. Tver State University

For Oceanography

#910 in Europe

#3628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

93. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Oceanography

#911 in Europe

#3635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

94. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Oceanography

#912 in Europe

#3644 in the World

Founded: 1974

95. Ivanovo State Power University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Oceanography

#919 in Europe

#3673 in the World

Founded: 1918

96. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Oceanography

#920 in Europe

#3676 in the World

Founded: 1992

97. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Oceanography

#926 in Europe

#3688 in the World

Founded: 1967

98. Penza State University

For Oceanography

#928 in Europe

#3692 in the World

Founded: 1943

99. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#930 in Europe

#3702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

100. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Oceanography

#940 in Europe

#3747 in the World

Founded: 1865

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

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