List of 32 best universities in Saint Petersburg

Top 32 universities in Saint Petersburg ranked by EduRank based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence. The rankings are determined by analyzing 1.33M citations received by 77.2K academic publications made by 32 universities from Saint Petersburg, the popularity of 1,173 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.

1. St. Petersburg State University

#2 in Russia
#135 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1724

3. ITMO University

#13 in Russia
#476 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1900

4. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

#35 in Russia
#758 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
1886

5. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

#63 in Russia
#966 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1897

6. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

#86 in Russia
#1072 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1941

8. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

#96 in Russia
#1133 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
94%
Founded
1930

10. European University at St. Petersburg

#99 in Russia
#1137 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
600
Founded
1994

11. Russian State Hydrometeorological University

#100 in Russia
#1141 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
49%
Founded
1930

12. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

#103 in Russia
#1150 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
58%
Enrollment
4,000
Founded
1925

14. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

#112 in Russia
#1178 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1773

18. Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia

#208 in Russia
#1612 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Founded
1797

20. North-Western State Medical University

#226 in Russia
#1756 in Europe
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1907

21. St. Petersburg State Conservatory

#227 in Russia
#1764 in Europe
Enrollment
870
Founded
1862

26. Saint-Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University

#275 in Russia
#2017 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
5,000
Founded
1919

27. Russian State Institute of Performing Arts

#278 in Russia
#2033 in Europe
Enrollment
1,500
Founded
1779

28. St. Petersburg State Agrarian University

#284 in Russia
#2059 in Europe
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1904

31. International Banking Institute

#366 in Russia
#2533 in Europe
Enrollment
3,000
Founded
1991

32. Nevsky Institute of Language and Culture

#382 in Russia
#2729 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
78%
Enrollment
300
Founded
1996

Universities near Saint Petersburg

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University
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166 Novgorod State University 118
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169 Saimaa University of Applied Sciences 33
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Lappeenranta
174 Lappeenranta University of Technology 9
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Lappeenranta
195 South-East Finland University of Applied Sciences 27
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Kotka
228 Laane-Viru College 17
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Modriku
263 Pskov State Pedagogical University 251
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Pskov
269 University of Tartu 1
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Tartu
269 Pallas University of Applied Sciences 13
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Tartu
270 Estonian University of Life Sciences 4
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Tartu
272 Tartu Health Care College 8
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