Top 300 universities in Russia: Rankings & Acceptance rate

Rank 🏆	University name	Acceptance rate Acc. rate	City & State
1	Moscow State University		Moscow
2	National Research University Higher School of Economics		Moscow
3	St. Petersburg State University		Saint Petersburg
4	Tomsk Polytechnic University		Tomsk
5	Tomsk State University		Tomsk
6	ITMO University	15%	Saint Petersburg
7	Bauman Moscow State Technical University		Moscow
8	Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration	5%	Moscow
9	Belgorod State University		Belgorod
10	Ural Federal University	45%	Yekaterinburg
11	Novosibirsk State University	15%	Novosibirsk
12	Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University		Saint Petersburg
13	National Research Nuclear University MEPI	25%	Moscow
14	Volgograd State University		Volgograd
15	RUDN University		Moscow
16	Southern Federal University		Rostov-on-Don
17	Kazan Federal University		Kazan
18	Moscow Aviation Institute	15%	Moscow
19	Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation		Moscow
20	Moscow State Institute of International Relations		Moscow
21	Saratov State University		Saratov
22	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	65%	Nizhny Novgorod
23	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	45%	Moscow
24	Siberian Federal University	35%	Krasnoyarsk
25	Voronezh State University	65%	Voronezh
26	Perm State University		Perm
27	Altai State University		Barnaul
28	Irkutsk State University		Irkutsk
29	National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"	35%	Moscow
30	Plekhanov Russian University of Economics	35%	Moscow
31	Far Eastern Federal University		Vladivostok
32	South Ural State University	25%	Chelyabinsk
33	Novosibirsk State Technical University	75%	Novosibirsk
34	Samara National Research University	65%	Samara
35	Kazan State Technological University		Kazan
36	Perm State Technical University	25%	Perm
37	Moscow State University of Civil Engineering		Moscow
38	Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics		Tomsk
39	Northern Arctic Federal University	5%	Arkhangelsk
40	University of Tyumen		Tyumen
41	Chelyabinsk State University		Chelyabinsk
42	Irkutsk National Research Technical University		Irkutsk
43	N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute		Moscow
44	Kuban State University	65%	Krasnodar
45	Petrozavodsk State University	65%	Petrozavodsk
46	Moscow Technical University - MIREA	35%	Moscow
47	Ogarev Mordovia State University	75%	Saransk
48	Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia	75%	Saint Petersburg
49	Orenburg State University		Orenburg
50	Yaroslavl State University		Yaroslavl
51	Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University		Kaliningrad
52	Kemerovo State University		Kemerovo
53	Tver State University	65%	Tver
54	Russian State University for the Humanities		Moscow
55	Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University	85%	Volgograd
56	Moscow State Regional University		Moscow
57	Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology		Ivanovo
58	European University at St. Petersburg	45%	Saint Petersburg
59	Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory	35%	Moscow
60	Synergy University		Moscow
61	Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy	85%	Moscow
62	Russian National Research Medical University	75%	Moscow
63	Tambov State Technical University		Tambov
64	Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service		Vladivostok
65	Penza State University		Penza
66	Volgograd State Technical University		Volgograd
67	Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism		Moscow
68	Syktyvkar State University		Syktyvkar
69	Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev - KAI		Kazan
70	Novgorod State University		Veliky Novgorod
71	Russian State Social University	75%	Moscow
72	Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University		Novosibirsk
73	Ural State University of Economics		Yekaterinburg
74	Ulyanovsk State Technical University	85%	Ulyanovsk
75	Moscow State University of Psychology and Education	25%	Moscow
76	Tula State University		Tula
77	Moscow Medical Academy	55%	Moscow
78	Russian State University of Oil and Gas		Moscow
79	New Economic School	25%	Moscow
80	Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University	15%	Saint Petersburg
81	Saint-Petersburg Mining University		Saint Petersburg
82	Tomsk State Pedagogical University	35%	Tomsk
83	Samara State Technical University		Samara
84	North-Eastern Federal University		Yakutsk
85	Moscow State Mining University		Moscow
86	Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University		Moscow
87	Ivanovo State Power University		Ivanovo
88	Vladimir State University		Vladimir
89	Togliatti State University		Togliatti
90	Siberian State Aerospace University	25%	Krasnoyarsk
91	Ural State Pedagogical University		Yekaterinburg
92	North Caucasus Federal University		Stavropol
93	Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia	45%	Moscow
94	Omsk State Technical University		Omsk
95	National Research University of Electronic Technology	45%	Moscow
96	Moscow State Forest University		Mytishchi
97	Buryat State University		Ulan-Ude
98	Russian State Agricultural University		Moscow
99	Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University		Izhevsk
100	Kuzbass State Technical University		Kemerovo
101	Udmurt State University	65%	Izhevsk
102	Kuban State University of Technology		Krasnodar
103	Novosibirsk State Medical University		Novosibirsk
104	North State Medical University		Arkhangelsk
105	Bashkir State University		Ufa
106	Saratov State Technical University		Saratov
107	Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"		Moscow
108	Ulyanovsk State University	75%	Ulyanovsk
109	Kabardino-Balkarian State University		Nalchik
110	St. Petersburg State Conservatory		Saint Petersburg
111	Moscow City Teachers' Training University	65%	Moscow
112	Moscow State Pedagogical University		Moscow
113	Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University		Yaroslavl
114	St. Petersburg State University of Economics	95%	Saint Petersburg
115	The Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications	25%	Saint Petersburg
116	Pyatigorsk State University	75%	Pyatigorsk
117	Pacific National University	75%	Khabarovsk
118	Modern University for the Humanities		Moscow
119	Far Eastern State Medical University		Khabarovsk
120	Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University		Komsomolsk-on-Amur
121	Siberian State Industrial University	55%	Novokuznetsk
122	The State University of Management		Moscow
123	Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University	35%	Chelyabinsk
124	Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management		Novosibirsk
125	Adyghe State University		Maykop
126	Perm State Pedagogical University		Perm
127	Orel State Agrarian University		Orel
128	Mari State University		Yoshkar-Ola
129	Polzunov Altai State Technical University	95%	Barnaul
130	Pushkin State Russian Language Institute	65%	Moscow
131	Saint Tikhon's Orthodox University		Moscow
132	Kozma Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University	55%	Nizhny Novgorod
133	Volga State University of Technology		Yoshkar-Ola
134	Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University		Krasnoyarsk
135	North-Western State Medical University		Saint Petersburg
136	Don State Technical University		Rostov-on-Don
137	Omsk State Agrarian University n.a. P. A. Stolypin		Omsk
138	Dubna State University		Dubna
139	Tyumen Industrial University		Tyumen
140	Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building	25%	Tomsk
141	Moscow State Linguistic University		Moscow
142	Samara State University	35%	Samara
143	Ufa State Petroleum Technological University		Ufa
144	Chuvash State University		Cheboksary
145	Magnitogorsk State Technical University		Magnitogorsk
146	Kaliningrad State Technical University		Kaliningrad
147	Russian State Hydrometeorological University	55%	Saint Petersburg
148	Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping		Saint Petersburg
149	Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography		Moscow
150	Moscow University for the Humanities		Moscow
151	Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics		Moscow
152	Murmansk State Technical University		Murmansk
153	Ryazan State University	85%	Ryazan
154	St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering		Saint Petersburg
155	Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation	55%	Moscow
156	Belgorod State Technological University		Belgorod
157	Moscow State University of Railway Engineering		Moscow
158	Krasnoyarsk State Medical University		Krasnoyarsk
159	Omsk State University		Omsk
160	Siberian State Transport University	75%	Novosibirsk
161	Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering		Kazan
162	Russian New University		Moscow
163	Siberian State Medical University		Tomsk
164	Tambov State University		Tambov
165	Volgograd State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering	75%	Volgograd
166	Sergei Witte University of Moscow	75%	Moscow
167	Ryazan State Medical University	95%	Ryazan
168	Ugra State University		Khanty-Mansiysk
169	Omsk State Medical Academy		Omsk
170	Astrakhan State Technical University	15%	Astrakhan
171	Astrakhan State University		Astrakhan
172	Ryazan State Radio Engineering University		Ryazan
173	Ufa State Aviation Technical University		Ufa
174	Moscow Metropolitan Governance University		Moscow
175	Vyatka State University		Kirov
176	Kursk State University	45%	Kursk
177	Gorno-Altaisk State University		Gorno-Altaisk
178	Ural State Mining University		Yekaterinburg
179	Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering		Nizhny Novgorod
180	South-Russian State Technical University	35%	Novocherkassk
181	Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University		Nizhny Novgorod
182	Ural State Law Academy		Yekaterinburg
183	Dagestan State University		Makhachkala
184	Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University		Saint Petersburg
185	Volgograd State Medical Academy		Volgograd
186	Omsk State Pedagogical University		Omsk
187	Ural State University of Physical Culture		Chelyabinsk
188	Ukhta State Technical University	75%	Ukhta
189	South-Western State University	45%	Kursk
190	Ural State Forestry University		Yekaterinburg
191	Ural State University of Railway Transport	35%	Yekaterinburg
192	Ivanovo State University		Ivanovo
193	Samara State Economic University		Samara
194	South-Russian State University of Economics and Service		Shakhty
195	Krasnoyarsk State Agricultural University		Krasnoyarsk
196	St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation		Saint Petersburg
197	Kuban State Agricultural University	95%	Krasnodar
198	Moscow International Higher Business School	65%	Moscow
199	Voronezh State Pedagogical University	85%	Voronezh
200	Far Eastern State Transport University		Khabarovsk
201	Maritime State University		Vladivostok
202	Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television		Saint Petersburg
203	Stavropol State Agrarian University		Stavropol
204	Bashkir State Medical University		Ufa
205	Penza State University of Architecture and Construction		Penza
206	Voronezh State Agricultural University		Voronezh
207	Yaroslavl State Technical University		Yaroslavl
208	Pskov State Pedagogical University		Pskov
209	Kostroma State University		Kostroma
210	Moscow Polytech		Moscow
211	Saratov State Medical University		Saratov
212	Linguistic University of Nizhny Novgorod	65%	Nizhny Novgorod
213	Rostov State University of Economics		Rostov-on-Don
214	Saratov State Agrarian University		Saratov
215	Amur State University		Blagoveshchensk
216	Kurgan State University		Kurgan
217	Lipetsk State Technical University		Lipetsk
218	Voronezh State University of Engineering Technology		Voronezh
219	Saratov State Socio-Economic University		Saratov
220	Baikal State University	95%	Irkutsk
221	Samara State Medical University		Samara
222	Samara State Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities	95%	Samara
223	Kuban State Medical University		Krasnodar
224	Moscow State University of Printing Arts		Moscow
225	Surgut State University		Surgut
226	Moscow State Humanitarian University		Moscow
227	Stavropol State Medical University	15%	Stavropol
228	Bratsk State University		Bratsk
229	Bryansk State Technical University		Brjansk
230	Moscow State University of Technology and Management		Moscow
231	Altai State Pedagogical Academy		Barnaul
232	Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology	85%	Saint Petersburg
233	Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics		Novosibirsk
234	M. Akmullah Bashkir State Pedagogical University		Ufa
235	Orenburg State Medical University		Orenburg
236	Tula State Pedagogical University		Tula
237	Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy		Chelyabinsk
238	St. Petersburg State Agrarian University		Saint Petersburg
239	Omsk State Transport University		Omsk
240	Kemerovo State University of Culture and the Arts		Kemerovo
241	Khakas State University		Abakan
242	Orel State University		Orel
243	Michurinsk State Agrarian University		Michurinsk
244	Novosibirsk State Agricultural University		Novosibirsk
245	East Siberia State University of Technology and Management		Ulan-Ude
246	State University of Land Management		Moscow
247	Kirov State Medical University		Kirov
248	St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design	25%	Saint Petersburg
249	Cherepovets State University		Cherepovets
250	Sakhalin State University		Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
251	St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University		Saint Petersburg
252	Moscow State University of Food Production		Moscow
253	Rostov State Medical University	65%	Rostov-on-Don
254	Russian State Geological Prospecting University		Moscow
255	Altai State Medical University		Barnaul
256	Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy	65%	Saint Petersburg
257	Perm State Academy of Medicine		Perm
258	Smolensk University for Humanities		Smolensk
259	Voronezh State Technical University		Voronezh
260	Novosibirsk State Architectural University		Novosibirsk
261	Chechen State University		Grozny
262	North Ossetian State University		Vladikavkaz
263	Moscow International University		Moscow
264	Kazan State Power Engineering University	65%	Kazan
265	Kalmyk State University		Elista
266	St. Petersburg State University for Culture and Arts		Saint Petersburg
267	St. Petersburg State University of Physical Education		Saint Petersburg
268	Volga State University of Telecommunications and Informatics		Samara
269	Orenburg State Agrarian University		Orenburg
270	Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University		Blagoveshchensk
271	Moscow State Institute of Culture		Khimki
272	Yelets State University		Yelets
273	Voronezh State Medical Academy	45%	Voronezh
274	Bryansk State Agrarian University		Brjansk
275	St. Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics		Saint Petersburg
276	Khabarovsk State University of Economics and Law		Khabarovsk
277	Vologda State Dairy Farming Academy		Vologda
278	Russian State University A.N. Kosygin		Moscow
279	Leningrad State University		Saint Petersburg
280	Tver State Technical University	25%	Tver
281	Vologda State University		Vologda
282	Kursk State Medical University	75%	Kursk
283	Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh"		Saint Petersburg
284	Kazan State Medical University	45%	Kazan
285	Moscow State Industrial Art University		Moscow
286	Bashkir State Agricultural University		Ufa
287	Chuvash State Pedagogical University		Cheboksary
288	Bryansk State University		Brjansk
289	International Independent Ecological-Political University		Moscow
290	Belgorod State Agricultural University		Belgorod
291	Altai State University of Agriculture		Barnaul
292	North Caucasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy		Vladikavkaz
293	Altai State Academy of Education		Biisk
294	Smolensk State University		Smolensk
295	Maikop State Technological University		Maykop
296	Pyatigorsk State Pharmaceutical Academy		Pyatigorsk
297	Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University		Ulyanovsk
298	Ivanovo State Polytechnic University		Ivanovo
299	Dagestan State Technical University		Makhachkala
300	Volga Region State Academy of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism		Kazan

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

Average cost of living for students in Russia is $319 + $44-316 for rent (depends on where to live: dormitory, renting with a roommate or solo).