100 Best universities for Aesthetics in Russia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Aesthetics. A graph of 101K citations received by 27.4K academic papers made by 116 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 Aesthetics

#98 in Europe

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#120 in Europe

#320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#187 in Europe

#462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Aesthetics

#330 in Europe

#811 in the World

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

5. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#352 in Europe

#872 in the World

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

6. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Aesthetics

#360 in Europe

#893 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

7. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Aesthetics

#362 in Europe

#899 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#395 in Europe

#1005 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

9. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Aesthetics

#401 in Europe

#1027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

10. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Aesthetics

#434 in Europe

#1110 in the World

Founded: 1915

11. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#451 in Europe

#1169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

12. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Aesthetics

#459 in Europe

#1193 in the World

Founded: 1909

13. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#466 in Europe

#1218 in the World

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

14. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#467 in Europe

#1220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

15. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Aesthetics

#476 in Europe

#1252 in the World

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

16. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#513 in Europe

#1379 in the World

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

17. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#543 in Europe

#1482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

18. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Aesthetics

#544 in Europe

#1492 in the World

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

19. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#552 in Europe

#1524 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

20. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#555 in Europe

#1534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

21. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Aesthetics

#585 in Europe

#1656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

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

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#595 in Europe

#1679 in the World

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

23. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#611 in Europe

#1737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

24. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#621 in Europe

#1775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

25. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Aesthetics

#625 in Europe

#1795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

26. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Aesthetics

#636 in Europe

#1844 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

27. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#646 in Europe

#1892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

28. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#650 in Europe

#1911 in the World

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

29. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Aesthetics

#651 in Europe

#1916 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

30. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#666 in Europe

#1986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

31. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Aesthetics

#669 in Europe

#1994 in the World

Founded: 1993

32. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Aesthetics

#672 in Europe

#2002 in the World

Founded: 1930

33. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Aesthetics

#690 in Europe

#2147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

34. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Aesthetics

#693 in Europe

#2163 in the World

Founded: 1980

35. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Aesthetics

#705 in Europe

#2216 in the World

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

36. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Aesthetics

#710 in Europe

#2231 in the World

Founded: 1973

37. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Aesthetics

#713 in Europe

#2241 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

38. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Aesthetics

#715 in Europe

#2249 in the World

Founded: 1974

39. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Aesthetics

#729 in Europe

#2333 in the World

Founded: 1988

40. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Aesthetics

#730 in Europe

#2336 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

41. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Aesthetics

#742 in Europe

#2413 in the World

Founded: 1876

42. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Aesthetics

#752 in Europe

#2457 in the World

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

43. Omsk State University

Russia | Omsk

For Aesthetics

#759 in Europe

#2480 in the World

Founded: 1974

44. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#764 in Europe

#2501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

45. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Aesthetics

#776 in Europe

#2548 in the World

Founded: 1976

46. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#780 in Europe

#2559 in the World

Founded: 1919

47. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Aesthetics

#785 in Europe

#2599 in the World

Founded: 1967

48. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Aesthetics

#787 in Europe

#2601 in the World

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

49. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Aesthetics

#792 in Europe

#2627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

50. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#805 in Europe

#2686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

51. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Aesthetics

#809 in Europe

#2707 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

52. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Aesthetics

#813 in Europe

#2745 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

53. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Aesthetics

#824 in Europe

#2798 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

54. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Aesthetics

#832 in Europe

#2843 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

55. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#836 in Europe

#2860 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

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

Russia | Kazan

For Aesthetics

#837 in Europe

#2863 in the World

Founded: 1932

57. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Aesthetics

#842 in Europe

#2888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

58. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Aesthetics

#844 in Europe

#2895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

59. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#846 in Europe

#2897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

60. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#860 in Europe

#2960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1930

61. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#863 in Europe

#2970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

62. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Aesthetics

#868 in Europe

#3015 in the World

Founded: 1930

63. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#871 in Europe

#3026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

64. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#875 in Europe

#3038 in the World

Founded: 1804

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#877 in Europe

#3054 in the World

Founded: 1832

66. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Aesthetics

#878 in Europe

#3059 in the World

Founded: 1938

67. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Aesthetics

#884 in Europe

#3085 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

68. South-Western State University

Russia | Kursk

For Aesthetics

#891 in Europe

#3104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

69. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Aesthetics

#894 in Europe

#3108 in the World

Founded: 1971

70. Omsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Omsk

For Aesthetics

#899 in Europe

#3133 in the World

Founded: 1932

71. Omsk State Technical University

Russia | Omsk

For Aesthetics

#902 in Europe

#3155 in the World

Founded: 1942

72. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Aesthetics

#905 in Europe

#3162 in the World

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

73. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Aesthetics

#906 in Europe

#3166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

74. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Aesthetics

#908 in Europe

#3169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

75. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Aesthetics

#913 in Europe

#3200 in the World

Founded: 1967

76. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

Russia | Ufa

For Aesthetics

#915 in Europe

#3218 in the World

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

77. Tver State University

Russia | Tver

For Aesthetics

#919 in Europe

#3229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

78. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#930 in Europe

#3272 in the World

Founded: 1896

79. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Aesthetics

#933 in Europe

#3280 in the World

Founded: 1943

80. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Aesthetics

#938 in Europe

#3306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1932

81. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Aesthetics

#940 in Europe

#3323 in the World

Founded: 1971

82. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Aesthetics

#946 in Europe

#3371 in the World

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

83. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Aesthetics

#952 in Europe

#3389 in the World

Founded: 1934

84. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Aesthetics

#953 in Europe

#3400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

85. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Aesthetics

#965 in Europe

#3466 in the World

Founded: 1950

86. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Aesthetics

#966 in Europe

#3467 in the World

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

87. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

Russia | Tomsk

For Aesthetics

#968 in Europe

#3474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

88. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Aesthetics

#973 in Europe

#3494 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

89. Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#979 in Europe

#3533 in the World

Founded: 1930

90. Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University

Russia | Volgograd

For Aesthetics

#984 in Europe

#3564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1931

91. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Aesthetics

#987 in Europe

#3574 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

92. Kazan State Technological University

Russia | Kazan

For Aesthetics

#990 in Europe

#3586 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

93. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#996 in Europe

#3615 in the World

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

94. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Aesthetics

#1000 in Europe

#3627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

95. Ryazan State University

Russia | Ryazan

For Aesthetics

#1001 in Europe

#3632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1916

96. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Aesthetics

#1004 in Europe

#3644 in the World

Founded: 1958

97. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Aesthetics

#1006 in Europe

#3661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

98. Orel State University

Russia | Oryol

For Aesthetics

#1007 in Europe

#3665 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

99. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#1009 in Europe

#3669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1897

100. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Aesthetics

#1010 in Europe

#3670 in the World

Founded: 1974

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