100 Best universities for Aesthetics 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 Aesthetics. A graph of 109K citations received by 28.5K academic papers made by 119 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

#96 in Europe

#256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#118 in Europe

#319 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

#332 in Europe

#814 in the World

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

5. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#347 in Europe

#848 in the World

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

6. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Aesthetics

#350 in Europe

#859 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

7. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Aesthetics

#358 in Europe

#881 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#381 in Europe

#963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

9. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Aesthetics

#406 in Europe

#1036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

10. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Aesthetics

#433 in Europe

#1111 in the World

Founded: 1915

11. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#446 in Europe

#1153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

12. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#452 in Europe

#1176 in the World

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

13. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Aesthetics

#465 in Europe

#1210 in the World

Founded: 1909

14. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Aesthetics

#472 in Europe

#1235 in the World

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

15. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#473 in Europe

#1241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

16. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#516 in Europe

#1380 in the World

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

17. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#542 in Europe

#1483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

18. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#543 in Europe

#1485 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

19. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Aesthetics

#552 in Europe

#1519 in the World

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

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

#589 in Europe

#1667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

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

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#593 in Europe

#1678 in the World

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

23. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#607 in Europe

#1719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

24. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#619 in Europe

#1760 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

25. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Aesthetics

#634 in Europe

#1833 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

26. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Aesthetics

#635 in Europe

#1837 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

27. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#646 in Europe

#1892 in the World

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

28. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#647 in Europe

#1896 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

29. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Aesthetics

#661 in Europe

#1966 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

30. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Aesthetics

#668 in Europe

#1988 in the World

Founded: 1993

31. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Aesthetics

#673 in Europe

#2010 in the World

Founded: 1930

32. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#674 in Europe

#2011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

33. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Aesthetics

#685 in Europe

#2093 in the World

Founded: 1980

34. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Aesthetics

#692 in Europe

#2140 in the World

Founded: 1974

35. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Aesthetics

#701 in Europe

#2191 in the World

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

36. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Aesthetics

#705 in Europe

#2219 in the World

Founded: 1973

37. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Aesthetics

#709 in Europe

#2235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

38. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Aesthetics

#716 in Europe

#2264 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

39. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Aesthetics

#731 in Europe

#2336 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

40. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Aesthetics

#738 in Europe

#2385 in the World

Founded: 1876

41. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Aesthetics

#741 in Europe

#2392 in the World

Founded: 1988

42. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Aesthetics

#746 in Europe

#2416 in the World

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

43. Omsk State University

Russia | Omsk

For Aesthetics

#748 in Europe

#2430 in the World

Founded: 1974

44. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#757 in Europe

#2464 in the World

Founded: 1919

45. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Aesthetics

#766 in Europe

#2502 in the World

Founded: 1976

46. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#767 in Europe

#2503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

47. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Aesthetics

#769 in Europe

#2508 in the World

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

48. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Aesthetics

#778 in Europe

#2537 in the World

Founded: 1967

49. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Aesthetics

#794 in Europe

#2611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

50. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Aesthetics

#802 in Europe

#2653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

51. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#812 in Europe

#2712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

52. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Aesthetics

#823 in Europe

#2781 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

53. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#831 in Europe

#2814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

54. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Aesthetics

#832 in Europe

#2819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

55. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#836 in Europe

#2837 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

56. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Aesthetics

#841 in Europe

#2848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

57. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Aesthetics

#844 in Europe

#2855 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

58. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#854 in Europe

#2935 in the World

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

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

Russia | Kazan

For Aesthetics

#856 in Europe

#2938 in the World

Founded: 1932

60. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Aesthetics

#859 in Europe

#2951 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

61. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#862 in Europe

#2989 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

62. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#868 in Europe

#3010 in the World

Founded: 1804

63. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Aesthetics

#879 in Europe

#3059 in the World

Founded: 1930

64. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Aesthetics

#880 in Europe

#3061 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

65. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#881 in Europe

#3067 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

66. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Aesthetics

#884 in Europe

#3072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#890 in Europe

#3094 in the World

Founded: 1832

68. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Aesthetics

#891 in Europe

#3103 in the World

Founded: 1971

69. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Aesthetics

#897 in Europe

#3125 in the World

Founded: 1938

70. Omsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Omsk

For Aesthetics

#898 in Europe

#3127 in the World

Founded: 1932

71. South-Western State University

Russia | Kursk

For Aesthetics

#902 in Europe

#3144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

72. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Aesthetics

#904 in Europe

#3161 in the World

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

73. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Aesthetics

#906 in Europe

#3189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

74. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Aesthetics

#908 in Europe

#3196 in the World

Founded: 1967

75. Omsk State Technical University

Russia | Omsk

For Aesthetics

#914 in Europe

#3209 in the World

Founded: 1942

76. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Aesthetics

#919 in Europe

#3230 in the World

Founded: 1943

77. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

Russia | Ufa

For Aesthetics

#926 in Europe

#3264 in the World

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

78. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Aesthetics

#927 in Europe

#3269 in the World

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

79. Tver State University

Russia | Tver

For Aesthetics

#929 in Europe

#3283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

80. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Aesthetics

#933 in Europe

#3303 in the World

Founded: 1896

81. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Aesthetics

#934 in Europe

#3305 in the World

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

82. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Aesthetics

#945 in Europe

#3346 in the World

Founded: 1971

83. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Aesthetics

#948 in Europe

#3377 in the World

Founded: 1934

84. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Aesthetics

#963 in Europe

#3466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

85. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Aesthetics

#965 in Europe

#3480 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

86. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Aesthetics

#967 in Europe

#3495 in the World

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

87. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Aesthetics

#968 in Europe

#3496 in the World

Founded: 1950

88. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

Russia | Tomsk

For Aesthetics

#973 in Europe

#3524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

89. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Aesthetics

#978 in Europe

#3550 in the World

Founded: 1958

90. Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University

Russia | Volgograd

For Aesthetics

#981 in Europe

#3563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1931

91. Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#982 in Europe

#3567 in the World

Founded: 1930

92. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Aesthetics

#983 in Europe

#3570 in the World

Founded: 1960

93. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Aesthetics

#997 in Europe

#3630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

94. Kazan State Technological University

Russia | Kazan

For Aesthetics

#999 in Europe

#3638 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

95. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#1001 in Europe

#3649 in the World

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

96. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Aesthetics

#1002 in Europe

#3653 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

97. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Aesthetics

#1005 in Europe

#3676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

98. Ryazan State University

Russia | Ryazan

For Aesthetics

#1008 in Europe

#3684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1916

99. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Aesthetics

#1009 in Europe

#3685 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

100. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Aesthetics

#1010 in Europe

#3686 in the World

Founded: 1935

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