82 Best universities for Anthropology in Russia

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Anthropology. A graph of 70.2K citations received by 19K academic papers made by 82 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. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#182 in Europe

#491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

2. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#200 in Europe

#533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Anthropology

#332 in Europe

#848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Anthropology

#440 in Europe

#1211 in the World

Founded: 1804

5. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Anthropology

#503 in Europe

#1448 in the World

Founded: 1915

6. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#506 in Europe

#1454 in the World

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

7. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#507 in Europe

#1455 in the World

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

8. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Anthropology

#534 in Europe

#1563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

9. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Anthropology

#535 in Europe

#1571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

10. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#551 in Europe

#1640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

11. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Anthropology

#576 in Europe

#1764 in the World

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

12. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#641 in Europe

#2091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

13. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Anthropology

#655 in Europe

#2189 in the World

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

14. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Anthropology

#667 in Europe

#2247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

15. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#675 in Europe

#2264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

16. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Anthropology

#697 in Europe

#2375 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

17. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#718 in Europe

#2466 in the World

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

18. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Anthropology

#719 in Europe

#2477 in the World

Founded: 1973

19. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#720 in Europe

#2482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

20. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Anthropology

#727 in Europe

#2512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

21. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Anthropology

#732 in Europe

#2526 in the World

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

22. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#747 in Europe

#2611 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

23. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#758 in Europe

#2657 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

24. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Anthropology

#768 in Europe

#2700 in the World

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

25. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Anthropology

#791 in Europe

#2816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

26. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Anthropology

#799 in Europe

#2858 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

27. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Anthropology

#801 in Europe

#2873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

28. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Anthropology

#807 in Europe

#2893 in the World

Founded: 1909

29. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Anthropology

#820 in Europe

#2955 in the World

Founded: 1876

30. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#821 in Europe

#2959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

31. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#822 in Europe

#2970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

32. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Anthropology

#834 in Europe

#3019 in the World

Founded: 1930

33. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Anthropology

#837 in Europe

#3044 in the World

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

34. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#841 in Europe

#3057 in the World

Founded: 1919

35. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Anthropology

#844 in Europe

#3064 in the World

Founded: 1980

36. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Anthropology

#845 in Europe

#3068 in the World

Founded: 1971

37. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Anthropology

#850 in Europe

#3089 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

38. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Anthropology

#851 in Europe

#3096 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

39. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#854 in Europe

#3126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

40. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Anthropology

#859 in Europe

#3153 in the World

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

41. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Anthropology

#860 in Europe

#3154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

42. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Anthropology

#862 in Europe

#3156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

43. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Anthropology

#870 in Europe

#3250 in the World

Founded: 1974

44. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#873 in Europe

#3280 in the World

Founded: 1804

45. Kazan State Technological University

Russia | Kazan

For Anthropology

#880 in Europe

#3329 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

46. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#884 in Europe

#3368 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

47. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Anthropology

#889 in Europe

#3405 in the World

Founded: 1976

48. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Anthropology

#890 in Europe

#3412 in the World

Founded: 1967

49. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#901 in Europe

#3476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

50. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Anthropology

#910 in Europe

#3555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

51. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Anthropology

#919 in Europe

#3622 in the World

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

52. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Anthropology

#920 in Europe

#3658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

53. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Anthropology

#925 in Europe

#3682 in the World

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

54. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Anthropology

#926 in Europe

#3685 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

55. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#928 in Europe

#3692 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

56. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Anthropology

#937 in Europe

#3766 in the World

Founded: 1938

57. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Anthropology

#938 in Europe

#3767 in the World

Founded: 1967

58. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Anthropology

#939 in Europe

#3769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

59. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Anthropology

#940 in Europe

#3773 in the World

Founded: 1935

60. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Anthropology

#947 in Europe

#3802 in the World

Founded: 1943

61. Omsk State University

Russia | Omsk

For Anthropology

#951 in Europe

#3834 in the World

Founded: 1974

62. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Anthropology

#954 in Europe

#3851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1930

63. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Anthropology

#955 in Europe

#3860 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1925

64. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Anthropology

#958 in Europe

#3891 in the World

Founded: 1992

65. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Anthropology

#959 in Europe

#3899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

66. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Anthropology

#961 in Europe

#3902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

67. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Anthropology

#963 in Europe

#3917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

68. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Anthropology

#965 in Europe

#3924 in the World

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

69. Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University

Russia | Volgograd

For Anthropology

#968 in Europe

#3927 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1931

70. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Anthropology

#975 in Europe

#3971 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

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

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#978 in Europe

#4003 in the World

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

72. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Anthropology

#979 in Europe

#4004 in the World

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

73. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Anthropology

#985 in Europe

#4033 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

74. Orel State University

Russia | Oryol

For Anthropology

#986 in Europe

#4037 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

75. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#989 in Europe

#4046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

76. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Anthropology

#991 in Europe

#4052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

77. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Anthropology

#992 in Europe

#4059 in the World

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

78. Kazan State Medical University

Russia | Kazan

For Anthropology

#993 in Europe

#4064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1814

79. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Anthropology

#994 in Europe

#4065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 1,500
Founded: 1966

80. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Anthropology

#999 in Europe

#4086 in the World

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

81. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Anthropology

#1001 in Europe

#4094 in the World

Founded: 1993

82. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Anthropology

#1002 in Europe

#4099 in the World

Founded: 1971

The best cities to study Anthropology in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan, and Rostov-on-Don.