100 Best universities for Archaeology 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 Archaeology. A graph of 1.08M citations received by 148K academic papers made by 175 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 Archaeology

#102 in Europe

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#194 in Europe

#518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#220 in Europe

#577 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Tomsk State University

For Archaeology

#329 in Europe

#836 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

5. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#415 in Europe

#1115 in the World

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

6. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#416 in Europe

#1117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

7. Kazan Federal University

For Archaeology

#418 in Europe

#1122 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Archaeology

#448 in Europe

#1232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

9. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Archaeology

#452 in Europe

#1239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

10. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Archaeology

#475 in Europe

#1323 in the World

Founded: 1915

11. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#488 in Europe

#1376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

12. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#495 in Europe

#1394 in the World

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

13. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#522 in Europe

#1489 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

14. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Archaeology

#529 in Europe

#1519 in the World

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

15. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Archaeology

#548 in Europe

#1584 in the World

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

16. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Archaeology

#558 in Europe

#1612 in the World

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

17. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Archaeology

#592 in Europe

#1782 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

18. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#604 in Europe

#1819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

19. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#607 in Europe

#1824 in the World

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

20. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#623 in Europe

#1933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

21. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Archaeology

#655 in Europe

#2081 in the World

Founded: 1974

22. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#657 in Europe

#2096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

23. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Archaeology

#659 in Europe

#2107 in the World

Founded: 1973

24. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Archaeology

#672 in Europe

#2154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

25. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#673 in Europe

#2155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

26. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#692 in Europe

#2276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

27. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#698 in Europe

#2295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

28. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#704 in Europe

#2317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

29. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Archaeology

#723 in Europe

#2456 in the World

Founded: 1980

30. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Archaeology

#724 in Europe

#2471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

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

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#729 in Europe

#2495 in the World

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

32. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#730 in Europe

#2501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

33. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Archaeology

#735 in Europe

#2527 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

34. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Archaeology

#744 in Europe

#2584 in the World

Founded: 1930

35. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Archaeology

#746 in Europe

#2595 in the World

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

36. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Archaeology

#753 in Europe

#2636 in the World

Founded: 1876

37. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Archaeology

#765 in Europe

#2681 in the World

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

38. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Archaeology

#780 in Europe

#2768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

39. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Archaeology

#785 in Europe

#2784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

40. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Archaeology

#806 in Europe

#2864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

41. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Archaeology

#807 in Europe

#2870 in the World

Founded: 1909

42. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Archaeology

#811 in Europe

#2898 in the World

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

43. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Archaeology

#812 in Europe

#2904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

44. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#816 in Europe

#2914 in the World

Founded: 1919

45. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Archaeology

#818 in Europe

#2924 in the World

Founded: 1950

46. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#826 in Europe

#2951 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

47. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#832 in Europe

#2981 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#838 in Europe

#3012 in the World

Founded: 1832

49. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#843 in Europe

#3041 in the World

Founded: 1896

50. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Archaeology

#849 in Europe

#3065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

51. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Archaeology

#850 in Europe

#3067 in the World

Founded: 1967

52. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#865 in Europe

#3160 in the World

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

53. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Archaeology

#876 in Europe

#3218 in the World

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

54. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#882 in Europe

#3276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

55. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Archaeology

#891 in Europe

#3322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

56. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#892 in Europe

#3328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

57. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Archaeology

#896 in Europe

#3360 in the World

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

58. Buryat State University

Russia | Ulan-Ude

For Archaeology

#898 in Europe

#3362 in the World

Founded: 1932

59. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Archaeology

#899 in Europe

#3381 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

60. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Archaeology

#900 in Europe

#3387 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

61. Kazan State Technological University

For Archaeology

#910 in Europe

#3433 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

62. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Archaeology

#914 in Europe

#3465 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

63. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Archaeology

#915 in Europe

#3476 in the World

Founded: 1938

64. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#920 in Europe

#3505 in the World

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

65. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#921 in Europe

#3506 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

66. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Archaeology

#925 in Europe

#3522 in the World

Founded: 1934

67. Penza State University

For Archaeology

#931 in Europe

#3543 in the World

Founded: 1943

68. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#934 in Europe

#3555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

69. Perm State Technical University

For Archaeology

#935 in Europe

#3556 in the World

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

70. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#938 in Europe

#3565 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

71. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Archaeology

#940 in Europe

#3586 in the World

Founded: 1976

72. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Archaeology

#943 in Europe

#3608 in the World

Founded: 1960

73. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Archaeology

#944 in Europe

#3609 in the World

Founded: 1930

74. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Archaeology

#951 in Europe

#3641 in the World

Founded: 1971

75. Perm State University

For Archaeology

#965 in Europe

#3699 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

76. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#970 in Europe

#3727 in the World

Founded: 1865

77. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Archaeology

#973 in Europe

#3755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

78. Bashkir State University

For Archaeology

#974 in Europe

#3758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

79. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#977 in Europe

#3770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

80. Omsk State Agrarian University n.a. P. A. Stolypin

For Archaeology

#978 in Europe

#3775 in the World

Founded: 1918

81. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Archaeology

#992 in Europe

#3862 in the World

Founded: 1967

82. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#1000 in Europe

#3886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

83. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Archaeology

#1005 in Europe

#3918 in the World

Founded: 1993

84. Omsk State University

For Archaeology

#1021 in Europe

#4001 in the World

Founded: 1974

85. Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building

For Archaeology

#1022 in Europe

#4006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1952

86. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#1033 in Europe

#4065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

87. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#1035 in Europe

#4079 in the World

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

88. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Archaeology

#1036 in Europe

#4105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

89. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Archaeology

#1042 in Europe

#4119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

90. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Archaeology

#1047 in Europe

#4146 in the World

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

91. Siberian State Industrial University

Russia | Novokuznetsk

For Archaeology

#1054 in Europe

#4175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

92. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Archaeology

#1059 in Europe

#4201 in the World

Founded: 1971

93. South-Western State University

For Archaeology

#1060 in Europe

#4213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

94. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#1062 in Europe

#4227 in the World

Founded: 1992

95. Tula State University

For Archaeology

#1073 in Europe

#4285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

96. Omsk State Technical University

For Archaeology

#1074 in Europe

#4286 in the World

Founded: 1942

97. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#1075 in Europe

#4294 in the World

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

98. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Archaeology

#1076 in Europe

#4296 in the World

Founded: 1952

99. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Archaeology

#1079 in Europe

#4313 in the World

Founded: 1958

100. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Archaeology

#1083 in Europe

#4333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

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

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