100 Best universities for Archaeology 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 Archaeology. A graph of 1.17M citations received by 152K 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

#101 in Europe

#293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#195 in Europe

#512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#221 in Europe

#576 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Tomsk State University

For Archaeology

#330 in Europe

#844 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

5. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#407 in Europe

#1083 in the World

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

6. Kazan Federal University

For Archaeology

#415 in Europe

#1122 in the World

Founded: 1804

7. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#417 in Europe

#1133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

8. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Archaeology

#438 in Europe

#1196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

9. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Archaeology

#456 in Europe

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

10. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Archaeology

#469 in Europe

#1306 in the World

Founded: 1915

11. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#479 in Europe

#1353 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

12. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#488 in Europe

#1383 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

#512 in Europe

#1444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

14. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Archaeology

#529 in Europe

#1517 in the World

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

15. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Archaeology

#539 in Europe

#1549 in the World

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

16. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Archaeology

#552 in Europe

#1600 in the World

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

17. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Archaeology

#588 in Europe

#1772 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

18. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#598 in Europe

#1815 in the World

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

19. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#601 in Europe

#1822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

20. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#620 in Europe

#1906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

21. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Archaeology

#657 in Europe

#2076 in the World

Founded: 1974

22. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#662 in Europe

#2102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

23. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Archaeology

#668 in Europe

#2120 in the World

Founded: 1973

24. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Archaeology

#672 in Europe

#2151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

25. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#676 in Europe

#2185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

26. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#696 in Europe

#2296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

27. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#697 in Europe

#2299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

28. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#709 in Europe

#2337 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

29. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Archaeology

#720 in Europe

#2442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

30. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Archaeology

#722 in Europe

#2466 in the World

Founded: 1980

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

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#727 in Europe

#2502 in the World

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

32. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#731 in Europe

#2513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

33. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Archaeology

#733 in Europe

#2515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

34. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Archaeology

#744 in Europe

#2563 in the World

Founded: 1930

35. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Archaeology

#746 in Europe

#2578 in the World

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

36. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Archaeology

#754 in Europe

#2639 in the World

Founded: 1876

37. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Archaeology

#763 in Europe

#2693 in the World

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

38. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Archaeology

#780 in Europe

#2755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

39. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Archaeology

#787 in Europe

#2789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

40. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Archaeology

#805 in Europe

#2859 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

41. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#807 in Europe

#2865 in the World

Founded: 1919

42. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Archaeology

#815 in Europe

#2891 in the World

Founded: 1909

43. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Archaeology

#818 in Europe

#2911 in the World

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

44. Kuzbass State Technical University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Archaeology

#820 in Europe

#2935 in the World

Founded: 1950

45. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#822 in Europe

#2937 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

46. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#828 in Europe

#2968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

47. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Archaeology

#831 in Europe

#2977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#838 in Europe

#3002 in the World

Founded: 1832

49. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Archaeology

#840 in Europe

#3019 in the World

Founded: 1967

50. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#845 in Europe

#3039 in the World

Founded: 1896

51. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Archaeology

#853 in Europe

#3084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

52. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#870 in Europe

#3182 in the World

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

53. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Archaeology

#872 in Europe

#3193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

54. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#874 in Europe

#3216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

55. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Archaeology

#875 in Europe

#3217 in the World

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

56. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#896 in Europe

#3362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

57. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Archaeology

#898 in Europe

#3382 in the World

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

58. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Archaeology

#899 in Europe

#3391 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

59. Buryat State University

Russia | Ulan-Ude

For Archaeology

#904 in Europe

#3402 in the World

Founded: 1932

60. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Archaeology

#905 in Europe

#3418 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

61. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Archaeology

#909 in Europe

#3440 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

62. Kazan State Technological University

For Archaeology

#911 in Europe

#3449 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

63. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Archaeology

#919 in Europe

#3501 in the World

Founded: 1976

64. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Archaeology

#920 in Europe

#3506 in the World

Founded: 1938

65. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#923 in Europe

#3531 in the World

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

66. Penza State University

For Archaeology

#926 in Europe

#3546 in the World

Founded: 1943

67. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#928 in Europe

#3549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

68. Perm State Technical University

For Archaeology

#930 in Europe

#3563 in the World

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

69. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Archaeology

#936 in Europe

#3578 in the World

Founded: 1934

70. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#941 in Europe

#3601 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

71. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Archaeology

#942 in Europe

#3602 in the World

Founded: 1960

72. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Archaeology

#944 in Europe

#3609 in the World

Founded: 1971

73. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#948 in Europe

#3628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

74. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Archaeology

#955 in Europe

#3652 in the World

Founded: 1930

75. Perm State University

For Archaeology

#961 in Europe

#3692 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

76. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#965 in Europe

#3732 in the World

Founded: 1865

77. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#967 in Europe

#3738 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

78. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Archaeology

#971 in Europe

#3744 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

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

For Archaeology

#978 in Europe

#3770 in the World

Founded: 1918

80. Bashkir State University

For Archaeology

#982 in Europe

#3805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

81. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Archaeology

#995 in Europe

#3863 in the World

Founded: 1967

82. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#1000 in Europe

#3893 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

83. Omsk State University

For Archaeology

#1010 in Europe

#3932 in the World

Founded: 1974

84. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Archaeology

#1012 in Europe

#3950 in the World

Founded: 1993

85. Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building

For Archaeology

#1017 in Europe

#3966 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1952

86. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#1030 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

#4088 in the World

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

88. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Archaeology

#1037 in Europe

#4102 in the World

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

89. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Archaeology

#1042 in Europe

#4127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

90. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Archaeology

#1045 in Europe

#4144 in the World

Founded: 1804

91. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Archaeology

#1048 in Europe

#4155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

92. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Archaeology

#1051 in Europe

#4174 in the World

Founded: 1971

93. Siberian State Industrial University

Russia | Novokuznetsk

For Archaeology

#1060 in Europe

#4223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

94. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#1066 in Europe

#4255 in the World

Founded: 1992

95. South-Western State University

For Archaeology

#1071 in Europe

#4277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

96. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Archaeology

#1074 in Europe

#4296 in the World

Founded: 1958

97. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Archaeology

#1076 in Europe

#4303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

98. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Archaeology

#1078 in Europe

#4318 in the World

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

99. Omsk State Technical University

For Archaeology

#1082 in Europe

#4335 in the World

Founded: 1942

100. Tula State University

For Archaeology

#1083 in Europe

#4336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

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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