100 Best universities for Education Majors 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 Education Majors. A graph of 159K citations received by 34.9K academic papers made by 124 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 Education Majors

#119 in Europe

#414 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#131 in Europe

#436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Education Majors

#184 in Europe

#567 in the World

Founded: 1804

4. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Education Majors

#256 in Europe

#772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

5. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Education Majors

#258 in Europe

#777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

6. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#316 in Europe

#946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

7. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#331 in Europe

#974 in the World

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

8. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Education Majors

#367 in Europe

#1088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

9. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Education Majors

#382 in Europe

#1152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

10. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Education Majors

#383 in Europe

#1153 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

11. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#426 in Europe

#1329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

12. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#427 in Europe

#1335 in the World

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

13. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Education Majors

#432 in Europe

#1348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

14. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Education Majors

#442 in Europe

#1392 in the World

Founded: 1909

15. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#445 in Europe

#1405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

16. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Education Majors

#473 in Europe

#1543 in the World

Founded: 1915

17. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#480 in Europe

#1572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

18. Kazan State Technological University

Russia | Kazan

For Education Majors

#488 in Europe

#1610 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

19. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Education Majors

#508 in Europe

#1695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

20. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#516 in Europe

#1739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

21. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#526 in Europe

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

22. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#529 in Europe

#1785 in the World

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

23. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#542 in Europe

#1871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

24. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Education Majors

#560 in Europe

#1953 in the World

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

25. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Education Majors

#576 in Europe

#2048 in the World

Founded: 1930

26. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Education Majors

#578 in Europe

#2055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

27. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Education Majors

#586 in Europe

#2084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

28. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Education Majors

#598 in Europe

#2122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

29. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Education Majors

#603 in Europe

#2151 in the World

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

30. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Education Majors

#632 in Europe

#2292 in the World

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

31. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Education Majors

#637 in Europe

#2312 in the World

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

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

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#638 in Europe

#2316 in the World

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

33. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#639 in Europe

#2319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

34. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#648 in Europe

#2388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

35. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Education Majors

#658 in Europe

#2428 in the World

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

36. Kursk State Medical University

Russia | Kursk

For Education Majors

#664 in Europe

#2450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

37. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Education Majors

#673 in Europe

#2538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

38. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Education Majors

#686 in Europe

#2617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

39. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Education Majors

#701 in Europe

#2684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

40. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Education Majors

#703 in Europe

#2692 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

41. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#706 in Europe

#2704 in the World

Founded: 1919

42. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Education Majors

#709 in Europe

#2718 in the World

Founded: 1876

43. Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Education Majors

#720 in Europe

#2796 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1934

44. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Education Majors

#722 in Europe

#2809 in the World

Founded: 1974

45. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Education Majors

#726 in Europe

#2822 in the World

Founded: 1976

46. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#728 in Europe

#2845 in the World

Founded: 1804

47. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Education Majors

#730 in Europe

#2851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

48. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Education Majors

#734 in Europe

#2858 in the World

Founded: 1943

49. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Education Majors

#754 in Europe

#2940 in the World

Founded: 1971

50. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Education Majors

#758 in Europe

#2950 in the World

Founded: 1993

51. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Education Majors

#766 in Europe

#2982 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

52. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Education Majors

#771 in Europe

#3019 in the World

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

53. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Education Majors

#782 in Europe

#3058 in the World

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

54. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Education Majors

#788 in Europe

#3089 in the World

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

55. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Education Majors

#790 in Europe

#3103 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

56. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Tomsk

For Education Majors

#794 in Europe

#3135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

57. Omsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Omsk

For Education Majors

#808 in Europe

#3202 in the World

Founded: 1932

58. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#809 in Europe

#3203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

59. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Education Majors

#813 in Europe

#3222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

60. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Education Majors

#823 in Europe

#3271 in the World

Founded: 1980

61. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Education Majors

#825 in Europe

#3283 in the World

Founded: 1958

62. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Education Majors

#830 in Europe

#3321 in the World

Founded: 1930

63. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Education Majors

#834 in Europe

#3355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

64. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Education Majors

#837 in Europe

#3367 in the World

Founded: 1934

65. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Education Majors

#843 in Europe

#3394 in the World

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

66. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Education Majors

#854 in Europe

#3447 in the World

Founded: 1971

67. Tver State University

Russia | Tver

For Education Majors

#856 in Europe

#3459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

68. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

Russia | Ufa

For Education Majors

#857 in Europe

#3464 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

69. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Education Majors

#858 in Europe

#3467 in the World

Founded: 1952

70. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Education Majors

#861 in Europe

#3485 in the World

Founded: 1967

71. Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University

Russia | Volgograd

For Education Majors

#862 in Europe

#3496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1931

72. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Education Majors

#864 in Europe

#3504 in the World

Founded: 1967

73. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#867 in Europe

#3517 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

74. Kurgan State University

Russia | Kurgan

For Education Majors

#869 in Europe

#3527 in the World

Founded: 1995

75. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Education Majors

#879 in Europe

#3586 in the World

Founded: 1973

76. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Education Majors

#880 in Europe

#3588 in the World

Founded: 1988

77. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Education Majors

#890 in Europe

#3638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

78. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Education Majors

#900 in Europe

#3691 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

79. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#904 in Europe

#3705 in the World

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

80. Kaluga State University

Russia | Kaluga

For Education Majors

#907 in Europe

#3720 in the World

Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1948

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

Russia | Kazan

For Education Majors

#909 in Europe

#3727 in the World

Founded: 1932

82. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Education Majors

#914 in Europe

#3744 in the World

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

83. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Education Majors

#915 in Europe

#3764 in the World

Founded: 1960

84. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#916 in Europe

#3775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

85. Omsk State University

Russia | Omsk

For Education Majors

#922 in Europe

#3807 in the World

Founded: 1974

86. Adyghe State University

Russia | Maykop

For Education Majors

#935 in Europe

#3872 in the World

Founded: 1940

87. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Education Majors

#937 in Europe

#3884 in the World

Founded: 1992

88. Ryazan State University

Russia | Ryazan

For Education Majors

#938 in Europe

#3888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1916

89. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Education Majors

#945 in Europe

#3934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

90. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Education Majors

#957 in Europe

#3976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

91. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Education Majors

#964 in Europe

#4014 in the World

Founded: 1918

92. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Education Majors

#972 in Europe

#4061 in the World

Founded: 1938

93. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#973 in Europe

#4065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

94. Bryansk State University

Russia | Bryansk

For Education Majors

#975 in Europe

#4079 in the World

Founded: 1930

95. Orel State University

Russia | Oryol

For Education Majors

#977 in Europe

#4091 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

96. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Education Majors

#978 in Europe

#4092 in the World

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

97. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#979 in Europe

#4097 in the World

Founded: 1896

98. Omsk State Technical University

Russia | Omsk

For Education Majors

#989 in Europe

#4130 in the World

Founded: 1942

99. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Education Majors

#998 in Europe

#4156 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

100. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Education Majors

#1004 in Europe

#4185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

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