100 Best universities for Education Majors 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 Education Majors. A graph of 173K citations received by 36.2K academic papers made by 128 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

#117 in Europe

#412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#125 in Europe

#428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Education Majors

#183 in Europe

#565 in the World

Founded: 1804

4. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Education Majors

#259 in Europe

#780 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

5. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Education Majors

#261 in Europe

#782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

6. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#318 in Europe

#949 in the World

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

7. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#319 in Europe

#950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

8. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Education Majors

#374 in Europe

#1120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

9. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Education Majors

#386 in Europe

#1149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

10. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Education Majors

#388 in Europe

#1158 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

11. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Education Majors

#420 in Europe

#1307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

12. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#426 in Europe

#1326 in the World

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

13. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#432 in Europe

#1345 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

14. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#446 in Europe

#1403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

15. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Education Majors

#450 in Europe

#1419 in the World

Founded: 1909

16. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#472 in Europe

#1524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

17. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Education Majors

#476 in Europe

#1546 in the World

Founded: 1915

18. Kazan State Technological University

Russia | Kazan

For Education Majors

#494 in Europe

#1625 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

19. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Education Majors

#510 in Europe

#1700 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

20. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#515 in Europe

#1743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

21. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#526 in Europe

#1774 in the World

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

22. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#528 in Europe

#1782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

23. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#544 in Europe

#1861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

24. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Education Majors

#560 in Europe

#1942 in the World

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

25. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Education Majors

#568 in Europe

#1983 in the World

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

26. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Education Majors

#588 in Europe

#2093 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

27. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Education Majors

#589 in Europe

#2099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

28. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Education Majors

#599 in Europe

#2144 in the World

Founded: 1930

29. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Education Majors

#601 in Europe

#2151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

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

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#627 in Europe

#2266 in the World

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

31. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#628 in Europe

#2271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

32. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Education Majors

#631 in Europe

#2282 in the World

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

33. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Education Majors

#639 in Europe

#2319 in the World

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

34. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#649 in Europe

#2388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

35. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Education Majors

#657 in Europe

#2426 in the World

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

36. Kursk State Medical University

Russia | Kursk

For Education Majors

#663 in Europe

#2502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

37. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Education Majors

#678 in Europe

#2568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

38. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#701 in Europe

#2706 in the World

Founded: 1919

39. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Education Majors

#703 in Europe

#2711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

40. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Education Majors

#707 in Europe

#2729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

41. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Education Majors

#710 in Europe

#2733 in the World

Founded: 1974

42. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Education Majors

#711 in Europe

#2735 in the World

Founded: 1876

43. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Education Majors

#716 in Europe

#2764 in the World

Founded: 1976

44. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Education Majors

#719 in Europe

#2771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

45. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Education Majors

#724 in Europe

#2803 in the World

Founded: 1943

46. Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Education Majors

#726 in Europe

#2812 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1934

47. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#728 in Europe

#2836 in the World

Founded: 1804

48. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Education Majors

#731 in Europe

#2843 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

49. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Education Majors

#759 in Europe

#2959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

50. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Education Majors

#764 in Europe

#2971 in the World

Founded: 1971

51. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Education Majors

#768 in Europe

#2985 in the World

Founded: 1993

52. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Education Majors

#773 in Europe

#3020 in the World

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

53. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Education Majors

#785 in Europe

#3097 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

54. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Education Majors

#787 in Europe

#3114 in the World

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

55. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Tomsk

For Education Majors

#789 in Europe

#3118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

56. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Education Majors

#790 in Europe

#3120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

57. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Education Majors

#793 in Europe

#3135 in the World

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

58. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#795 in Europe

#3154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

59. Omsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Omsk

For Education Majors

#815 in Europe

#3221 in the World

Founded: 1932

60. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Education Majors

#820 in Europe

#3255 in the World

Founded: 1980

61. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Education Majors

#828 in Europe

#3322 in the World

Founded: 1958

62. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Education Majors

#833 in Europe

#3359 in the World

Founded: 1967

63. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Education Majors

#839 in Europe

#3383 in the World

Founded: 1934

64. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Education Majors

#842 in Europe

#3403 in the World

Founded: 1930

65. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Education Majors

#849 in Europe

#3430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

66. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Education Majors

#850 in Europe

#3431 in the World

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

67. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Education Majors

#852 in Europe

#3444 in the World

Founded: 1971

68. Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University

Russia | Volgograd

For Education Majors

#853 in Europe

#3456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1931

69. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#858 in Europe

#3492 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

70. Kurgan State University

Russia | Kurgan

For Education Majors

#861 in Europe

#3510 in the World

Founded: 1995

71. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Education Majors

#862 in Europe

#3518 in the World

Founded: 1967

72. Tver State University

Russia | Tver

For Education Majors

#866 in Europe

#3529 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

73. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

Russia | Ufa

For Education Majors

#870 in Europe

#3552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

74. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Education Majors

#872 in Europe

#3560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

75. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Education Majors

#873 in Europe

#3564 in the World

Founded: 1952

76. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Education Majors

#875 in Europe

#3566 in the World

Founded: 1973

77. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#889 in Europe

#3627 in the World

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

78. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Education Majors

#892 in Europe

#3650 in the World

Founded: 1988

79. Kaluga State University

Russia | Kaluga

For Education Majors

#897 in Europe

#3678 in the World

Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1948

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

Russia | Kazan

For Education Majors

#902 in Europe

#3711 in the World

Founded: 1932

81. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#910 in Europe

#3743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

82. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Education Majors

#911 in Europe

#3748 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

83. Omsk State University

Russia | Omsk

For Education Majors

#913 in Europe

#3758 in the World

Founded: 1974

84. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Education Majors

#927 in Europe

#3815 in the World

Founded: 1960

85. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Education Majors

#930 in Europe

#3834 in the World

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

86. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Education Majors

#932 in Europe

#3845 in the World

Founded: 1992

87. Ryazan State University

Russia | Ryazan

For Education Majors

#938 in Europe

#3874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1916

88. Adyghe State University

Russia | Maykop

For Education Majors

#940 in Europe

#3887 in the World

Founded: 1940

89. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Education Majors

#953 in Europe

#4003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

90. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Education Majors

#961 in Europe

#4022 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

91. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#962 in Europe

#4023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

92. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Education Majors

#967 in Europe

#4041 in the World

Founded: 1896

93. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Education Majors

#971 in Europe

#4061 in the World

Founded: 1918

94. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Education Majors

#974 in Europe

#4078 in the World

Founded: 1938

95. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Education Majors

#976 in Europe

#4084 in the World

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

96. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Education Majors

#982 in Europe

#4118 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

97. Orel State University

Russia | Oryol

For Education Majors

#983 in Europe

#4122 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

98. Bryansk State University

Russia | Bryansk

For Education Majors

#986 in Europe

#4136 in the World

Founded: 1930

99. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Education Majors

#995 in Europe

#4159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

100. Omsk State Technical University

Russia | Omsk

For Education Majors

#1001 in Europe

#4195 in the World

Founded: 1942

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.