100 Best universities for Political Science 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 Political Science. A graph of 1.08M citations received by 237K 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. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#87 in Europe

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

2. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#182 in Europe

#432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#215 in Europe

#515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#410 in Europe

#1009 in the World

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

5. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#424 in Europe

#1041 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

6. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#450 in Europe

#1125 in the World

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

7. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#461 in Europe

#1158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

8. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Political Science

#488 in Europe

#1256 in the World

Founded: 1804

9. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Political Science

#503 in Europe

#1311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

10. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Political Science

#531 in Europe

#1400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

11. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#553 in Europe

#1507 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

12. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#562 in Europe

#1537 in the World

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

13. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Political Science

#571 in Europe

#1579 in the World

Founded: 1915

14. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#629 in Europe

#1797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

15. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Political Science

#673 in Europe

#2006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

16. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#685 in Europe

#2036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

17. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#693 in Europe

#2089 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

18. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Political Science

#696 in Europe

#2097 in the World

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

19. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Political Science

#713 in Europe

#2167 in the World

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

20. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#717 in Europe

#2191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

21. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Political Science

#719 in Europe

#2195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

22. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Political Science

#741 in Europe

#2325 in the World

Founded: 1980

23. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#743 in Europe

#2333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

24. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#744 in Europe

#2335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

25. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#749 in Europe

#2345 in the World

Founded: 1919

26. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#757 in Europe

#2393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

27. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#773 in Europe

#2446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

28. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Political Science

#783 in Europe

#2499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

29. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Political Science

#797 in Europe

#2583 in the World

Founded: 1909

30. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Political Science

#799 in Europe

#2600 in the World

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

31. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Political Science

#817 in Europe

#2701 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

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

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#827 in Europe

#2771 in the World

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

33. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#835 in Europe

#2818 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

34. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Political Science

#847 in Europe

#2870 in the World

Founded: 1930

35. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Political Science

#850 in Europe

#2889 in the World

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

36. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Political Science

#851 in Europe

#2890 in the World

Founded: 1973

37. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Political Science

#853 in Europe

#2906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

38. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#855 in Europe

#2930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

39. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#856 in Europe

#2936 in the World

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

40. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Political Science

#877 in Europe

#3063 in the World

Founded: 1974

41. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Political Science

#878 in Europe

#3067 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

42. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Political Science

#905 in Europe

#3227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

43. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Political Science

#911 in Europe

#3270 in the World

Founded: 1971

44. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Political Science

#916 in Europe

#3300 in the World

Founded: 1876

45. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Political Science

#922 in Europe

#3332 in the World

Founded: 1938

46. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Political Science

#926 in Europe

#3351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

47. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#943 in Europe

#3455 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

48. Omsk State University

Russia | Omsk

For Political Science

#947 in Europe

#3470 in the World

Founded: 1974

49. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Political Science

#948 in Europe

#3472 in the World

Founded: 1976

50. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Political Science

#951 in Europe

#3492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

51. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#953 in Europe

#3499 in the World

Founded: 1896

52. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Political Science

#964 in Europe

#3530 in the World

Founded: 1967

53. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Political Science

#966 in Europe

#3554 in the World

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

54. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#973 in Europe

#3608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

55. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Political Science

#976 in Europe

#3618 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

56. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Political Science

#977 in Europe

#3620 in the World

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

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#978 in Europe

#3621 in the World

Founded: 1832

58. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#986 in Europe

#3665 in the World

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

59. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Political Science

#987 in Europe

#3667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

60. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Political Science

#998 in Europe

#3751 in the World

Founded: 1993

61. Kazan State Technological University

Russia | Kazan

For Political Science

#1001 in Europe

#3761 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

62. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Political Science

#1003 in Europe

#3774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

63. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#1010 in Europe

#3809 in the World

Founded: 1992

64. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Political Science

#1012 in Europe

#3817 in the World

Founded: 1943

65. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#1020 in Europe

#3852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

66. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Political Science

#1030 in Europe

#3891 in the World

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

67. Ural State Law Academy

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Political Science

#1032 in Europe

#3903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1931

68. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Political Science

#1045 in Europe

#3993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

69. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Political Science

#1046 in Europe

#3995 in the World

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

70. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Political Science

#1047 in Europe

#3997 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

71. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Political Science

#1049 in Europe

#3999 in the World

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

72. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Political Science

#1062 in Europe

#4079 in the World

Founded: 1971

73. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Political Science

#1063 in Europe

#4083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

74. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

Russia | Ufa

For Political Science

#1065 in Europe

#4089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

75. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#1067 in Europe

#4116 in the World

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

76. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Political Science

#1075 in Europe

#4187 in the World

Founded: 1960

77. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Political Science

#1081 in Europe

#4226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

78. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Political Science

#1082 in Europe

#4229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

79. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Political Science

#1083 in Europe

#4235 in the World

Founded: 1967

80. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#1089 in Europe

#4267 in the World

Founded: 1804

81. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#1090 in Europe

#4268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

82. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Political Science

#1094 in Europe

#4301 in the World

Founded: 1958

83. Saratov State Academy of Law

Russia | Saratov

For Political Science

#1095 in Europe

#4312 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1931

84. Kursk State Medical University

Russia | Kursk

For Political Science

#1109 in Europe

#4397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

85. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

Russia | Ufa

For Political Science

#1115 in Europe

#4417 in the World

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

86. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Political Science

#1118 in Europe

#4435 in the World

Founded: 1935

87. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Political Science

#1134 in Europe

#4496 in the World

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

88. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#1135 in Europe

#4510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

89. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Political Science

#1136 in Europe

#4514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

90. Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#1144 in Europe

#4546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

91. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Political Science

#1147 in Europe

#4556 in the World

Founded: 1918

92. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Political Science

#1151 in Europe

#4602 in the World

Founded: 1930

93. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

Russia | Tomsk

For Political Science

#1152 in Europe

#4610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

94. South-Western State University

Russia | Kursk

For Political Science

#1154 in Europe

#4614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

95. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Political Science

#1159 in Europe

#4658 in the World

Founded: 1988

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

Russia | Kazan

For Political Science

#1162 in Europe

#4661 in the World

Founded: 1932

97. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Political Science

#1163 in Europe

#4664 in the World

Founded: 1934

98. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Political Science

#1168 in Europe

#4691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

99. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Political Science

#1176 in Europe

#4754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

100. Orel State University

Russia | Oryol

For Political Science

#1184 in Europe

#4823 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

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