100 Best universities for Political Science 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 Political Science. A graph of 1.16M citations received by 245K 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

#91 in Europe

#242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

2. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#184 in Europe

#428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#218 in Europe

#522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#407 in Europe

#998 in the World

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

5. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#414 in Europe

#1017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

6. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#440 in Europe

#1086 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

#448 in Europe

#1111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

8. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Political Science

#491 in Europe

#1259 in the World

Founded: 1804

9. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Political Science

#508 in Europe

#1318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

10. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Political Science

#518 in Europe

#1360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

11. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#555 in Europe

#1505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

12. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#559 in Europe

#1522 in the World

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

13. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Political Science

#583 in Europe

#1599 in the World

Founded: 1915

14. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#634 in Europe

#1797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

15. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Political Science

#683 in Europe

#2032 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

16. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#684 in Europe

#2043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

17. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Political Science

#687 in Europe

#2051 in the World

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

18. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Political Science

#697 in Europe

#2109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

19. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#704 in Europe

#2124 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

20. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#705 in Europe

#2137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

21. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Political Science

#716 in Europe

#2179 in the World

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

22. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#740 in Europe

#2300 in the World

Founded: 1919

23. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Political Science

#742 in Europe

#2305 in the World

Founded: 1980

24. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#753 in Europe

#2364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

25. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#759 in Europe

#2392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

26. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#762 in Europe

#2399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

27. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#777 in Europe

#2471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

28. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Political Science

#778 in Europe

#2472 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

29. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Political Science

#802 in Europe

#2612 in the World

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

30. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Political Science

#803 in Europe

#2615 in the World

Founded: 1909

31. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Political Science

#817 in Europe

#2711 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

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

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#829 in Europe

#2788 in the World

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

33. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#830 in Europe

#2790 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

34. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Political Science

#842 in Europe

#2851 in the World

Founded: 1930

35. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Political Science

#844 in Europe

#2856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

36. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Political Science

#854 in Europe

#2897 in the World

Founded: 1973

37. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Political Science

#859 in Europe

#2931 in the World

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

38. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#862 in Europe

#2951 in the World

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

39. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#865 in Europe

#2975 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

40. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Political Science

#876 in Europe

#3045 in the World

Founded: 1974

41. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Political Science

#882 in Europe

#3083 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

42. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Political Science

#899 in Europe

#3185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

43. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Political Science

#910 in Europe

#3249 in the World

Founded: 1971

44. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Political Science

#917 in Europe

#3282 in the World

Founded: 1876

45. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Political Science

#934 in Europe

#3385 in the World

Founded: 1976

46. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Political Science

#936 in Europe

#3390 in the World

Founded: 1938

47. Omsk State University

Russia | Omsk

For Political Science

#938 in Europe

#3407 in the World

Founded: 1974

48. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Political Science

#939 in Europe

#3441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

49. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#946 in Europe

#3466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

50. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#947 in Europe

#3474 in the World

Founded: 1896

51. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Political Science

#954 in Europe

#3514 in the World

Founded: 1967

52. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Political Science

#956 in Europe

#3519 in the World

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

53. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Political Science

#957 in Europe

#3523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

54. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#962 in Europe

#3542 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

55. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Political Science

#972 in Europe

#3598 in the World

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

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#982 in Europe

#3646 in the World

Founded: 1832

57. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Political Science

#983 in Europe

#3647 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

58. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Political Science

#985 in Europe

#3667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

59. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#986 in Europe

#3670 in the World

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

60. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Political Science

#1003 in Europe

#3766 in the World

Founded: 1993

61. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#1004 in Europe

#3767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

62. Kazan State Technological University

Russia | Kazan

For Political Science

#1006 in Europe

#3783 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

63. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Political Science

#1007 in Europe

#3788 in the World

Founded: 1943

64. Ural State Law Academy

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Political Science

#1014 in Europe

#3815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1931

65. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Political Science

#1016 in Europe

#3818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

66. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Political Science

#1019 in Europe

#3830 in the World

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

67. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#1028 in Europe

#3888 in the World

Founded: 1992

68. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Political Science

#1037 in Europe

#3941 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

69. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Political Science

#1044 in Europe

#3982 in the World

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

70. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Political Science

#1047 in Europe

#3994 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

71. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Political Science

#1049 in Europe

#3999 in the World

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

72. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Political Science

#1065 in Europe

#4093 in the World

Founded: 1971

73. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#1068 in Europe

#4122 in the World

Founded: 1804

74. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Political Science

#1071 in Europe

#4142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

75. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

Russia | Ufa

For Political Science

#1073 in Europe

#4162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

76. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#1075 in Europe

#4170 in the World

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

77. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Political Science

#1079 in Europe

#4199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

78. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Political Science

#1080 in Europe

#4202 in the World

Founded: 1967

79. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#1085 in Europe

#4218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

80. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Political Science

#1087 in Europe

#4233 in the World

Founded: 1960

81. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Political Science

#1091 in Europe

#4264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

82. Saratov State Academy of Law

Russia | Saratov

For Political Science

#1094 in Europe

#4280 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1931

83. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Political Science

#1099 in Europe

#4316 in the World

Founded: 1958

84. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Political Science

#1113 in Europe

#4412 in the World

Founded: 1935

85. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

Russia | Ufa

For Political Science

#1118 in Europe

#4429 in the World

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

86. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Political Science

#1122 in Europe

#4445 in the World

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

87. Kursk State Medical University

Russia | Kursk

For Political Science

#1124 in Europe

#4450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

88. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Political Science

#1137 in Europe

#4520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

89. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Political Science

#1145 in Europe

#4555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#1147 in Europe

#4557 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

91. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Political Science

#1148 in Europe

#4564 in the World

Founded: 1918

92. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Political Science

#1155 in Europe

#4629 in the World

Founded: 1930

93. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

Russia | Tomsk

For Political Science

#1156 in Europe

#4637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

94. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Political Science

#1157 in Europe

#4650 in the World

Founded: 1934

95. South-Western State University

Russia | Kursk

For Political Science

#1158 in Europe

#4652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

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

Russia | Kazan

For Political Science

#1164 in Europe

#4683 in the World

Founded: 1932

97. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Political Science

#1165 in Europe

#4686 in the World

Founded: 1988

98. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Political Science

#1166 in Europe

#4688 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

99. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Political Science

#1179 in Europe

#4741 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

100. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Political Science

#1185 in Europe

#4810 in the World

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

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.