100 Best universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Russia

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Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 2.97M citations received by 479K academic papers made by 184 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

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#158 in Europe
#381 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#161 in Europe
#386 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Founded
1992

3. St. Petersburg State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#231 in Europe
#568 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1724

4. Tomsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#453 in Europe
#1214 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1878

5. RUDN University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#459 in Europe
#1237 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1960

6. Kazan Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#464 in Europe
#1250 in the World
Founded
1804

7. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#503 in Europe
#1384 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1977

8. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#512 in Europe
#1408 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1944

9. Ural Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#540 in Europe
#1507 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1920

10. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#560 in Europe
#1617 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1919

11. Southern Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#563 in Europe
#1625 in the World
Founded
1915

12. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#567 in Europe
#1641 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1899

13. Novosibirsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#605 in Europe
#1778 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
7,131
Founded
1959

14. ITMO University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#636 in Europe
#1930 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1900

15. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#644 in Europe
#1946 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1896

16. Moscow Medical Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#666 in Europe
#2039 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Founded
1758

17. Moscow Aviation Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#667 in Europe
#2040 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1930

18. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#669 in Europe
#2052 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1946

19. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#683 in Europe
#2124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,401
Founded
1907

20. Moscow State Pedagogical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#685 in Europe
#2137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1872

21. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#699 in Europe
#2237 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1830

22. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#703 in Europe
#2252 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Founded
1942

23. South Ural State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#706 in Europe
#2264 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1943

24. Siberian Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#727 in Europe
#2366 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Enrollment
32,145
Founded
2006

25. Saratov State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#730 in Europe
#2378 in the World
Founded
1909

26. Samara National Research University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#745 in Europe
#2458 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1942

27. Far Eastern Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#787 in Europe
#2712 in the World
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1899

28. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#793 in Europe
#2740 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Founded
1916

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

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#794 in Europe
#2741 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,519
Founded
1930

30. Volgograd State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#795 in Europe
#2742 in the World
Founded
1980

31. Russian State University for the Humanities

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#818 in Europe
#2864 in the World
Enrollment
7,000
Founded
1991

32. Voronezh State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#835 in Europe
#2961 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
20,188
Founded
1918

33. New Economic School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#838 in Europe
#2977 in the World
Enrollment
1,000
Founded
1992

34. Kemerovo State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#839 in Europe
#2982 in the World
Founded
1974

35. Altai State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#853 in Europe
#3044 in the World
Founded
1973

36. University of Tyumen

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#856 in Europe
#3072 in the World
Founded
1930

37. Belgorod State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#858 in Europe
#3082 in the World
Founded
1876

38. State University of Management

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#868 in Europe
#3137 in the World
Founded
1919

39. Baikal State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#871 in Europe
#3156 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Founded
1930

40. Novosibirsk State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#891 in Europe
#3251 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1950

41. Russian National Research Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#892 in Europe
#3254 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1906

42. Bashkir State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#897 in Europe
#3281 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1909

43. Leningrad State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#899 in Europe
#3286 in the World
Founded
1992

44. North-Eastern Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#900 in Europe
#3292 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
19,077
Founded
1956

45. Chelyabinsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#912 in Europe
#3356 in the World
Founded
1976

46. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#918 in Europe
#3382 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1917

47. Irkutsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#922 in Europe
#3395 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1918

48. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#927 in Europe
#3426 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
1886

49. Novgorod State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#939 in Europe
#3483 in the World
Founded
1993

50. Samara State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#944 in Europe
#3501 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1914

51. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#948 in Europe
#3516 in the World
Acceptance Rate
94%
Enrollment
12,500
Founded
1930

52. Ogarev Mordovia State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#950 in Europe
#3525 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1931

54. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#954 in Europe
#3549 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1773

55. European University at St. Petersburg

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#959 in Europe
#3570 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
600
Founded
1994

56. Northern Arctic Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#961 in Europe
#3573 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1929

57. Omsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#963 in Europe
#3578 in the World
Founded
1974

58. Kuban State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#967 in Europe
#3610 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Founded
1920

59. Yaroslavl State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#972 in Europe
#3642 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1918

60. Perm State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#976 in Europe
#3695 in the World
Enrollment
12,370
Founded
1916

62. North Caucasus Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#984 in Europe
#3750 in the World
Founded
1971

63. Petrozavodsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#987 in Europe
#3790 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1940

64. Penza State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#996 in Europe
#3837 in the World
Founded
1943

65. Moscow State Linguistic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1000 in Europe
#3863 in the World
Founded
1804

66. Perm State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1002 in Europe
#3868 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1953

67. Chechen State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1003 in Europe
#3883 in the World
Founded
1938

68. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1012 in Europe
#3918 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1930

69. Kuban State Agricultural University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1017 in Europe
#3946 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1922

71. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1026 in Europe
#3997 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1897

72. Belgorod State Technological University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1028 in Europe
#4016 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1954

73. Kazan State Technological University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1033 in Europe
#4041 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1890

74. Russian State Social University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1036 in Europe
#4048 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1991

75. Siberian State Aerospace University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1040 in Europe
#4071 in the World
Founded
1960

76. Tambov State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1045 in Europe
#4092 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
1994

77. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1063 in Europe
#4229 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1968

78. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1066 in Europe
#4241 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1941

79. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1069 in Europe
#4253 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1902

80. Moscow Polytech

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1071 in Europe
#4271 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1866

81. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1078 in Europe
#4305 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1948

82. Chuvash State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1080 in Europe
#4307 in the World
Founded
1967

83. Tambov State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1087 in Europe
#4338 in the World
Founded
1958

84. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1089 in Europe
#4348 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1932

85. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1092 in Europe
#4368 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1962

86. Orenburg State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1099 in Europe
#4400 in the World
Founded
1971

87. South-Western State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1104 in Europe
#4426 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1964

88. Kursk State Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1109 in Europe
#4464 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Founded
1935

90. Udmurt State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1112 in Europe
#4471 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Founded
1931

92. Ulyanovsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1118 in Europe
#4499 in the World
Founded
1988

93. Ural State Law Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1123 in Europe
#4518 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1931

94. Omsk State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1128 in Europe
#4545 in the World
Founded
1942

95. Saratov State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1131 in Europe
#4550 in the World
Founded
1930

96. Kuzbass State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1132 in Europe
#4553 in the World
Founded
1950

97. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1137 in Europe
#4570 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1967

98. Kazan State Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1139 in Europe
#4574 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1814

99. Volgograd State Medical Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1144 in Europe
#4621 in the World
Founded
1935

100. Amur State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1150 in Europe
#4644 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1975

The best cities to study Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tomsk, and Kazan.