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 3.23M citations received by 496K 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

#155 in Europe
#376 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#163 in Europe
#387 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Founded
1992

3. St. Petersburg State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#233 in Europe
#572 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1724

4. RUDN University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#445 in Europe
#1198 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1960

5. Tomsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#453 in Europe
#1221 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1878

6. Kazan Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#457 in Europe
#1234 in the World
Founded
1804

7. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#499 in Europe
#1376 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1977

8. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#503 in Europe
#1382 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1944

9. Ural Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#533 in Europe
#1475 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1920

10. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#549 in Europe
#1554 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1919

11. Southern Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#561 in Europe
#1619 in the World
Founded
1915

12. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#564 in Europe
#1637 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1899

13. Novosibirsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#603 in Europe
#1771 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
7,131
Founded
1959

14. ITMO University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#638 in Europe
#1915 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1900

15. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#652 in Europe
#1977 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1896

16. Moscow Medical Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#658 in Europe
#1991 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Founded
1758

17. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#674 in Europe
#2074 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1946

18. Moscow Aviation Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#680 in Europe
#2090 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1930

19. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#682 in Europe
#2100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,401
Founded
1907

20. Moscow State Pedagogical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#684 in Europe
#2131 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1872

21. South Ural State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#701 in Europe
#2239 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1943

22. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#702 in Europe
#2241 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1830

23. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#715 in Europe
#2284 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Founded
1942

24. Siberian Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#728 in Europe
#2355 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Enrollment
32,145
Founded
2006

25. Saratov State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#735 in Europe
#2414 in the World
Founded
1909

26. Samara National Research University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#739 in Europe
#2437 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1942

27. Far Eastern Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#788 in Europe
#2704 in the World
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1899

28. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#791 in Europe
#2711 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Founded
1916

29. Volgograd State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#797 in Europe
#2744 in the World
Founded
1980

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

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#799 in Europe
#2759 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,519
Founded
1930

31. Russian State University for the Humanities

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#811 in Europe
#2828 in the World
Enrollment
7,000
Founded
1991

32. Kemerovo State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#834 in Europe
#2946 in the World
Founded
1974

33. Voronezh State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#839 in Europe
#2975 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
20,188
Founded
1918

34. New Economic School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#847 in Europe
#3020 in the World
Enrollment
1,000
Founded
1992

35. Altai State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#853 in Europe
#3039 in the World
Founded
1973

36. University of Tyumen

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#855 in Europe
#3044 in the World
Founded
1930

37. Baikal State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#856 in Europe
#3055 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Founded
1930

38. Belgorod State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#857 in Europe
#3062 in the World
Founded
1876

39. State University of Management

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#862 in Europe
#3085 in the World
Founded
1919

40. Russian National Research Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#882 in Europe
#3194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1906

41. North-Eastern Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#889 in Europe
#3240 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
19,077
Founded
1956

42. Novosibirsk State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#896 in Europe
#3270 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1950

43. Chelyabinsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#900 in Europe
#3280 in the World
Founded
1976

44. Bashkir State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#903 in Europe
#3322 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1909

45. Leningrad State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#912 in Europe
#3361 in the World
Founded
1992

46. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#914 in Europe
#3373 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1917

47. Irkutsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#921 in Europe
#3415 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1918

48. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#924 in Europe
#3427 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
1886

50. Ogarev Mordovia State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#935 in Europe
#3463 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1931

51. Samara State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#941 in Europe
#3485 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1914

52. Omsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#945 in Europe
#3504 in the World
Founded
1974

53. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#947 in Europe
#3510 in the World
Acceptance Rate
94%
Enrollment
12,500
Founded
1930

54. Novgorod State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#948 in Europe
#3511 in the World
Founded
1993

55. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#951 in Europe
#3519 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1773

56. Northern Arctic Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#957 in Europe
#3541 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1929

57. Kuban State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#963 in Europe
#3584 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Founded
1920

58. European University at St. Petersburg

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#966 in Europe
#3605 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
600
Founded
1994

59. Yaroslavl State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#971 in Europe
#3650 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1918

61. Moscow State Linguistic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#979 in Europe
#3720 in the World
Founded
1804

62. North Caucasus Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#981 in Europe
#3724 in the World
Founded
1971

63. Perm State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#983 in Europe
#3733 in the World
Enrollment
12,370
Founded
1916

64. Petrozavodsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#989 in Europe
#3805 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1940

65. Penza State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#990 in Europe
#3806 in the World
Founded
1943

66. Perm State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1005 in Europe
#3869 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1953

67. Chechen State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1010 in Europe
#3921 in the World
Founded
1938

68. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1013 in Europe
#3933 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1930

69. Kuban State Agricultural University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1014 in Europe
#3934 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1922

71. Tambov State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1023 in Europe
#3976 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
1994

72. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1024 in Europe
#3978 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1897

73. Belgorod State Technological University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1027 in Europe
#4014 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1954

74. Kazan State Technological University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1030 in Europe
#4026 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1890

75. Russian State Social University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1035 in Europe
#4043 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1991

76. Siberian State Aerospace University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1043 in Europe
#4101 in the World
Founded
1960

77. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1058 in Europe
#4177 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1968

78. Moscow Polytech

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1063 in Europe
#4231 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1866

79. Chuvash State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1067 in Europe
#4256 in the World
Founded
1967

80. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1071 in Europe
#4275 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1902

81. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1074 in Europe
#4281 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1941

82. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1078 in Europe
#4311 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1948

83. Tambov State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1085 in Europe
#4336 in the World
Founded
1958

84. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1095 in Europe
#4390 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1962

85. Orenburg State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1096 in Europe
#4398 in the World
Founded
1971

86. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1097 in Europe
#4400 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1932

87. Ural State Law Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1100 in Europe
#4433 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1931

88. Udmurt State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1108 in Europe
#4469 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Founded
1931

89. South-Western State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1109 in Europe
#4471 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1964

91. Kursk State Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1118 in Europe
#4502 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Founded
1935

93. Ulyanovsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1126 in Europe
#4525 in the World
Founded
1988

94. Kazan State Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1132 in Europe
#4543 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1814

95. Kuzbass State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1135 in Europe
#4550 in the World
Founded
1950

96. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1138 in Europe
#4562 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1967

97. Saratov State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1141 in Europe
#4574 in the World
Founded
1930

98. Omsk State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1142 in Europe
#4580 in the World
Founded
1942

99. Volgograd State Medical Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1143 in Europe
#4590 in the World
Founded
1935

100. Amur State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1156 in Europe
#4681 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.