37 Best universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Moscow, Russia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Moscow ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 1.42M citations received by 199K academic papers made by 37 universities in Moscow 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

#1 in Russia

#158 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#2 in Russia

#161 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. RUDN University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#5 in Russia

#459 in Europe

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

4. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#7 in Russia

#503 in Europe

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

5. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#8 in Russia

#512 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

6. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#10 in Russia

#560 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

7. Moscow Medical Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#16 in Russia

#666 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

8. Moscow Aviation Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#17 in Russia

#667 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

9. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#18 in Russia

#669 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

10. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#19 in Russia

#683 in Europe

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

11. Moscow State Pedagogical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#20 in Russia

#685 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

12. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#21 in Russia

#699 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

13. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#22 in Russia

#703 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

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

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#29 in Russia

#794 in Europe

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

15. Russian State University for the Humanities

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#31 in Russia

#818 in Europe

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

16. New Economic School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#33 in Russia

#838 in Europe

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

17. State University of Management

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#38 in Russia

#868 in Europe

Founded: 1919

18. Russian National Research Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#41 in Russia

#892 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

19. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#61 in Russia

#983 in Europe

Founded: 1896

20. Moscow State Linguistic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#65 in Russia

#1000 in Europe

Founded: 1804

21. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#68 in Russia

#1012 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

22. Russian State Social University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#74 in Russia

#1036 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

23. Moscow Polytech

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#80 in Russia

#1071 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

24. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#107 in Russia

#1178 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

25. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#113 in Russia

#1195 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

26. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#115 in Russia

#1198 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

27. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#121 in Russia

#1231 in Europe

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

28. Russian State Agricultural University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#123 in Russia

#1233 in Europe

Founded: 1865

29. National Research University of Electronic Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#136 in Russia

#1302 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

30. Russian State Geological Prospecting University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#159 in Russia

#1386 in Europe

Founded: 1918

31. Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#167 in Russia

#1407 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1971

32. Moscow International University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#174 in Russia

#1446 in Europe

Founded: 1991

33. Moscow State Mining University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#176 in Russia

#1464 in Europe

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1918

34. Moscow State Humanitarian University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#178 in Russia

#1468 in Europe

Founded: 1951

35. Moscow Technical University - MIREA

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#180 in Russia

#1471 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1947

36. Moscow State University of Printing Arts

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#183 in Russia

#1487 in Europe

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1930

37. Modern University for the Humanities

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#184 in Russia

#1495 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

Universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences near Moscow

Distance, km 📏 km	University	Country rank 🏆	City
400	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	28	Nizhny Novgorod
403	Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University	46	Nizhny Novgorod
468	Voronezh State University	32	Voronezh
493	Novgorod State University	49	Veliky Novgorod
513	Ogarev Mordovia State University	52	Saransk
571	Sumy State University	6	Sumy
578	Belgorod State University	37	Belgorod
616	Leningrad State University	43	Saint Petersburg
633	St. Petersburg State University of Economics	51	Saint Petersburg
635	St. Petersburg State University	3	Saint Petersburg

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Moscow

Broadcast Journalism10

Classics and Ancient History20

Communications and Public Relations19

Criminology and Criminal Justice9

Early Childhood Education4

Education Majors24

Forensic Science5

Gender Studies10

Human Rights Law5

Intellectual Property and Patent Law9

International Law7

International Relations and Diplomacy9

Journalism and Digital Media9

Law Enforcement7

Library and Information science20

Military science13

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution6

Political Economy11

Political Science32

Public Policy / Administration12

Radio and Television broadcasting12

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies23

Urban and Regional planning22