100 Best Theology / Divinity / Religious studies schools 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 Theology / Divinity / Religious studies. A graph of 113K citations received by 31.5K academic papers made by 120 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 Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#129 in Europe

#326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

2. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#148 in Europe

#387 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#176 in Europe

#456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#323 in Europe

#822 in the World

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

5. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#342 in Europe

#872 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#389 in Europe

#999 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

7. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#412 in Europe

#1072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

8. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#486 in Europe

#1305 in the World

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

9. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#507 in Europe

#1396 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

10. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#513 in Europe

#1434 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

11. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#532 in Europe

#1512 in the World

Founded: 1915

12. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#575 in Europe

#1674 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

13. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#596 in Europe

#1798 in the World

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

14. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#602 in Europe

#1813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

15. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#610 in Europe

#1844 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

16. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#644 in Europe

#1989 in the World

Founded: 1980

17. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#649 in Europe

#2000 in the World

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

18. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#668 in Europe

#2101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

19. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#678 in Europe

#2163 in the World

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

20. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#692 in Europe

#2228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

21. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#697 in Europe

#2250 in the World

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

22. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#703 in Europe

#2265 in the World

Founded: 1930

23. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#714 in Europe

#2312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

24. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#728 in Europe

#2405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

25. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#735 in Europe

#2458 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

26. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#736 in Europe

#2460 in the World

Founded: 1967

27. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#739 in Europe

#2483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

28. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#741 in Europe

#2485 in the World

Founded: 1876

29. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#767 in Europe

#2601 in the World

Founded: 1909

30. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#776 in Europe

#2650 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

31. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#777 in Europe

#2660 in the World

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

32. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#785 in Europe

#2694 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

33. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#789 in Europe

#2730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

34. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#790 in Europe

#2744 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

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

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#801 in Europe

#2814 in the World

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

36. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#806 in Europe

#2851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

37. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#814 in Europe

#2892 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

38. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#819 in Europe

#2904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

39. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#825 in Europe

#2917 in the World

Founded: 1974

40. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#829 in Europe

#2944 in the World

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

41. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#831 in Europe

#2946 in the World

Founded: 1976

42. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#832 in Europe

#2951 in the World

Founded: 1919

43. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#835 in Europe

#2955 in the World

Founded: 1971

44. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#837 in Europe

#2960 in the World

Founded: 1992

45. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#839 in Europe

#2971 in the World

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

46. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#843 in Europe

#2999 in the World

Founded: 1804

47. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#847 in Europe

#3017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

48. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#849 in Europe

#3024 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

49. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#850 in Europe

#3028 in the World

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

50. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#851 in Europe

#3035 in the World

Founded: 1943

51. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#853 in Europe

#3067 in the World

Founded: 1973

52. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#860 in Europe

#3107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

53. Omsk State University

Russia | Omsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#866 in Europe

#3128 in the World

Founded: 1974

54. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#868 in Europe

#3144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

55. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#870 in Europe

#3164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

56. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#886 in Europe

#3284 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

57. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#895 in Europe

#3343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

58. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#897 in Europe

#3347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

59. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#902 in Europe

#3383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

60. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#905 in Europe

#3395 in the World

Founded: 1993

61. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#907 in Europe

#3405 in the World

Founded: 1967

62. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#909 in Europe

#3413 in the World

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

63. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#919 in Europe

#3521 in the World

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

64. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#920 in Europe

#3523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

65. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#922 in Europe

#3545 in the World

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

66. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#933 in Europe

#3632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

67. Ural State Law Academy

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#936 in Europe

#3668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1931

68. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#939 in Europe

#3686 in the World

Founded: 1938

69. Kazan State Technological University

Russia | Kazan

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#943 in Europe

#3752 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

70. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#944 in Europe

#3761 in the World

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

71. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#946 in Europe

#3764 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

72. Tver State University

Russia | Tver

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#950 in Europe

#3812 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

73. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#951 in Europe

#3813 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

74. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#953 in Europe

#3817 in the World

Founded: 1971

75. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#964 in Europe

#3869 in the World

Founded: 1896

76. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#967 in Europe

#3883 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

77. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Tomsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#980 in Europe

#3951 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

78. Kurgan State University

Russia | Kurgan

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#985 in Europe

#3975 in the World

Founded: 1995

79. Kazan State Medical University

Russia | Kazan

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#988 in Europe

#3998 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1814

80. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#989 in Europe

#3999 in the World

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

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#991 in Europe

#4014 in the World

Founded: 1832

82. South-Western State University

Russia | Kursk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#993 in Europe

#4031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

83. Omsk State Technical University

Russia | Omsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#995 in Europe

#4050 in the World

Founded: 1942

84. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#996 in Europe

#4064 in the World

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

85. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#997 in Europe

#4069 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

86. Omsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Omsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1000 in Europe

#4094 in the World

Founded: 1932

87. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1001 in Europe

#4101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

88. Saratov State Academy of Law

Russia | Saratov

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1002 in Europe

#4122 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1931

89. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1004 in Europe

#4136 in the World

Founded: 1934

90. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1007 in Europe

#4167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

91. Bryansk State University

Russia | Bryansk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1009 in Europe

#4194 in the World

Founded: 1930

92. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1013 in Europe

#4199 in the World

Founded: 1974

93. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

Russia | Ufa

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1016 in Europe

#4208 in the World

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

94. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1017 in Europe

#4214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

95. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1023 in Europe

#4236 in the World

Founded: 1958

96. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1028 in Europe

#4248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

97. Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University

Russia | Volgograd

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1029 in Europe

#4249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1931

98. Adyghe State University

Russia | Maykop

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1033 in Europe

#4269 in the World

Founded: 1940

99. Kursk State University

Russia | Kursk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1035 in Europe

#4279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1934

100. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1036 in Europe

#4282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

The best cities to study Theology / Divinity / Religious studies in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan, and Tomsk.