100 Best Theology / Divinity / Religious studies schools in Russia

Updated: March 02, 2025

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 105K citations received by 30.5K academic papers made by 118 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

#128 in Europe

#330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

2. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#151 in Europe

#395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#174 in Europe

#452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#335 in Europe

#847 in the World

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

5. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#344 in Europe

#879 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#389 in Europe

#1007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

7. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#412 in Europe

#1064 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

#490 in Europe

#1322 in the World

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

9. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#510 in Europe

#1405 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

#527 in Europe

#1490 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

11. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#529 in Europe

#1496 in the World

Founded: 1915

12. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#574 in Europe

#1676 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

13. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#599 in Europe

#1812 in the World

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

14. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#604 in Europe

#1827 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

15. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#617 in Europe

#1878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

16. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#646 in Europe

#1994 in the World

Founded: 1980

17. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#649 in Europe

#2012 in the World

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

18. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#666 in Europe

#2115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

19. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#677 in Europe

#2179 in the World

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

20. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#691 in Europe

#2232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

21. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#696 in Europe

#2246 in the World

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

22. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#708 in Europe

#2298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

23. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#712 in Europe

#2315 in the World

Founded: 1930

24. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#730 in Europe

#2444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

25. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#732 in Europe

#2450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

26. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#736 in Europe

#2464 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

27. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#741 in Europe

#2498 in the World

Founded: 1876

28. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#746 in Europe

#2526 in the World

Founded: 1967

29. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#767 in Europe

#2602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

30. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#783 in Europe

#2677 in the World

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

31. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#785 in Europe

#2697 in the World

Founded: 1909

32. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#789 in Europe

#2715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

33. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#792 in Europe

#2744 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

34. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#795 in Europe

#2786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

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

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#796 in Europe

#2790 in the World

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

36. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#815 in Europe

#2890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

37. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#821 in Europe

#2903 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

38. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#824 in Europe

#2916 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

39. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#828 in Europe

#2926 in the World

Founded: 1992

40. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#831 in Europe

#2946 in the World

Founded: 1971

41. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#836 in Europe

#2960 in the World

Founded: 1974

42. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#838 in Europe

#2975 in the World

Founded: 1919

43. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#839 in Europe

#2986 in the World

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

44. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#841 in Europe

#3001 in the World

Founded: 1976

45. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#842 in Europe

#3002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

46. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#846 in Europe

#3025 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

47. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#847 in Europe

#3033 in the World

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

48. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#848 in Europe

#3040 in the World

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

49. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#853 in Europe

#3069 in the World

Founded: 1943

50. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#860 in Europe

#3104 in the World

Founded: 1973

51. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#865 in Europe

#3129 in the World

Founded: 1804

52. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#868 in Europe

#3149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

53. Omsk State University

Russia | Omsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#876 in Europe

#3191 in the World

Founded: 1974

54. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#877 in Europe

#3204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

55. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#880 in Europe

#3233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

56. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#881 in Europe

#3241 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

57. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#891 in Europe

#3306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

58. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#899 in Europe

#3358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

59. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#902 in Europe

#3382 in the World

Founded: 1993

60. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#903 in Europe

#3392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

61. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#908 in Europe

#3432 in the World

Founded: 1967

62. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#912 in Europe

#3493 in the World

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

63. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#917 in Europe

#3511 in the World

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

64. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#920 in Europe

#3525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

65. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#924 in Europe

#3544 in the World

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

66. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#931 in Europe

#3625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

67. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#934 in Europe

#3640 in the World

Founded: 1938

68. Ural State Law Academy

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#937 in Europe

#3684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1931

69. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#943 in Europe

#3730 in the World

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

70. Kazan State Technological University

Russia | Kazan

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#946 in Europe

#3753 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

71. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#951 in Europe

#3779 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

72. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#952 in Europe

#3789 in the World

Founded: 1971

73. Tver State University

Russia | Tver

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#953 in Europe

#3793 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

74. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#955 in Europe

#3800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

75. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#956 in Europe

#3824 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

76. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#965 in Europe

#3869 in the World

Founded: 1896

77. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Tomsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#975 in Europe

#3922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

78. Kurgan State University

Russia | Kurgan

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#980 in Europe

#3962 in the World

Founded: 1995

79. Kazan State Medical University

Russia | Kazan

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#985 in Europe

#3976 in the World

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

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#986 in Europe

#3977 in the World

Founded: 1832

81. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#988 in Europe

#3984 in the World

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

82. South-Western State University

Russia | Kursk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#990 in Europe

#3989 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

83. Omsk State Technical University

Russia | Omsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#992 in Europe

#3992 in the World

Founded: 1942

84. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#993 in Europe

#4024 in the World

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

85. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#995 in Europe

#4060 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

86. Omsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Omsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#996 in Europe

#4070 in the World

Founded: 1932

87. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#997 in Europe

#4090 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

88. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1001 in Europe

#4105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

89. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1005 in Europe

#4140 in the World

Founded: 1934

90. Bryansk State University

Russia | Bryansk

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1007 in Europe

#4161 in the World

Founded: 1930

91. Saratov State Academy of Law

Russia | Saratov

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1009 in Europe

#4168 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1931

92. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

Russia | Ufa

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1015 in Europe

#4186 in the World

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

93. Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University

Russia | Volgograd

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1019 in Europe

#4199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1931

94. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1021 in Europe

#4207 in the World

Founded: 1974

95. Adyghe State University

Russia | Maykop

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1025 in Europe

#4220 in the World

Founded: 1940

96. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1026 in Europe

#4222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

97. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1027 in Europe

#4231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

98. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1028 in Europe

#4233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

99. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1030 in Europe

#4251 in the World

Founded: 1958

100. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#1031 in Europe

#4264 in the World

Founded: 1918

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.