94 Best Theology / Divinity / Religious studies schools in Russia

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Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Theology / Divinity / Religious studies. A graph of 50.3K citations received by 23.1K academic papers made by 94 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

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#146 in Europe
#374 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Founded
1992

2. Moscow State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#180 in Europe
#451 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1755

3. RUDN University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#352 in Europe
#866 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1960

4. St. Petersburg State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#361 in Europe
#886 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1724

5. Kazan Federal University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#439 in Europe
#1118 in the World
Founded
1804

6. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#450 in Europe
#1170 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1944

7. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#533 in Europe
#1487 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1977

8. Southern Federal University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#550 in Europe
#1553 in the World
Founded
1915

9. Tomsk State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#554 in Europe
#1568 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1878

10. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#568 in Europe
#1651 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1919

11. Russian State University for the Humanities

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#586 in Europe
#1762 in the World
Enrollment
7,000
Founded
1991

12. Ural Federal University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#589 in Europe
#1767 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1920

13. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#607 in Europe
#1831 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1899

14. Novosibirsk State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#611 in Europe
#1848 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
7,131
Founded
1959

15. Moscow Medical Academy

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#700 in Europe
#2273 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Founded
1758

16. Moscow State Pedagogical University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#703 in Europe
#2294 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1872

17. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#719 in Europe
#2353 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,401
Founded
1907

18. New Economic School

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#721 in Europe
#2365 in the World
Enrollment
1,000
Founded
1992

19. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#734 in Europe
#2440 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Founded
1942

20. South Ural State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#737 in Europe
#2455 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1943

21. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#743 in Europe
#2489 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1896

22. ITMO University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#749 in Europe
#2518 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1900

23. European University at St. Petersburg

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#755 in Europe
#2557 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
600
Founded
1994

24. North-Eastern Federal University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#759 in Europe
#2585 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
19,077
Founded
1956

25. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#771 in Europe
#2692 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Founded
1916

26. University of Tyumen

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#773 in Europe
#2697 in the World
Founded
1930

27. Moscow Aviation Institute

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#781 in Europe
#2740 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1930

28. Northern Arctic Federal University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#782 in Europe
#2749 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1929

29. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#783 in Europe
#2767 in the World
Founded
1967

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

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#786 in Europe
#2773 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,519
Founded
1930

31. Volgograd State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#791 in Europe
#2805 in the World
Founded
1980

32. Leningrad State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#794 in Europe
#2813 in the World
Founded
1992

33. Siberian Federal University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#805 in Europe
#2879 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Enrollment
32,145
Founded
2006

34. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#815 in Europe
#2926 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1830

35. Penza State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#825 in Europe
#2968 in the World
Founded
1943

36. Bashkir State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#828 in Europe
#3020 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1909

37. State University of Management

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#830 in Europe
#3024 in the World
Founded
1919

38. North Caucasus Federal University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#831 in Europe
#3026 in the World
Founded
1971

39. Saratov State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#833 in Europe
#3033 in the World
Founded
1909

40. Samara National Research University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#837 in Europe
#3045 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1942

41. Far Eastern Federal University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#840 in Europe
#3079 in the World
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1899

42. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#841 in Europe
#3086 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1917

43. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#845 in Europe
#3125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1946

44. Belgorod State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#850 in Europe
#3174 in the World
Founded
1876

45. Kemerovo State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#851 in Europe
#3177 in the World
Founded
1974

46. Moscow State Linguistic University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#859 in Europe
#3225 in the World
Founded
1804

47. Altai State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#867 in Europe
#3260 in the World
Founded
1973

48. Russian National Research Medical University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#868 in Europe
#3261 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1906

49. Tambov State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#872 in Europe
#3279 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
1994

50. Chuvash State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#873 in Europe
#3291 in the World
Founded
1967

51. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#874 in Europe
#3319 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1897

52. Ogarev Mordovia State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#876 in Europe
#3327 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1931

53. Chelyabinsk State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#877 in Europe
#3328 in the World
Founded
1976

54. Baikal State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#878 in Europe
#3332 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Founded
1930

55. Astrakhan State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#889 in Europe
#3409 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1932

56. Samara State Technical University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#891 in Europe
#3420 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1914

57. Voronezh State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#892 in Europe
#3422 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
20,188
Founded
1918

58. Irkutsk State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#893 in Europe
#3426 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1918

59. Kuban State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#896 in Europe
#3452 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Founded
1920

60. Russian State Social University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#897 in Europe
#3469 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1991

61. Sevastopol State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#904 in Europe
#3523 in the World
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1951

62. Omsk State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#905 in Europe
#3525 in the World
Founded
1974

63. Kazan State Technological University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#908 in Europe
#3545 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1890

64. Novosibirsk State Technical University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#909 in Europe
#3547 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1950

65. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#910 in Europe
#3562 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
1886

66. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#920 in Europe
#3621 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1968

67. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#930 in Europe
#3714 in the World
Acceptance Rate
94%
Founded
1930

68. Petrozavodsk State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#936 in Europe
#3748 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1940

69. Novgorod State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#938 in Europe
#3763 in the World
Founded
1993

70. Moscow Polytech

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#939 in Europe
#3769 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1866

71. Pacific National University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#941 in Europe
#3775 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Founded
1958

72. Orenburg State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#942 in Europe
#3779 in the World
Founded
1971

73. Perm State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#944 in Europe
#3787 in the World
Enrollment
12,370
Founded
1916

74. Ural State Law Academy

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#950 in Europe
#3837 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1931

75. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#953 in Europe
#3846 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1941

76. Tver State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#956 in Europe
#3892 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1870

77. Chechen State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#958 in Europe
#3912 in the World
Founded
1938

78. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#960 in Europe
#3914 in the World
Founded
1896

79. Kazan State Medical University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#961 in Europe
#3917 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1814

80. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#966 in Europe
#3977 in the World
Founded
1934

81. Kuban State Agricultural University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#969 in Europe
#4010 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1922

82. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#970 in Europe
#4013 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Enrollment
4,000
Founded
1925

83. Buryat State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#971 in Europe
#4019 in the World
Founded
1932

84. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#973 in Europe
#4032 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1932

85. Kurgan State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#974 in Europe
#4044 in the World
Founded
1995

86. Volgograd State Medical Academy

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#975 in Europe
#4053 in the World
Founded
1935

87. Ulyanovsk State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#978 in Europe
#4067 in the World
Founded
1988

88. Kursk State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#979 in Europe
#4068 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Founded
1934

89. Russian State Hydrometeorological University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#981 in Europe
#4072 in the World
Founded
1930

90. Udmurt State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#982 in Europe
#4074 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Founded
1931

91. Saratov State Academy of Law

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#984 in Europe
#4081 in the World
Enrollment
5,000
Founded
1931

92. Perm State Technical University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#985 in Europe
#4082 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1953

93. Gorno-Altaisk State University

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#986 in Europe
#4083 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1993

94. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

For Theology / Divinity / Religious studies

#987 in Europe
#4091 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1967

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 Rostov-on-Don.