77 Best universities for Applied Mathematics 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 Applied Mathematics. A graph of 215K citations received by 29K academic papers made by 77 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

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#9 in Europe

#27 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#39 in Europe

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#179 in Europe

#443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

4. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Applied Mathematics

#220 in Europe

#535 in the World

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

5. Kazan Federal University

For Applied Mathematics

#232 in Europe

#561 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#237 in Europe

#573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

7. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#241 in Europe

#580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

8. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#247 in Europe

#591 in the World

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

9. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Applied Mathematics

#258 in Europe

#609 in the World

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

10. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#292 in Europe

#701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

11. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#302 in Europe

#721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

12. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Applied Mathematics

#318 in Europe

#759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

13. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Applied Mathematics

#319 in Europe

#760 in the World

Founded: 1909

14. Tomsk State University

For Applied Mathematics

#336 in Europe

#815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

15. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#351 in Europe

#849 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

16. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Applied Mathematics

#352 in Europe

#851 in the World

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

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

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#356 in Europe

#880 in the World

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

18. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#376 in Europe

#960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

19. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Applied Mathematics

#379 in Europe

#977 in the World

Founded: 1993

20. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Applied Mathematics

#405 in Europe

#1051 in the World

Founded: 1915

21. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Applied Mathematics

#432 in Europe

#1147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

22. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Applied Mathematics

#438 in Europe

#1177 in the World

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

23. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Applied Mathematics

#447 in Europe

#1214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

24. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Applied Mathematics

#454 in Europe

#1229 in the World

Founded: 1988

25. Bashkir State University

For Applied Mathematics

#459 in Europe

#1241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

26. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Applied Mathematics

#460 in Europe

#1243 in the World

Founded: 1976

27. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Applied Mathematics

#474 in Europe

#1313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

28. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#481 in Europe

#1336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

29. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Applied Mathematics

#482 in Europe

#1339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

30. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Applied Mathematics

#495 in Europe

#1405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

31. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Applied Mathematics

#503 in Europe

#1438 in the World

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

32. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#504 in Europe

#1448 in the World

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

33. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Applied Mathematics

#523 in Europe

#1561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

34. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Applied Mathematics

#524 in Europe

#1563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

35. Penza State University

For Applied Mathematics

#529 in Europe

#1571 in the World

Founded: 1943

36. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#543 in Europe

#1628 in the World

Founded: 1992

37. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#544 in Europe

#1630 in the World

Founded: 1896

38. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Applied Mathematics

#546 in Europe

#1639 in the World

Founded: 1876

39. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Applied Mathematics

#547 in Europe

#1641 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

40. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Applied Mathematics

#554 in Europe

#1655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

41. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Applied Mathematics

#559 in Europe

#1693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

42. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Applied Mathematics

#571 in Europe

#1752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

43. Perm State University

For Applied Mathematics

#591 in Europe

#1850 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

44. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Applied Mathematics

#598 in Europe

#1919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

45. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Applied Mathematics

#603 in Europe

#1942 in the World

Founded: 1960

46. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Applied Mathematics

#606 in Europe

#1954 in the World

Founded: 1930

47. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Applied Mathematics

#615 in Europe

#2047 in the World

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

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#621 in Europe

#2096 in the World

Founded: 1832

49. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Applied Mathematics

#622 in Europe

#2105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

50. Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev - KAI

For Applied Mathematics

#625 in Europe

#2128 in the World

Founded: 1932

51. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Applied Mathematics

#628 in Europe

#2143 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

52. Tula State University

For Applied Mathematics

#634 in Europe

#2181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

53. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Applied Mathematics

#643 in Europe

#2218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

54. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Applied Mathematics

#645 in Europe

#2228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

55. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#648 in Europe

#2239 in the World

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

56. Tver State University

For Applied Mathematics

#654 in Europe

#2276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

57. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Applied Mathematics

#662 in Europe

#2329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

58. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#670 in Europe

#2357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

59. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#674 in Europe

#2377 in the World

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

60. Omsk State Technical University

For Applied Mathematics

#681 in Europe

#2417 in the World

Founded: 1942

61. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#684 in Europe

#2436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

62. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Applied Mathematics

#688 in Europe

#2467 in the World

Founded: 1958

63. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Applied Mathematics

#690 in Europe

#2471 in the World

Founded: 1971

64. Perm State Technical University

For Applied Mathematics

#692 in Europe

#2476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1953

65. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Applied Mathematics

#697 in Europe

#2517 in the World

Founded: 1967

66. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Applied Mathematics

#705 in Europe

#2550 in the World

Founded: 1980

67. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Applied Mathematics

#706 in Europe

#2558 in the World

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

68. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#716 in Europe

#2624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

69. Orel State University

For Applied Mathematics

#717 in Europe

#2626 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

70. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#723 in Europe

#2665 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

71. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Applied Mathematics

#725 in Europe

#2677 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

72. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#727 in Europe

#2686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

73. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Applied Mathematics

#732 in Europe

#2707 in the World

Founded: 1974

74. Kazan State Technological University

For Applied Mathematics

#733 in Europe

#2709 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

75. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Applied Mathematics

#735 in Europe

#2729 in the World

Founded: 1930

76. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#736 in Europe

#2730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

77. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Applied Mathematics

#737 in Europe

#2742 in the World

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

The best cities to study Applied Mathematics in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Voronezh, and Kazan.

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