78 Best universities for Applied Mathematics 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 Applied Mathematics. A graph of 226K citations received by 29.4K academic papers made by 78 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

#8 in Europe

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#39 in Europe

#122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#177 in Europe

#440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

4. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Applied Mathematics

#221 in Europe

#542 in the World

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

5. Kazan Federal University

For Applied Mathematics

#229 in Europe

#560 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#234 in Europe

#570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

7. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#236 in Europe

#572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

8. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#240 in Europe

#577 in the World

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

9. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Applied Mathematics

#251 in Europe

#607 in the World

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

10. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#290 in Europe

#698 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

11. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#293 in Europe

#709 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

12. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Applied Mathematics

#315 in Europe

#752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

13. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Applied Mathematics

#318 in Europe

#761 in the World

Founded: 1909

14. Tomsk State University

For Applied Mathematics

#338 in Europe

#821 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

15. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#348 in Europe

#852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

16. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Applied Mathematics

#350 in Europe

#855 in the World

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

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

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#355 in Europe

#877 in the World

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

18. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#372 in Europe

#955 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

19. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Applied Mathematics

#380 in Europe

#983 in the World

Founded: 1993

20. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Applied Mathematics

#406 in Europe

#1056 in the World

Founded: 1915

21. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Applied Mathematics

#426 in Europe

#1127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

22. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Applied Mathematics

#438 in Europe

#1176 in the World

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

23. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Applied Mathematics

#449 in Europe

#1219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

24. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Applied Mathematics

#454 in Europe

#1236 in the World

Founded: 1988

25. Bashkir State University

For Applied Mathematics

#456 in Europe

#1240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

26. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Applied Mathematics

#460 in Europe

#1250 in the World

Founded: 1976

27. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Applied Mathematics

#474 in Europe

#1319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

28. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#477 in Europe

#1328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

29. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Applied Mathematics

#484 in Europe

#1358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

30. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Applied Mathematics

#496 in Europe

#1425 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

31. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Applied Mathematics

#499 in Europe

#1439 in the World

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

32. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#503 in Europe

#1463 in the World

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

33. Penza State University

For Applied Mathematics

#524 in Europe

#1568 in the World

Founded: 1943

34. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Applied Mathematics

#525 in Europe

#1569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

35. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Applied Mathematics

#528 in Europe

#1581 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

36. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#542 in Europe

#1629 in the World

Founded: 1896

37. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Applied Mathematics

#546 in Europe

#1646 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

38. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Applied Mathematics

#547 in Europe

#1651 in the World

Founded: 1876

39. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Applied Mathematics

#554 in Europe

#1677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

40. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#558 in Europe

#1701 in the World

Founded: 1992

41. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Applied Mathematics

#561 in Europe

#1713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

42. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Applied Mathematics

#569 in Europe

#1762 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

43. Perm State University

For Applied Mathematics

#591 in Europe

#1864 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

44. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Applied Mathematics

#600 in Europe

#1941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

45. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Applied Mathematics

#601 in Europe

#1948 in the World

Founded: 1960

46. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Applied Mathematics

#607 in Europe

#1984 in the World

Founded: 1930

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#616 in Europe

#2083 in the World

Founded: 1832

48. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Applied Mathematics

#619 in Europe

#2092 in the World

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

49. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Applied Mathematics

#626 in Europe

#2142 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

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

For Applied Mathematics

#627 in Europe

#2147 in the World

Founded: 1932

51. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Applied Mathematics

#629 in Europe

#2152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

52. Tula State University

For Applied Mathematics

#632 in Europe

#2165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

53. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Applied Mathematics

#645 in Europe

#2235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

54. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Applied Mathematics

#649 in Europe

#2253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

55. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Applied Mathematics

#653 in Europe

#2273 in the World

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

56. Tver State University

For Applied Mathematics

#659 in Europe

#2301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

57. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Applied Mathematics

#665 in Europe

#2340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

58. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#673 in Europe

#2373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

59. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#676 in Europe

#2393 in the World

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

60. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#681 in Europe

#2423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

61. Omsk State Technical University

For Applied Mathematics

#687 in Europe

#2449 in the World

Founded: 1942

62. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Applied Mathematics

#689 in Europe

#2466 in the World

Founded: 1971

63. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Applied Mathematics

#691 in Europe

#2480 in the World

Founded: 1958

64. Perm State Technical University

For Applied Mathematics

#693 in Europe

#2493 in the World

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

65. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Applied Mathematics

#702 in Europe

#2538 in the World

Founded: 1967

66. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Applied Mathematics

#706 in Europe

#2557 in the World

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

67. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Applied Mathematics

#709 in Europe

#2566 in the World

Founded: 1980

68. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#712 in Europe

#2591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

69. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Applied Mathematics

#717 in Europe

#2643 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

70. Orel State University

For Applied Mathematics

#720 in Europe

#2661 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

71. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#724 in Europe

#2676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

72. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#727 in Europe

#2681 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

73. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Applied Mathematics

#733 in Europe

#2724 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

74. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Applied Mathematics

#735 in Europe

#2731 in the World

Founded: 1974

75. Kazan State Technological University

For Applied Mathematics

#737 in Europe

#2740 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

76. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Applied Mathematics

#738 in Europe

#2748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

77. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Applied Mathematics

#739 in Europe

#2756 in the World

Founded: 1930

78. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Applied Mathematics

#740 in Europe

#2768 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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