100 Best universities for Statistics 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 Statistics. A graph of 1.29M citations received by 134K academic papers made by 168 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 Statistics

#129 in Europe

#353 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#186 in Europe

#485 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#231 in Europe

#608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

4. Tomsk State University

For Statistics

#388 in Europe

#1068 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

5. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#397 in Europe

#1094 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

6. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#403 in Europe

#1115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

7. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#421 in Europe

#1180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

8. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Statistics

#448 in Europe

#1295 in the World

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

9. Kazan Federal University

For Statistics

#462 in Europe

#1352 in the World

Founded: 1804

10. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Statistics

#465 in Europe

#1361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

11. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#495 in Europe

#1486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

12. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Statistics

#505 in Europe

#1537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

13. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#517 in Europe

#1586 in the World

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

14. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#537 in Europe

#1647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

15. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Statistics

#579 in Europe

#1841 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

16. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Statistics

#582 in Europe

#1856 in the World

Founded: 1909

17. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#590 in Europe

#1893 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

18. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#592 in Europe

#1902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

19. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Statistics

#593 in Europe

#1904 in the World

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

20. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Statistics

#612 in Europe

#2003 in the World

Founded: 1915

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

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#619 in Europe

#2048 in the World

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

22. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Statistics

#643 in Europe

#2152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

23. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#660 in Europe

#2264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

24. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#666 in Europe

#2316 in the World

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

25. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Statistics

#667 in Europe

#2323 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

26. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Statistics

#693 in Europe

#2482 in the World

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

27. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Statistics

#717 in Europe

#2596 in the World

Founded: 1993

28. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Statistics

#722 in Europe

#2618 in the World

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

29. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#745 in Europe

#2756 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

30. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#752 in Europe

#2788 in the World

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

31. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#756 in Europe

#2814 in the World

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

32. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Statistics

#760 in Europe

#2830 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

33. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#770 in Europe

#2902 in the World

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

34. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#794 in Europe

#3029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

35. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Statistics

#796 in Europe

#3033 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

36. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#805 in Europe

#3090 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

37. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#809 in Europe

#3157 in the World

Founded: 1992

38. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Statistics

#811 in Europe

#3166 in the World

Founded: 1960

39. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Statistics

#818 in Europe

#3236 in the World

Founded: 1876

40. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Statistics

#820 in Europe

#3244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

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

For Statistics

#826 in Europe

#3265 in the World

Founded: 1932

42. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Statistics

#831 in Europe

#3311 in the World

Founded: 1988

43. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Statistics

#832 in Europe

#3315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

44. Perm State Technical University

For Statistics

#849 in Europe

#3420 in the World

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

45. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Statistics

#851 in Europe

#3424 in the World

Founded: 1930

46. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Statistics

#852 in Europe

#3436 in the World

Founded: 1976

47. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Statistics

#856 in Europe

#3449 in the World

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

48. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#858 in Europe

#3456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

49. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#862 in Europe

#3478 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

50. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Statistics

#863 in Europe

#3479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

51. Penza State University

For Statistics

#878 in Europe

#3558 in the World

Founded: 1943

52. Omsk State Technical University

For Statistics

#885 in Europe

#3595 in the World

Founded: 1942

53. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#887 in Europe

#3598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

54. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Statistics

#888 in Europe

#3604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

55. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#890 in Europe

#3610 in the World

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

56. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Statistics

#891 in Europe

#3624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

57. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Statistics

#893 in Europe

#3628 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

58. Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#894 in Europe

#3638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

59. Perm State University

For Statistics

#899 in Europe

#3680 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

60. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#910 in Europe

#3722 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

61. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#921 in Europe

#3770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

62. Omsk State University

For Statistics

#923 in Europe

#3778 in the World

Founded: 1974

63. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Statistics

#929 in Europe

#3807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

64. Kazan State Technological University

For Statistics

#946 in Europe

#3900 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

65. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Statistics

#949 in Europe

#3920 in the World

Founded: 1974

66. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Statistics

#951 in Europe

#3924 in the World

Founded: 1971

67. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#958 in Europe

#3958 in the World

Founded: 1896

68. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Statistics

#959 in Europe

#3959 in the World

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

69. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Statistics

#963 in Europe

#3993 in the World

Founded: 1980

70. Tula State University

For Statistics

#974 in Europe

#4049 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

71. Bashkir State University

For Statistics

#979 in Europe

#4077 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

72. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#988 in Europe

#4095 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

73. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Statistics

#989 in Europe

#4096 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

74. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Statistics

#992 in Europe

#4109 in the World

Founded: 1973

75. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#999 in Europe

#4144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

76. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#1003 in Europe

#4162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

77. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Statistics

#1007 in Europe

#4184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

78. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Statistics

#1018 in Europe

#4238 in the World

Founded: 1958

79. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Statistics

#1019 in Europe

#4244 in the World

Founded: 1952

80. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Statistics

#1020 in Europe

#4249 in the World

Founded: 1930

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#1026 in Europe

#4269 in the World

Founded: 1832

82. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#1027 in Europe

#4274 in the World

Founded: 1919

83. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#1030 in Europe

#4296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

84. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Statistics

#1037 in Europe

#4329 in the World

Founded: 1967

85. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Statistics

#1040 in Europe

#4357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

86. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Statistics

#1048 in Europe

#4436 in the World

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

87. Tver State University

For Statistics

#1049 in Europe

#4438 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

88. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#1053 in Europe

#4453 in the World

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

89. South-Western State University

For Statistics

#1056 in Europe

#4471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

90. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#1059 in Europe

#4478 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

91. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Statistics

#1061 in Europe

#4487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

92. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Statistics

#1068 in Europe

#4512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

93. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Statistics

#1069 in Europe

#4520 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

94. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Statistics

#1071 in Europe

#4526 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

95. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Statistics

#1075 in Europe

#4550 in the World

Founded: 1934

96. Kazan State Medical University

For Statistics

#1080 in Europe

#4580 in the World

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

97. Kaliningrad State Technical University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Statistics

#1093 in Europe

#4624 in the World

Founded: 1930

98. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Statistics

#1094 in Europe

#4626 in the World

Founded: 1971

99. Orel State University

For Statistics

#1107 in Europe

#4683 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

100. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Statistics

#1117 in Europe

#4736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

The best cities to study Statistics in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tomsk, and Novosibirsk.

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