100 Best universities for Statistics 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 Statistics. A graph of 1.23M citations received by 132K academic papers made by 167 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

#128 in Europe

#347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#183 in Europe

#474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#233 in Europe

#610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

4. Tomsk State University

For Statistics

#387 in Europe

#1059 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

5. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#400 in Europe

#1098 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

6. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#404 in Europe

#1110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

7. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#421 in Europe

#1170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

8. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Statistics

#447 in Europe

#1281 in the World

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

9. Kazan Federal University

For Statistics

#454 in Europe

#1321 in the World

Founded: 1804

10. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Statistics

#468 in Europe

#1361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

11. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#492 in Europe

#1452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

12. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Statistics

#504 in Europe

#1524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

13. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#524 in Europe

#1595 in the World

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

14. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#531 in Europe

#1616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

15. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Statistics

#575 in Europe

#1809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

16. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Statistics

#577 in Europe

#1818 in the World

Founded: 1909

17. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#587 in Europe

#1864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

18. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Statistics

#597 in Europe

#1912 in the World

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

19. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#602 in Europe

#1940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

20. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Statistics

#607 in Europe

#1971 in the World

Founded: 1915

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

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#619 in Europe

#2034 in the World

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

22. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Statistics

#630 in Europe

#2103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

23. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#661 in Europe

#2284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

24. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#664 in Europe

#2293 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

#2308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

26. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Statistics

#692 in Europe

#2467 in the World

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

27. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Statistics

#706 in Europe

#2544 in the World

Founded: 1993

28. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Statistics

#713 in Europe

#2577 in the World

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

29. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#742 in Europe

#2740 in the World

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

30. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#750 in Europe

#2786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

31. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#755 in Europe

#2801 in the World

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

32. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Statistics

#756 in Europe

#2809 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

33. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#774 in Europe

#2909 in the World

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

34. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Statistics

#787 in Europe

#2992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

35. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#791 in Europe

#3006 in the World

Founded: 1992

36. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#792 in Europe

#3015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

37. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#799 in Europe

#3050 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

38. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Statistics

#810 in Europe

#3128 in the World

Founded: 1960

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

For Statistics

#819 in Europe

#3218 in the World

Founded: 1932

40. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Statistics

#820 in Europe

#3229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

41. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Statistics

#821 in Europe

#3237 in the World

Founded: 1876

42. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Statistics

#825 in Europe

#3258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

43. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Statistics

#826 in Europe

#3259 in the World

Founded: 1988

44. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Statistics

#845 in Europe

#3380 in the World

Founded: 1930

45. Perm State Technical University

For Statistics

#848 in Europe

#3400 in the World

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

46. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Statistics

#850 in Europe

#3428 in the World

Founded: 1976

47. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#851 in Europe

#3430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

48. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Statistics

#852 in Europe

#3433 in the World

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

49. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Statistics

#858 in Europe

#3457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

50. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#866 in Europe

#3504 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

51. Penza State University

For Statistics

#869 in Europe

#3514 in the World

Founded: 1943

52. Omsk State Technical University

For Statistics

#872 in Europe

#3527 in the World

Founded: 1942

53. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#875 in Europe

#3553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

54. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Statistics

#877 in Europe

#3568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

55. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Statistics

#881 in Europe

#3574 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

56. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#884 in Europe

#3590 in the World

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

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#886 in Europe

#3597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

58. Perm State University

For Statistics

#892 in Europe

#3617 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

59. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Statistics

#894 in Europe

#3630 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

60. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#913 in Europe

#3729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

61. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#914 in Europe

#3734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

62. Omsk State University

For Statistics

#920 in Europe

#3755 in the World

Founded: 1974

63. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Statistics

#924 in Europe

#3771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

64. Kazan State Technological University

For Statistics

#940 in Europe

#3868 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

65. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#948 in Europe

#3905 in the World

Founded: 1896

66. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Statistics

#950 in Europe

#3910 in the World

Founded: 1974

67. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Statistics

#953 in Europe

#3926 in the World

Founded: 1971

68. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Statistics

#961 in Europe

#3962 in the World

Founded: 1980

69. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Statistics

#965 in Europe

#4011 in the World

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

70. Bashkir State University

For Statistics

#966 in Europe

#4012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

71. Tula State University

For Statistics

#969 in Europe

#4022 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

72. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#983 in Europe

#4066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

73. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Statistics

#984 in Europe

#4067 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

74. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Statistics

#986 in Europe

#4078 in the World

Founded: 1973

75. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#988 in Europe

#4083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

76. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#994 in Europe

#4113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

77. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Statistics

#1000 in Europe

#4133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

78. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Statistics

#1013 in Europe

#4191 in the World

Founded: 1952

79. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Statistics

#1014 in Europe

#4192 in the World

Founded: 1930

80. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Statistics

#1017 in Europe

#4201 in the World

Founded: 1958

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#1020 in Europe

#4206 in the World

Founded: 1832

82. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#1024 in Europe

#4242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

83. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#1029 in Europe

#4291 in the World

Founded: 1919

84. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Statistics

#1038 in Europe

#4350 in the World

Founded: 1967

85. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Statistics

#1041 in Europe

#4367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

86. Tver State University

For Statistics

#1043 in Europe

#4386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1870

87. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Statistics

#1046 in Europe

#4404 in the World

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

88. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Statistics

#1050 in Europe

#4421 in the World

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

89. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Statistics

#1052 in Europe

#4442 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

90. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Statistics

#1053 in Europe

#4443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1902

91. South-Western State University

For Statistics

#1054 in Europe

#4444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

92. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Statistics

#1056 in Europe

#4452 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

93. Belgorod State Technological University

Russia | Belgorod

For Statistics

#1069 in Europe

#4517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1954

94. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Statistics

#1071 in Europe

#4531 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

95. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Statistics

#1073 in Europe

#4539 in the World

Founded: 1934

96. Kaliningrad State Technical University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Statistics

#1080 in Europe

#4563 in the World

Founded: 1930

97. Kazan State Medical University

For Statistics

#1089 in Europe

#4591 in the World

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

98. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Statistics

#1096 in Europe

#4633 in the World

Founded: 1971

99. Orel State University

For Statistics

#1101 in Europe

#4664 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

100. Buryat State University

Russia | Ulan-Ude

For Statistics

#1121 in Europe

#4756 in the World

Founded: 1932

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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