60 Best universities for Pharmacology 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 Pharmacology. A graph of 258K citations received by 24K academic papers made by 60 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 Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacology

#179 in Europe

#528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

2. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacology

#193 in Europe

#571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

3. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacology

#279 in Europe

#973 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

4. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Pharmacology

#308 in Europe

#1086 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

5. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Pharmacology

#312 in Europe

#1096 in the World

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

6. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Pharmacology

#346 in Europe

#1273 in the World

Founded: 1935

7. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Pharmacology

#350 in Europe

#1304 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacology

#351 in Europe

#1305 in the World

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

9. Kazan State Medical University

Russia | Kazan

For Pharmacology

#385 in Europe

#1448 in the World

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

10. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Pharmacology

#483 in Europe

#1930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

11. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Pharmacology

#499 in Europe

#2024 in the World

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

12. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Pharmacology

#507 in Europe

#2097 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

13. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Pharmacology

#513 in Europe

#2136 in the World

Founded: 1915

14. Kursk State Medical University

Russia | Kursk

For Pharmacology

#525 in Europe

#2232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

15. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Pharmacology

#526 in Europe

#2233 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

16. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Pharmacology

#529 in Europe

#2247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1925

17. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacology

#535 in Europe

#2260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

18. Siberian State Medical University

Russia | Tomsk

For Pharmacology

#538 in Europe

#2295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

19. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Pharmacology

#542 in Europe

#2314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

20. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Pharmacology

#563 in Europe

#2460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

21. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Pharmacology

#578 in Europe

#2571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

22. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Pharmacology

#581 in Europe

#2580 in the World

Founded: 1876

23. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Pharmacology

#582 in Europe

#2585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

24. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Pharmacology

#584 in Europe

#2595 in the World

Founded: 1909

25. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Pharmacology

#590 in Europe

#2612 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

26. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Pharmacology

#593 in Europe

#2621 in the World

Founded: 1920

27. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacology

#602 in Europe

#2671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

28. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Pharmacology

#606 in Europe

#2714 in the World

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

29. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Pharmacology

#625 in Europe

#2798 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

30. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Pharmacology

#626 in Europe

#2803 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

31. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Pharmacology

#638 in Europe

#2859 in the World

Founded: 1974

32. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Pharmacology

#641 in Europe

#2881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

33. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Pharmacology

#647 in Europe

#2898 in the World

Founded: 1944

34. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Pharmacology

#648 in Europe

#2915 in the World

Founded: 1935

35. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Pharmacology

#651 in Europe

#2944 in the World

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

36. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Pharmacology

#667 in Europe

#3024 in the World

Founded: 1954

37. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Pharmacology

#674 in Europe

#3064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

38. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacology

#685 in Europe

#3109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

39. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Pharmacology

#687 in Europe

#3114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1918

40. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Pharmacology

#689 in Europe

#3116 in the World

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

41. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Pharmacology

#693 in Europe

#3136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1958

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

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacology

#700 in Europe

#3170 in the World

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

43. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacology

#703 in Europe

#3181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

44. Orel State University

Russia | Oryol

For Pharmacology

#715 in Europe

#3237 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

45. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Pharmacology

#729 in Europe

#3319 in the World

Founded: 1967

46. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Pharmacology

#731 in Europe

#3321 in the World

Founded: 1967

47. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Pharmacology

#732 in Europe

#3327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

48. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacology

#734 in Europe

#3337 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

49. Omsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Omsk

For Pharmacology

#735 in Europe

#3345 in the World

Founded: 1991

50. Kazan State Technological University

Russia | Kazan

For Pharmacology

#736 in Europe

#3353 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

51. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Pharmacology

#754 in Europe

#3492 in the World

Founded: 1971

52. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacology

#760 in Europe

#3539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

53. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Pharmacology

#765 in Europe

#3557 in the World

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

54. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Pharmacology

#775 in Europe

#3611 in the World

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

55. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Pharmacology

#776 in Europe

#3612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

56. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Pharmacology

#778 in Europe

#3621 in the World

Founded: 1993

57. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Pharmacology

#783 in Europe

#3653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

58. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Pharmacology

#785 in Europe

#3661 in the World

Founded: 1943

59. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacology

#792 in Europe

#3695 in the World

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

60. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacology

#793 in Europe

#3697 in the World

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

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