62 Best universities for Pharmacy 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 Pharmacy. A graph of 219K citations received by 26.9K academic papers made by 62 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 Pharmacy

#16 in Europe

#36 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Pharmacy

#54 in Europe

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Pharmacy

#120 in Europe

#273 in the World

Founded: 1915

4. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Pharmacy

#153 in Europe

#346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

5. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Pharmacy

#181 in Europe

#426 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

6. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#183 in Europe

#429 in the World

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

7. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Pharmacy

#190 in Europe

#452 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Pharmacy

#200 in Europe

#483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

9. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Pharmacy

#222 in Europe

#561 in the World

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

10. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Pharmacy

#267 in Europe

#722 in the World

Founded: 1967

11. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#276 in Europe

#743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

12. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Pharmacy

#278 in Europe

#748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

13. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Pharmacy

#317 in Europe

#882 in the World

Founded: 1909

14. Kazan State Technological University

Russia | Kazan

For Pharmacy

#331 in Europe

#945 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

15. Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology

Russia | Ivanovo

For Pharmacy

#337 in Europe

#960 in the World

Founded: 1918

16. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Pharmacy

#341 in Europe

#964 in the World

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

17. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Pharmacy

#350 in Europe

#1010 in the World

Founded: 1974

18. Kuban State University of Technology

Russia | Krasnodar

For Pharmacy

#367 in Europe

#1072 in the World

Founded: 1918

19. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Pharmacy

#370 in Europe

#1095 in the World

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

20. Omsk State University

Russia | Omsk

For Pharmacy

#376 in Europe

#1125 in the World

Founded: 1974

21. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Pharmacy

#379 in Europe

#1132 in the World

Founded: 1971

22. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Pharmacy

#382 in Europe

#1152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

23. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Pharmacy

#392 in Europe

#1203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

24. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Pharmacy

#397 in Europe

#1219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

25. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Pharmacy

#399 in Europe

#1231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

26. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Pharmacy

#401 in Europe

#1249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

27. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#405 in Europe

#1269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

28. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

Russia | Ufa

For Pharmacy

#411 in Europe

#1294 in the World

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

29. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Pharmacy

#416 in Europe

#1323 in the World

Founded: 1993

30. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Pharmacy

#429 in Europe

#1391 in the World

Founded: 1935

31. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Pharmacy

#430 in Europe

#1404 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1932

32. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#433 in Europe

#1434 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

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

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#437 in Europe

#1461 in the World

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

34. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#438 in Europe

#1463 in the World

Founded: 1865

35. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Pharmacy

#448 in Europe

#1521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

36. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Pharmacy

#455 in Europe

#1548 in the World

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

37. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Pharmacy

#464 in Europe

#1605 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

38. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Pharmacy

#468 in Europe

#1639 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

39. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Pharmacy

#472 in Europe

#1653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

40. Ryazan State University

Russia | Ryazan

For Pharmacy

#476 in Europe

#1684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1916

41. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Pharmacy

#486 in Europe

#1746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

42. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#495 in Europe

#1804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

43. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#509 in Europe

#1849 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

44. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#512 in Europe

#1863 in the World

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

45. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Pharmacy

#513 in Europe

#1864 in the World

Founded: 1930

46. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Pharmacy

#514 in Europe

#1865 in the World

Founded: 1992

47. Kazan State Medical University

Russia | Kazan

For Pharmacy

#530 in Europe

#2015 in the World

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

48. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Pharmacy

#540 in Europe

#2100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

49. Siberian State Medical University

Russia | Tomsk

For Pharmacy

#543 in Europe

#2125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

50. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#544 in Europe

#2129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

51. Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Pharmacy

#548 in Europe

#2150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1942

52. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Pharmacy

#553 in Europe

#2207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

53. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Pharmacy

#554 in Europe

#2213 in the World

Founded: 1967

54. Astrakhan State Technical University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Pharmacy

#557 in Europe

#2239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1930

55. Omsk State Technical University

Russia | Omsk

For Pharmacy

#558 in Europe

#2240 in the World

Founded: 1942

56. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Pharmacy

#564 in Europe

#2273 in the World

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

57. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Pharmacy

#565 in Europe

#2277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

58. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#571 in Europe

#2310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

59. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Pharmacy

#572 in Europe

#2324 in the World

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

60. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#577 in Europe

#2349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

61. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#578 in Europe

#2353 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

62. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Pharmacy

#579 in Europe

#2360 in the World

Founded: 1938

The best cities to study Pharmacy in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, and Yekaterinburg.