75 Best Physical Therapy schools 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 Physical Therapy. A graph of 98K citations received by 19K academic papers made by 75 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 Physical Therapy

#228 in Europe

#566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

2. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#317 in Europe

#821 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

3. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#343 in Europe

#929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

4. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Physical Therapy

#450 in Europe

#1358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

5. Kazan State Medical University

Russia | Kazan

For Physical Therapy

#498 in Europe

#1539 in the World

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

6. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Physical Therapy

#517 in Europe

#1629 in the World

Founded: 1804

7. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#520 in Europe

#1647 in the World

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

8. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Physical Therapy

#523 in Europe

#1667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

9. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#537 in Europe

#1745 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

10. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Physical Therapy

#546 in Europe

#1770 in the World

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

11. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Physical Therapy

#584 in Europe

#1964 in the World

Founded: 1935

12. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Physical Therapy

#607 in Europe

#2109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

13. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Physical Therapy

#617 in Europe

#2138 in the World

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

14. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Physical Therapy

#618 in Europe

#2142 in the World

Founded: 1876

15. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Physical Therapy

#628 in Europe

#2204 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

16. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Physical Therapy

#631 in Europe

#2219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

17. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Physical Therapy

#644 in Europe

#2293 in the World

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

18. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Physical Therapy

#648 in Europe

#2307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

19. South-Western State University

Russia | Kursk

For Physical Therapy

#657 in Europe

#2344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

20. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Physical Therapy

#669 in Europe

#2402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

21. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Physical Therapy

#674 in Europe

#2439 in the World

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

22. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Physical Therapy

#684 in Europe

#2483 in the World

Founded: 1974

23. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Physical Therapy

#703 in Europe

#2595 in the World

Founded: 1920

24. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Physical Therapy

#716 in Europe

#2676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

25. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#718 in Europe

#2693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

26. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Physical Therapy

#720 in Europe

#2700 in the World

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

27. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Physical Therapy

#729 in Europe

#2729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

28. Siberian State Medical University

Russia | Tomsk

For Physical Therapy

#731 in Europe

#2761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

29. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Physical Therapy

#736 in Europe

#2781 in the World

Founded: 1915

30. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Physical Therapy

#740 in Europe

#2801 in the World

Founded: 1967

31. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Physical Therapy

#747 in Europe

#2848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

32. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Physical Therapy

#753 in Europe

#2933 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

33. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Physical Therapy

#774 in Europe

#3026 in the World

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

34. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Physical Therapy

#783 in Europe

#3068 in the World

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

35. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#786 in Europe

#3076 in the World

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

36. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#792 in Europe

#3107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

37. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#795 in Europe

#3114 in the World

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

38. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#796 in Europe

#3115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

39. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Physical Therapy

#798 in Europe

#3133 in the World

Founded: 1954

40. Omsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Omsk

For Physical Therapy

#799 in Europe

#3148 in the World

Founded: 1991

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

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#804 in Europe

#3171 in the World

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

42. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Physical Therapy

#809 in Europe

#3200 in the World

Founded: 1935

43. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#813 in Europe

#3216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

44. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Physical Therapy

#814 in Europe

#3228 in the World

Founded: 1944

45. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Physical Therapy

#816 in Europe

#3230 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

46. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#818 in Europe

#3239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

47. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#820 in Europe

#3259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

48. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#821 in Europe

#3260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

49. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#830 in Europe

#3294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

50. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Physical Therapy

#842 in Europe

#3345 in the World

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

51. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Physical Therapy

#846 in Europe

#3355 in the World

Founded: 1909

52. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#853 in Europe

#3398 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

53. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Physical Therapy

#863 in Europe

#3460 in the World

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

54. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Physical Therapy

#865 in Europe

#3465 in the World

Founded: 1930

55. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Physical Therapy

#867 in Europe

#3489 in the World

Founded: 1988

56. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Physical Therapy

#870 in Europe

#3509 in the World

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

57. Tula State University

Russia | Tula

For Physical Therapy

#871 in Europe

#3510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

58. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Physical Therapy

#874 in Europe

#3522 in the World

Founded: 1967

59. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Physical Therapy

#880 in Europe

#3559 in the World

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

60. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Physical Therapy

#881 in Europe

#3565 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

61. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Physical Therapy

#884 in Europe

#3577 in the World

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

62. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Physical Therapy

#890 in Europe

#3608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

63. Kursk State Medical University

Russia | Kursk

For Physical Therapy

#897 in Europe

#3660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

64. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Physical Therapy

#907 in Europe

#3741 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

65. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Physical Therapy

#911 in Europe

#3774 in the World

Founded: 1960

66. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Physical Therapy

#917 in Europe

#3806 in the World

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

67. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Physical Therapy

#922 in Europe

#3843 in the World

Founded: 1976

68. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Physical Therapy

#927 in Europe

#3857 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

69. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#928 in Europe

#3859 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

70. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Physical Therapy

#934 in Europe

#3869 in the World

Founded: 1943

71. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Physical Therapy

#936 in Europe

#3874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

72. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Physical Therapy

#937 in Europe

#3875 in the World

Founded: 1973

73. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#938 in Europe

#3889 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

74. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Physical Therapy

#939 in Europe

#3890 in the World

Founded: 1993

75. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#943 in Europe

#3914 in the World

Founded: 1919

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