76 Best Physical Therapy schools 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 Physical Therapy. A graph of 110K citations received by 20.1K academic papers made by 76 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

#220 in Europe

#544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

2. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#318 in Europe

#836 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

3. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#334 in Europe

#891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

4. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Physical Therapy

#448 in Europe

#1339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

5. Kazan State Medical University

Russia | Kazan

For Physical Therapy

#501 in Europe

#1547 in the World

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

6. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#510 in Europe

#1593 in the World

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

7. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Physical Therapy

#516 in Europe

#1619 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Physical Therapy

#524 in Europe

#1658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

9. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#540 in Europe

#1746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

10. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Physical Therapy

#551 in Europe

#1782 in the World

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

11. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Physical Therapy

#579 in Europe

#1933 in the World

Founded: 1935

12. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Physical Therapy

#605 in Europe

#2096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

13. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Physical Therapy

#613 in Europe

#2125 in the World

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

14. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Physical Therapy

#620 in Europe

#2144 in the World

Founded: 1876

15. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Physical Therapy

#627 in Europe

#2173 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

16. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Physical Therapy

#635 in Europe

#2230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

17. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Physical Therapy

#640 in Europe

#2252 in the World

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

18. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Physical Therapy

#653 in Europe

#2326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

19. South-Western State University

Russia | Kursk

For Physical Therapy

#660 in Europe

#2363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

20. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Physical Therapy

#663 in Europe

#2383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

21. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Physical Therapy

#672 in Europe

#2421 in the World

Founded: 1974

22. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Physical Therapy

#681 in Europe

#2463 in the World

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

23. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Physical Therapy

#702 in Europe

#2583 in the World

Founded: 1920

24. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Physical Therapy

#713 in Europe

#2672 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

25. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Physical Therapy

#717 in Europe

#2687 in the World

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

26. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Physical Therapy

#721 in Europe

#2700 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

27. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#725 in Europe

#2729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

28. Siberian State Medical University

Russia | Tomsk

For Physical Therapy

#729 in Europe

#2734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

29. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Physical Therapy

#739 in Europe

#2813 in the World

Founded: 1915

30. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Physical Therapy

#743 in Europe

#2847 in the World

Founded: 1967

31. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Physical Therapy

#755 in Europe

#2907 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

32. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Physical Therapy

#764 in Europe

#2976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

33. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Physical Therapy

#767 in Europe

#3004 in the World

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

34. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Physical Therapy

#779 in Europe

#3052 in the World

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

35. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#787 in Europe

#3089 in the World

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

36. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#789 in Europe

#3094 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

37. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#797 in Europe

#3120 in the World

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

38. Omsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Omsk

For Physical Therapy

#798 in Europe

#3126 in the World

Founded: 1991

39. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#799 in Europe

#3129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

40. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Physical Therapy

#803 in Europe

#3171 in the World

Founded: 1954

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

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#804 in Europe

#3178 in the World

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

42. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Physical Therapy

#805 in Europe

#3186 in the World

Founded: 1944

43. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#810 in Europe

#3204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

44. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Physical Therapy

#813 in Europe

#3223 in the World

Founded: 1935

45. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#815 in Europe

#3227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

46. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#818 in Europe

#3237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

47. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#829 in Europe

#3305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

48. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Physical Therapy

#830 in Europe

#3309 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

49. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#835 in Europe

#3339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

50. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Physical Therapy

#843 in Europe

#3361 in the World

Founded: 1909

51. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Physical Therapy

#851 in Europe

#3399 in the World

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

52. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#864 in Europe

#3451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

53. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Physical Therapy

#866 in Europe

#3478 in the World

Founded: 1930

54. Tula State University

Russia | Tula

For Physical Therapy

#867 in Europe

#3480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

55. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Physical Therapy

#870 in Europe

#3497 in the World

Founded: 1967

56. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Physical Therapy

#872 in Europe

#3517 in the World

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

57. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Physical Therapy

#873 in Europe

#3520 in the World

Founded: 1988

58. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Physical Therapy

#875 in Europe

#3545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

59. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Physical Therapy

#878 in Europe

#3558 in the World

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

60. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Physical Therapy

#882 in Europe

#3580 in the World

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

61. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Physical Therapy

#883 in Europe

#3581 in the World

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

62. Kursk State Medical University

Russia | Kursk

For Physical Therapy

#896 in Europe

#3669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

63. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Physical Therapy

#897 in Europe

#3670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

64. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

Russia | Ufa

For Physical Therapy

#904 in Europe

#3725 in the World

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

65. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Physical Therapy

#915 in Europe

#3807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

66. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Physical Therapy

#920 in Europe

#3822 in the World

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

67. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Physical Therapy

#922 in Europe

#3842 in the World

Founded: 1960

68. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Physical Therapy

#931 in Europe

#3877 in the World

Founded: 1943

69. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Physical Therapy

#935 in Europe

#3897 in the World

Founded: 1976

70. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Physical Therapy

#939 in Europe

#3920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

71. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#940 in Europe

#3921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

72. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Physical Therapy

#942 in Europe

#3926 in the World

Founded: 1973

73. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Physical Therapy

#945 in Europe

#3934 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

74. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Physical Therapy

#946 in Europe

#3944 in the World

Founded: 1993

75. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#948 in Europe

#3949 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

76. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Physical Therapy

#951 in Europe

#3970 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.