100 Best Public Health 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 Public Health. A graph of 450K citations received by 41.3K academic papers made by 123 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 Public Health

#206 in Europe

#589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#243 in Europe

#712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#310 in Europe

#907 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

4. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#353 in Europe

#1055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

5. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#452 in Europe

#1488 in the World

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

6. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#478 in Europe

#1612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

7. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Public Health

#510 in Europe

#1763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

8. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#515 in Europe

#1780 in the World

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

9. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Public Health

#519 in Europe

#1802 in the World

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

10. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Public Health

#522 in Europe

#1819 in the World

Founded: 1804

11. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Public Health

#559 in Europe

#1988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

12. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Public Health

#560 in Europe

#1991 in the World

Founded: 1915

13. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#589 in Europe

#2168 in the World

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

14. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#598 in Europe

#2221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

15. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#628 in Europe

#2366 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

16. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#629 in Europe

#2368 in the World

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

17. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#630 in Europe

#2380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

18. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Public Health

#637 in Europe

#2418 in the World

Founded: 1974

19. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Public Health

#639 in Europe

#2428 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

20. Kazan State Medical University

Russia | Kazan

For Public Health

#656 in Europe

#2515 in the World

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

21. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Public Health

#673 in Europe

#2626 in the World

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

22. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Public Health

#674 in Europe

#2630 in the World

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

23. Kursk State Medical University

Russia | Kursk

For Public Health

#694 in Europe

#2758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

24. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#701 in Europe

#2791 in the World

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

25. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Public Health

#702 in Europe

#2798 in the World

Founded: 1876

26. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Public Health

#713 in Europe

#2881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

27. Siberian State Medical University

Russia | Tomsk

For Public Health

#724 in Europe

#2917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

28. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Public Health

#735 in Europe

#3004 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

29. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Public Health

#740 in Europe

#3055 in the World

Founded: 1930

30. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Public Health

#749 in Europe

#3143 in the World

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

31. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#754 in Europe

#3178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

32. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Public Health

#761 in Europe

#3202 in the World

Founded: 1973

33. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#763 in Europe

#3210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

34. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#772 in Europe

#3247 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

35. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Public Health

#775 in Europe

#3276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

36. Omsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Omsk

For Public Health

#779 in Europe

#3320 in the World

Founded: 1991

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

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#781 in Europe

#3332 in the World

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

38. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Public Health

#790 in Europe

#3397 in the World

Founded: 1935

39. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Public Health

#792 in Europe

#3399 in the World

Founded: 1909

40. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Public Health

#800 in Europe

#3439 in the World

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

41. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Public Health

#810 in Europe

#3521 in the World

Founded: 1980

42. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Public Health

#811 in Europe

#3526 in the World

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

43. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#815 in Europe

#3540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

44. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Public Health

#826 in Europe

#3611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

45. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Public Health

#834 in Europe

#3682 in the World

Founded: 1967

46. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Public Health

#840 in Europe

#3727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

47. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Public Health

#842 in Europe

#3729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

48. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Public Health

#849 in Europe

#3754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

49. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Public Health

#851 in Europe

#3770 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

50. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Public Health

#852 in Europe

#3773 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

51. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#870 in Europe

#3883 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

52. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Public Health

#871 in Europe

#3888 in the World

Founded: 1967

53. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#872 in Europe

#3891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

54. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Public Health

#876 in Europe

#3922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

55. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Public Health

#878 in Europe

#3940 in the World

Founded: 1943

56. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Public Health

#887 in Europe

#3970 in the World

Founded: 1935

57. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Public Health

#894 in Europe

#4001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

58. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Public Health

#897 in Europe

#4010 in the World

Founded: 1920

59. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#900 in Europe

#4037 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

60. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Public Health

#904 in Europe

#4048 in the World

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

61. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#914 in Europe

#4133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

62. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Public Health

#918 in Europe

#4140 in the World

Founded: 1944

63. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Public Health

#933 in Europe

#4197 in the World

Founded: 1971

64. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Public Health

#935 in Europe

#4213 in the World

Founded: 1954

65. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Public Health

#937 in Europe

#4236 in the World

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

66. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#938 in Europe

#4242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

67. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Public Health

#944 in Europe

#4268 in the World

Founded: 1976

68. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Public Health

#946 in Europe

#4285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

69. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Public Health

#947 in Europe

#4288 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

70. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#950 in Europe

#4296 in the World

Founded: 1919

71. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Public Health

#964 in Europe

#4356 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#966 in Europe

#4363 in the World

Founded: 1832

73. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#968 in Europe

#4375 in the World

Founded: 1865

74. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Public Health

#971 in Europe

#4389 in the World

Founded: 1960

75. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Public Health

#975 in Europe

#4417 in the World

Founded: 1993

76. Omsk State Agrarian University n.a. P. A. Stolypin

Russia | Omsk

For Public Health

#976 in Europe

#4432 in the World

Founded: 1918

77. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Public Health

#977 in Europe

#4433 in the World

Founded: 1971

78. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Public Health

#992 in Europe

#4523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

79. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Public Health

#993 in Europe

#4526 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

80. South-Western State University

Russia | Kursk

For Public Health

#999 in Europe

#4538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

81. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Public Health

#1001 in Europe

#4540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1922

82. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Public Health

#1002 in Europe

#4542 in the World

Founded: 1988

83. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#1009 in Europe

#4571 in the World

Founded: 1896

84. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Public Health

#1021 in Europe

#4649 in the World

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

85. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#1023 in Europe

#4658 in the World

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

86. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#1026 in Europe

#4684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

87. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Public Health

#1031 in Europe

#4721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

88. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#1033 in Europe

#4742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

89. Kursk State University

Russia | Kursk

For Public Health

#1043 in Europe

#4784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1934

90. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Public Health

#1049 in Europe

#4817 in the World

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

91. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Public Health

#1053 in Europe

#4852 in the World

Founded: 1930

92. Omsk State University

Russia | Omsk

For Public Health

#1061 in Europe

#4890 in the World

Founded: 1974

93. Orel State University

Russia | Oryol

For Public Health

#1063 in Europe

#4895 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

94. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Public Health

#1064 in Europe

#4902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

95. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Public Health

#1065 in Europe

#4903 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

96. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#1068 in Europe

#4911 in the World

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

97. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Public Health

#1069 in Europe

#4915 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

98. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Public Health

#1070 in Europe

#4925 in the World

Founded: 1938

99. Cherepovets State University

Russia | Cherepovets

For Public Health

#1072 in Europe

#4930 in the World

Founded: 1996

100. Sakhalin State University

Russia | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

For Public Health

#1075 in Europe

#4941 in the World

Founded: 1949

The best cities to study Public Health in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tomsk, and Novosibirsk.