100 Best Public Health 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 Public Health. A graph of 419K citations received by 40.1K academic papers made by 121 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

#212 in Europe

#593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#250 in Europe

#719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#323 in Europe

#962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

4. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#357 in Europe

#1055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

5. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#463 in Europe

#1531 in the World

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

6. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#484 in Europe

#1645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

7. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Public Health

#512 in Europe

#1775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

8. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Public Health

#519 in Europe

#1801 in the World

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

9. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#520 in Europe

#1803 in the World

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

10. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Public Health

#530 in Europe

#1848 in the World

Founded: 1804

11. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Public Health

#561 in Europe

#2002 in the World

Founded: 1915

12. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Public Health

#565 in Europe

#2041 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

13. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#584 in Europe

#2153 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

#613 in Europe

#2286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

15. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#627 in Europe

#2366 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

16. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#635 in Europe

#2396 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

17. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#636 in Europe

#2401 in the World

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

18. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Public Health

#645 in Europe

#2445 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

19. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Public Health

#650 in Europe

#2470 in the World

Founded: 1974

20. Kazan State Medical University

Russia | Kazan

For Public Health

#664 in Europe

#2550 in the World

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

21. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Public Health

#677 in Europe

#2669 in the World

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

22. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Public Health

#678 in Europe

#2673 in the World

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

23. Kursk State Medical University

Russia | Kursk

For Public Health

#686 in Europe

#2728 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

24. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Public Health

#703 in Europe

#2815 in the World

Founded: 1876

25. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#710 in Europe

#2869 in the World

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

26. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Public Health

#719 in Europe

#2918 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

27. Siberian State Medical University

Russia | Tomsk

For Public Health

#723 in Europe

#2935 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

28. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Public Health

#739 in Europe

#3060 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

29. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Public Health

#744 in Europe

#3098 in the World

Founded: 1930

30. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Public Health

#752 in Europe

#3150 in the World

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

31. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#757 in Europe

#3181 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

32. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Public Health

#759 in Europe

#3196 in the World

Founded: 1973

33. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#765 in Europe

#3217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

34. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#766 in Europe

#3222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

35. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Public Health

#774 in Europe

#3273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

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

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#780 in Europe

#3288 in the World

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

37. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Public Health

#789 in Europe

#3362 in the World

Founded: 1909

38. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Public Health

#792 in Europe

#3407 in the World

Founded: 1935

39. Omsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Omsk

For Public Health

#794 in Europe

#3424 in the World

Founded: 1991

40. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Public Health

#805 in Europe

#3479 in the World

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

41. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#814 in Europe

#3539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

42. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Public Health

#815 in Europe

#3540 in the World

Founded: 1980

43. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Public Health

#824 in Europe

#3606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

44. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Public Health

#828 in Europe

#3629 in the World

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

45. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Public Health

#832 in Europe

#3659 in the World

Founded: 1967

46. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Public Health

#836 in Europe

#3691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

47. Bashkir State University

Russia | Ufa

For Public Health

#851 in Europe

#3754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

48. Perm State University

Russia | Perm

For Public Health

#853 in Europe

#3760 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

49. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Public Health

#860 in Europe

#3824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

50. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#861 in Europe

#3829 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

51. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Public Health

#870 in Europe

#3876 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

52. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#873 in Europe

#3890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

53. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Public Health

#877 in Europe

#3916 in the World

Founded: 1967

54. Penza State University

Russia | Penza

For Public Health

#881 in Europe

#3931 in the World

Founded: 1943

55. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Public Health

#885 in Europe

#3946 in the World

Founded: 1935

56. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Public Health

#894 in Europe

#3976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

57. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Public Health

#896 in Europe

#3988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

58. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#900 in Europe

#4022 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

59. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Public Health

#906 in Europe

#4075 in the World

Founded: 1920

60. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#921 in Europe

#4136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

61. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Public Health

#924 in Europe

#4152 in the World

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

62. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Public Health

#929 in Europe

#4168 in the World

Founded: 1944

63. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Public Health

#934 in Europe

#4223 in the World

Founded: 1971

64. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#938 in Europe

#4235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

65. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Public Health

#941 in Europe

#4256 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

66. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Public Health

#942 in Europe

#4260 in the World

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

67. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Public Health

#944 in Europe

#4271 in the World

Founded: 1976

68. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Public Health

#947 in Europe

#4278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

69. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Public Health

#949 in Europe

#4287 in the World

Founded: 1954

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

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#953 in Europe

#4302 in the World

Founded: 1832

71. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#963 in Europe

#4348 in the World

Founded: 1919

72. Russian State Agricultural University

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#964 in Europe

#4357 in the World

Founded: 1865

73. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Public Health

#965 in Europe

#4361 in the World

Founded: 1960

74. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Public Health

#978 in Europe

#4427 in the World

Founded: 1971

75. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Public Health

#979 in Europe

#4431 in the World

Founded: 1993

76. Gorno-Altaisk State University

Russia | Gorno-Altaisk

For Public Health

#980 in Europe

#4436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

77. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Public Health

#981 in Europe

#4438 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

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

Russia | Omsk

For Public Health

#984 in Europe

#4451 in the World

Founded: 1918

79. South-Western State University

Russia | Kursk

For Public Health

#991 in Europe

#4493 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

80. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Public Health

#1001 in Europe

#4532 in the World

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

81. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Public Health

#1003 in Europe

#4544 in the World

Founded: 1988

82. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

Russia | Moscow

For Public Health

#1005 in Europe

#4558 in the World

Founded: 1896

83. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Public Health

#1012 in Europe

#4613 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

84. European University at St. Petersburg

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#1014 in Europe

#4622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1994

85. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#1021 in Europe

#4671 in the World

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

86. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Public Health

#1031 in Europe

#4715 in the World

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

87. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Public Health

#1032 in Europe

#4716 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

88. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#1033 in Europe

#4728 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

89. Kursk State University

Russia | Kursk

For Public Health

#1034 in Europe

#4729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1934

90. Stavropol State Agrarian University

Russia | Stavropol

For Public Health

#1052 in Europe

#4843 in the World

Founded: 1930

91. Perm State Technical University

Russia | Perm

For Public Health

#1055 in Europe

#4863 in the World

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

92. Omsk State University

Russia | Omsk

For Public Health

#1058 in Europe

#4871 in the World

Founded: 1974

93. Orel State University

Russia | Oryol

For Public Health

#1059 in Europe

#4877 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

94. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Public Health

#1066 in Europe

#4904 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

95. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Vladivostok

For Public Health

#1067 in Europe

#4906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1967

96. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#1070 in Europe

#4918 in the World

Founded: 1992

97. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Public Health

#1072 in Europe

#4926 in the World

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

98. Chechen State University

Russia | Grozny

For Public Health

#1073 in Europe

#4927 in the World

Founded: 1938

99. Sakhalin State University

Russia | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

For Public Health

#1074 in Europe

#4928 in the World

Founded: 1949

100. Amur State University

Russia | Blagoveshchensk

For Public Health

#1075 in Europe

#4929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

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.