46 Best universities for Sports Medicine 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 Sports Medicine. A graph of 33.7K citations received by 7.91K academic papers made by 46 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 Sports Medicine

#326 in Europe

#835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

2. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#344 in Europe

#909 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

3. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#375 in Europe

#1000 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

4. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#434 in Europe

#1202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

5. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Sports Medicine

#504 in Europe

#1517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

6. South-Western State University

Russia | Kursk

For Sports Medicine

#507 in Europe

#1539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

7. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Sports Medicine

#519 in Europe

#1598 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Sports Medicine

#530 in Europe

#1660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

9. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#539 in Europe

#1695 in the World

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

10. Kazan State Medical University

Russia | Kazan

For Sports Medicine

#553 in Europe

#1757 in the World

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

11. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Sports Medicine

#593 in Europe

#1941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

12. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Sports Medicine

#595 in Europe

#1953 in the World

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

13. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Sports Medicine

#598 in Europe

#1958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

14. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Sports Medicine

#605 in Europe

#1987 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

15. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Sports Medicine

#606 in Europe

#1989 in the World

Founded: 1935

16. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Sports Medicine

#615 in Europe

#2042 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

17. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Sports Medicine

#616 in Europe

#2055 in the World

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

18. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#636 in Europe

#2152 in the World

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

19. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Sports Medicine

#656 in Europe

#2243 in the World

Founded: 1876

20. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#668 in Europe

#2294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

21. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Sports Medicine

#672 in Europe

#2300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

22. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#674 in Europe

#2307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

23. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Sports Medicine

#675 in Europe

#2308 in the World

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

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

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#677 in Europe

#2317 in the World

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

25. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Sports Medicine

#679 in Europe

#2347 in the World

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

26. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Sports Medicine

#681 in Europe

#2354 in the World

Founded: 1967

27. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Sports Medicine

#684 in Europe

#2364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

28. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#688 in Europe

#2391 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

29. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Sports Medicine

#693 in Europe

#2428 in the World

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

30. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#699 in Europe

#2456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

31. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Sports Medicine

#708 in Europe

#2497 in the World

Founded: 1915

32. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Sports Medicine

#709 in Europe

#2511 in the World

Founded: 1974

33. Siberian State Medical University

Russia | Tomsk

For Sports Medicine

#710 in Europe

#2525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

34. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Sports Medicine

#722 in Europe

#2580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

35. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#724 in Europe

#2587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

36. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Sports Medicine

#727 in Europe

#2595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

37. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Sports Medicine

#731 in Europe

#2608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

38. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Sports Medicine

#734 in Europe

#2616 in the World

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

39. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#735 in Europe

#2617 in the World

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

40. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#746 in Europe

#2690 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

41. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Sports Medicine

#748 in Europe

#2704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

42. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Sports Medicine

#749 in Europe

#2711 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

43. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Sports Medicine

#757 in Europe

#2741 in the World

Founded: 1920

44. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Sports Medicine

#763 in Europe

#2765 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

45. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Sports Medicine

#766 in Europe

#2789 in the World

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

46. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Sports Medicine

#767 in Europe

#2790 in the World

Founded: 1935

The best cities to study Sports Medicine in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kursk, and Kazan.