100 Best universities for Astrophysics and Astronomy in Russia

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Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Astrophysics and Astronomy. A graph of 965K citations received by 104K academic papers made by 139 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

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#12 in Europe
#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#99 in Europe
#239 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1724

3. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#207 in Europe
#488 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Founded
1942

4. Tomsk State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#210 in Europe
#500 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1878

5. Kazan Federal University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#219 in Europe
#527 in the World
Founded
1804

6. Novosibirsk State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#224 in Europe
#537 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
7,131
Founded
1959

7. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#234 in Europe
#561 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1946

8. Southern Federal University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#262 in Europe
#639 in the World
Founded
1915

9. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#283 in Europe
#693 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1899

10. Ural Federal University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#293 in Europe
#737 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1920

11. National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#310 in Europe
#796 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Founded
1992

12. ITMO University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#314 in Europe
#811 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1900

13. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#319 in Europe
#825 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1902

14. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#334 in Europe
#861 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1896

15. Samara National Research University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#336 in Europe
#868 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1942

16. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#345 in Europe
#891 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1830

17. Moscow Aviation Institute

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#367 in Europe
#949 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1930

18. Saratov State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#369 in Europe
#962 in the World
Founded
1909

19. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#388 in Europe
#1016 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1962

20. RUDN University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#408 in Europe
#1090 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1960

21. Irkutsk State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#454 in Europe
#1272 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1918

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

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#468 in Europe
#1336 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,519
Founded
1930

23. Voronezh State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#474 in Europe
#1362 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
20,188
Founded
1918

24. Siberian Federal University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#486 in Europe
#1419 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Enrollment
32,145
Founded
2006

25. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#489 in Europe
#1424 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Founded
1916

26. Moscow State Pedagogical University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#504 in Europe
#1471 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1872

27. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#523 in Europe
#1521 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
1886

28. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#539 in Europe
#1603 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1930

29. Novosibirsk State Technical University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#554 in Europe
#1668 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1950

30. Far Eastern Federal University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#559 in Europe
#1689 in the World
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1899

31. South Ural State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#562 in Europe
#1694 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1943

33. Yaroslavl State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#598 in Europe
#1847 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1918

35. Novgorod State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#611 in Europe
#1914 in the World
Founded
1993

36. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#620 in Europe
#1966 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1941

37. Ulyanovsk State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#628 in Europe
#2003 in the World
Founded
1988

38. Samara State Technical University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#637 in Europe
#2075 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1914

39. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#642 in Europe
#2115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1828

41. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#654 in Europe
#2160 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Founded
1898

42. Moscow Medical Academy

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#671 in Europe
#2269 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Founded
1758

44. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#684 in Europe
#2330 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1917

46. Volgograd State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#693 in Europe
#2369 in the World
Founded
1980

47. Udmurt State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#704 in Europe
#2422 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Founded
1931

48. Chelyabinsk State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#707 in Europe
#2437 in the World
Founded
1976

49. Altai State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#709 in Europe
#2452 in the World
Founded
1973

50. Perm State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#718 in Europe
#2495 in the World
Enrollment
12,370
Founded
1916

51. Tver State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#727 in Europe
#2543 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1870

52. Saratov State Technical University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#732 in Europe
#2572 in the World
Founded
1930

53. Kuban State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#733 in Europe
#2578 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Founded
1920

54. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#735 in Europe
#2584 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1930

55. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#736 in Europe
#2587 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1932

56. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#743 in Europe
#2611 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1977

57. Bashkir State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#745 in Europe
#2619 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1909

58. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#751 in Europe
#2637 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1930

59. Kazan State Technological University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#755 in Europe
#2665 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1890

60. Omsk State Technical University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#761 in Europe
#2695 in the World
Founded
1942

61. Moscow Polytech

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#763 in Europe
#2717 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1866

62. Ogarev Mordovia State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#769 in Europe
#2747 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1931

63. University of Tyumen

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#773 in Europe
#2764 in the World
Founded
1930

64. Omsk State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#784 in Europe
#2817 in the World
Founded
1974

65. Perm State Technical University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#785 in Europe
#2821 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1953

66. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#787 in Europe
#2825 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1919

67. Belgorod State Technological University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#791 in Europe
#2851 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1954

69. Sevastopol State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#797 in Europe
#2869 in the World
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1951

70. North-Eastern Federal University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#798 in Europe
#2876 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
19,077
Founded
1956

71. Kemerovo State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#801 in Europe
#2887 in the World
Founded
1974

72. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#802 in Europe
#2890 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1944

73. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#803 in Europe
#2896 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,401
Founded
1907

75. Northern Arctic Federal University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#807 in Europe
#2925 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1929

76. Russian National Research Medical University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#812 in Europe
#2950 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1906

77. Belgorod State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#815 in Europe
#2960 in the World
Founded
1876

78. Penza State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#816 in Europe
#2961 in the World
Founded
1943

79. Gorno-Altaisk State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#817 in Europe
#2962 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1993

80. Petrozavodsk State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#818 in Europe
#2965 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1940

81. Ivanovo State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#820 in Europe
#2975 in the World
Founded
1974

83. National Research University of Electronic Technology

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#840 in Europe
#3040 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Founded
1965

84. Tula State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#857 in Europe
#3168 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1930

86. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#868 in Europe
#3232 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1773

88. Orel State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#875 in Europe
#3265 in the World
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
1931

89. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#882 in Europe
#3300 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1948

90. Chuvash State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#897 in Europe
#3384 in the World
Founded
1967

91. South-Western State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#898 in Europe
#3391 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1964

92. Volga State University of Technology

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#901 in Europe
#3410 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
7,000
Founded
1932

94. Russian State University for the Humanities

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#933 in Europe
#3580 in the World
Enrollment
7,000
Founded
1991

95. Pacific National University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#941 in Europe
#3610 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Founded
1958

97. Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#948 in Europe
#3672 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Founded
1952

99. Orenburg State University

For Astrophysics and Astronomy

#956 in Europe
#3736 in the World
Founded
1971

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