43 Best universities for Clinical Psychology 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 Clinical Psychology. A graph of 72.6K citations received by 9.48K academic papers made by 43 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 Clinical Psychology

#299 in Europe

#899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Clinical Psychology

#300 in Europe

#900 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Clinical Psychology

#320 in Europe

#957 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Clinical Psychology

#327 in Europe

#977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

5. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Clinical Psychology

#465 in Europe

#1523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

6. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Clinical Psychology

#481 in Europe

#1592 in the World

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

7. Tomsk State University

Russia | Tomsk

For Clinical Psychology

#515 in Europe

#1757 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

8. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Clinical Psychology

#528 in Europe

#1820 in the World

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

9. Kazan Federal University

Russia | Kazan

For Clinical Psychology

#613 in Europe

#2312 in the World

Founded: 1804

10. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Clinical Psychology

#621 in Europe

#2376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

11. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Clinical Psychology

#643 in Europe

#2498 in the World

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

12. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Clinical Psychology

#645 in Europe

#2506 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

13. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Clinical Psychology

#658 in Europe

#2583 in the World

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

14. Kazan State Medical University

Russia | Kazan

For Clinical Psychology

#664 in Europe

#2626 in the World

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

15. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Clinical Psychology

#677 in Europe

#2717 in the World

Founded: 1915

16. Kursk State Medical University

Russia | Kursk

For Clinical Psychology

#697 in Europe

#2838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

17. Siberian State Medical University

Russia | Tomsk

For Clinical Psychology

#704 in Europe

#2871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

18. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Clinical Psychology

#708 in Europe

#2893 in the World

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

19. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Clinical Psychology

#725 in Europe

#2978 in the World

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

20. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Clinical Psychology

#726 in Europe

#2979 in the World

Founded: 1909

21. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Clinical Psychology

#731 in Europe

#3007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

22. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Clinical Psychology

#748 in Europe

#3092 in the World

Founded: 1974

23. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Clinical Psychology

#753 in Europe

#3130 in the World

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

24. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Clinical Psychology

#761 in Europe

#3193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

25. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Clinical Psychology

#766 in Europe

#3231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

26. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Clinical Psychology

#767 in Europe

#3245 in the World

Founded: 1876

27. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Clinical Psychology

#770 in Europe

#3264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

28. Tomsk Polytechnic University

Russia | Tomsk

For Clinical Psychology

#772 in Europe

#3276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

29. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Clinical Psychology

#773 in Europe

#3278 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

30. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Clinical Psychology

#779 in Europe

#3327 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

31. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Clinical Psychology

#780 in Europe

#3330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

32. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Clinical Psychology

#785 in Europe

#3343 in the World

Founded: 1935

33. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Clinical Psychology

#789 in Europe

#3366 in the World

Founded: 1976

34. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Clinical Psychology

#790 in Europe

#3374 in the World

Founded: 1967

35. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Clinical Psychology

#793 in Europe

#3396 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

36. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Clinical Psychology

#794 in Europe

#3400 in the World

Founded: 1967

37. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Clinical Psychology

#795 in Europe

#3408 in the World

Founded: 1973

38. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Clinical Psychology

#796 in Europe

#3411 in the World

Founded: 1935

39. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Clinical Psychology

#797 in Europe

#3412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

40. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Clinical Psychology

#804 in Europe

#3455 in the World

Founded: 1944

41. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Clinical Psychology

#805 in Europe

#3456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

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

Russia | Moscow

For Clinical Psychology

#808 in Europe

#3464 in the World

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

43. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Clinical Psychology

#810 in Europe

#3469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

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

Psychology subfields in Russia

Child Psychology83

Cognitive Science87

Education Majors128

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution8

Neuroscience142

Occupational Therapy15

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology6