87 Best universities for Cognitive Science 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 Cognitive Science. A graph of 167K citations received by 23.2K academic papers made by 87 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 Cognitive Science

#184 in Europe

#483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#204 in Europe

#540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cognitive Science

#302 in Europe

#865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

4. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#394 in Europe

#1223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

5. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cognitive Science

#434 in Europe

#1399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

6. Kazan Federal University

For Cognitive Science

#436 in Europe

#1406 in the World

Founded: 1804

7. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Cognitive Science

#463 in Europe

#1544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

8. Tomsk State University

For Cognitive Science

#498 in Europe

#1714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

9. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cognitive Science

#511 in Europe

#1761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

10. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Cognitive Science

#513 in Europe

#1766 in the World

Founded: 1915

11. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#522 in Europe

#1804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

12. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Cognitive Science

#535 in Europe

#1857 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

13. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Cognitive Science

#569 in Europe

#2028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

14. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Cognitive Science

#572 in Europe

#2049 in the World

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

15. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#583 in Europe

#2086 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

16. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cognitive Science

#589 in Europe

#2115 in the World

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

17. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#606 in Europe

#2209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

18. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Cognitive Science

#612 in Europe

#2230 in the World

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

19. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Cognitive Science

#622 in Europe

#2267 in the World

Founded: 1909

20. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Cognitive Science

#649 in Europe

#2444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

21. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Cognitive Science

#652 in Europe

#2452 in the World

Founded: 1930

22. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#654 in Europe

#2457 in the World

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

23. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Cognitive Science

#661 in Europe

#2500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

24. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Cognitive Science

#687 in Europe

#2628 in the World

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

25. Ulyanovsk State Technical University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Cognitive Science

#696 in Europe

#2664 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1957

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

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#702 in Europe

#2715 in the World

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

27. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#715 in Europe

#2787 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

28. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#734 in Europe

#2884 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

29. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#737 in Europe

#2907 in the World

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

30. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#739 in Europe

#2913 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

31. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Cognitive Science

#741 in Europe

#2926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

32. Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev - KAI

For Cognitive Science

#756 in Europe

#3004 in the World

Founded: 1932

33. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Cognitive Science

#769 in Europe

#3064 in the World

Founded: 1967

34. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#771 in Europe

#3075 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

35. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Cognitive Science

#782 in Europe

#3130 in the World

Founded: 1960

36. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#786 in Europe

#3164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

37. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#788 in Europe

#3178 in the World

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

38. Tula State University

For Cognitive Science

#807 in Europe

#3266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

39. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Cognitive Science

#815 in Europe

#3308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

40. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Cognitive Science

#816 in Europe

#3313 in the World

Founded: 1973

41. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#821 in Europe

#3332 in the World

Founded: 1804

42. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Cognitive Science

#822 in Europe

#3336 in the World

Founded: 1976

43. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Cognitive Science

#834 in Europe

#3399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

44. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Cognitive Science

#835 in Europe

#3400 in the World

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

45. Bashkir State University

For Cognitive Science

#849 in Europe

#3463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

46. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Cognitive Science

#856 in Europe

#3488 in the World

Founded: 1993

47. National Research University of Electronic Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#866 in Europe

#3553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1965

48. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Cognitive Science

#870 in Europe

#3570 in the World

Founded: 1876

49. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#881 in Europe

#3650 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

50. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Cognitive Science

#882 in Europe

#3656 in the World

Founded: 1974

51. South-Western State University

For Cognitive Science

#887 in Europe

#3679 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

52. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Cognitive Science

#894 in Europe

#3708 in the World

Founded: 1971

53. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Cognitive Science

#897 in Europe

#3720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

54. Penza State University

For Cognitive Science

#903 in Europe

#3734 in the World

Founded: 1943

55. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cognitive Science

#906 in Europe

#3742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1941

56. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Cognitive Science

#908 in Europe

#3754 in the World

Founded: 1980

57. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cognitive Science

#916 in Europe

#3777 in the World

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

58. Kazan State Medical University

For Cognitive Science

#917 in Europe

#3779 in the World

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

59. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Cognitive Science

#920 in Europe

#3802 in the World

Founded: 1930

60. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cognitive Science

#922 in Europe

#3812 in the World

Founded: 1992

61. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Cognitive Science

#928 in Europe

#3844 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

62. Kursk State Medical University

For Cognitive Science

#931 in Europe

#3853 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

63. Perm State Technical University

For Cognitive Science

#934 in Europe

#3871 in the World

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

64. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Cognitive Science

#941 in Europe

#3919 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

65. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cognitive Science

#943 in Europe

#3926 in the World

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

66. Perm State University

For Cognitive Science

#944 in Europe

#3928 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

67. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Cognitive Science

#946 in Europe

#3944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

68. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Cognitive Science

#948 in Europe

#3962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

69. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#966 in Europe

#4043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

70. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#967 in Europe

#4044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

71. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#969 in Europe

#4054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

72. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Cognitive Science

#975 in Europe

#4068 in the World

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

73. Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Cognitive Science

#977 in Europe

#4082 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1930

74. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Cognitive Science

#978 in Europe

#4085 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

75. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Cognitive Science

#980 in Europe

#4093 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

76. Omsk State Technical University

For Cognitive Science

#985 in Europe

#4114 in the World

Founded: 1942

77. Tambov State Technical University

Russia | Tambov

For Cognitive Science

#993 in Europe

#4166 in the World

Founded: 1958

78. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Cognitive Science

#994 in Europe

#4172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

79. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Cognitive Science

#995 in Europe

#4179 in the World

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

80. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Cognitive Science

#996 in Europe

#4180 in the World

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

81. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Cognitive Science

#997 in Europe

#4183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

82. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Cognitive Science

#998 in Europe

#4185 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

83. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Cognitive Science

#999 in Europe

#4195 in the World

Founded: 1971

84. Omsk State University

For Cognitive Science

#1000 in Europe

#4198 in the World

Founded: 1974

85. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Cognitive Science

#1002 in Europe

#4201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 1,500
Founded: 1966

86. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Cognitive Science

#1003 in Europe

#4214 in the World

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

87. Siberian State Medical University

For Cognitive Science

#1006 in Europe

#4239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

The best cities to study Cognitive Science in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan, and Samara.

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