83 Best universities for Child 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 Child Psychology. A graph of 107K citations received by 17K academic papers made by 83 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 Child Psychology

#201 in Europe

#562 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Child Psychology

#216 in Europe

#601 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#224 in Europe

#626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

4. Kazan Federal University

For Child Psychology

#454 in Europe

#1419 in the World

Founded: 1804

5. Tomsk State University

For Child Psychology

#484 in Europe

#1546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

6. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#495 in Europe

#1603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

7. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#506 in Europe

#1637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

8. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#508 in Europe

#1650 in the World

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

9. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Child Psychology

#528 in Europe

#1742 in the World

Founded: 1915

10. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Child Psychology

#536 in Europe

#1782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

11. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Child Psychology

#543 in Europe

#1830 in the World

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

12. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#544 in Europe

#1832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

13. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#581 in Europe

#2036 in the World

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

14. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#584 in Europe

#2056 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

15. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Child Psychology

#624 in Europe

#2274 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

16. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#643 in Europe

#2399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

17. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#653 in Europe

#2466 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

18. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Child Psychology

#662 in Europe

#2519 in the World

Founded: 1909

19. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#685 in Europe

#2650 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

20. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Child Psychology

#690 in Europe

#2686 in the World

Founded: 1974

21. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Child Psychology

#695 in Europe

#2722 in the World

Founded: 1876

22. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Child Psychology

#702 in Europe

#2766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

23. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Child Psychology

#715 in Europe

#2844 in the World

Founded: 1973

24. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Child Psychology

#735 in Europe

#2933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

25. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Child Psychology

#747 in Europe

#2981 in the World

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

26. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Child Psychology

#752 in Europe

#3003 in the World

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

27. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Child Psychology

#767 in Europe

#3068 in the World

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

28. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Child Psychology

#774 in Europe

#3103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

29. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Child Psychology

#782 in Europe

#3143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

30. Penza State University

For Child Psychology

#783 in Europe

#3146 in the World

Founded: 1943

31. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#788 in Europe

#3159 in the World

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

32. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Child Psychology

#792 in Europe

#3179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

33. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#797 in Europe

#3222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

34. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Child Psychology

#798 in Europe

#3225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

35. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Child Psychology

#801 in Europe

#3242 in the World

Founded: 1930

36. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Child Psychology

#803 in Europe

#3257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

37. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Child Psychology

#808 in Europe

#3304 in the World

Founded: 1992

38. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Child Psychology

#810 in Europe

#3311 in the World

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

39. Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Child Psychology

#816 in Europe

#3373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1934

40. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#821 in Europe

#3409 in the World

Founded: 1804

41. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Child Psychology

#834 in Europe

#3482 in the World

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

42. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Child Psychology

#841 in Europe

#3532 in the World

Founded: 1993

43. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#843 in Europe

#3545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

44. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Child Psychology

#849 in Europe

#3584 in the World

Founded: 1967

45. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Child Psychology

#852 in Europe

#3594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

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

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#855 in Europe

#3598 in the World

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

47. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Child Psychology

#857 in Europe

#3616 in the World

Founded: 1971

48. Omsk State University

For Child Psychology

#858 in Europe

#3619 in the World

Founded: 1974

49. Kaluga State University

Russia | Kaluga

For Child Psychology

#859 in Europe

#3621 in the World

Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1948

50. Kazan State Medical University

For Child Psychology

#863 in Europe

#3630 in the World

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

51. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Child Psychology

#864 in Europe

#3635 in the World

Founded: 1974

52. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Child Psychology

#866 in Europe

#3649 in the World

Founded: 1976

53. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Child Psychology

#867 in Europe

#3652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

54. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Child Psychology

#871 in Europe

#3669 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

55. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#875 in Europe

#3683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

56. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Child Psychology

#878 in Europe

#3687 in the World

Founded: 1971

57. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Child Psychology

#882 in Europe

#3714 in the World

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

58. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#885 in Europe

#3721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

59. Kursk State Medical University

For Child Psychology

#891 in Europe

#3778 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

60. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Child Psychology

#902 in Europe

#3844 in the World

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

61. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Child Psychology

#904 in Europe

#3848 in the World

Founded: 1935

62. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Child Psychology

#908 in Europe

#3883 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

63. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Child Psychology

#910 in Europe

#3886 in the World

Founded: 1919

64. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

Russia | Shakhty

For Child Psychology

#913 in Europe

#3896 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1968

65. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Child Psychology

#914 in Europe

#3897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

66. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Child Psychology

#921 in Europe

#3931 in the World

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

67. Kurgan State University

Russia | Kurgan

For Child Psychology

#924 in Europe

#3938 in the World

Founded: 1995

68. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Child Psychology

#925 in Europe

#3944 in the World

Founded: 1988

69. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Child Psychology

#927 in Europe

#3954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

70. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Child Psychology

#931 in Europe

#3976 in the World

Founded: 1960

71. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Child Psychology

#933 in Europe

#3987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

72. Bashkir State University

For Child Psychology

#934 in Europe

#3990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

73. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Child Psychology

#937 in Europe

#4016 in the World

Founded: 1980

74. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Child Psychology

#941 in Europe

#4034 in the World

Founded: 1967

75. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Child Psychology

#942 in Europe

#4055 in the World

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

76. Omsk State Pedagogical University

For Child Psychology

#943 in Europe

#4063 in the World

Founded: 1932

77. Pacific National University

Russia | Khabarovsk

For Child Psychology

#944 in Europe

#4066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1958

78. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Child Psychology

#946 in Europe

#4072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

79. Siberian State Medical University

For Child Psychology

#950 in Europe

#4111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

80. Adyghe State University

Russia | Maykop

For Child Psychology

#951 in Europe

#4115 in the World

Founded: 1940

81. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Child Psychology

#952 in Europe

#4122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1932

82. Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University

Russia | Volgograd

For Child Psychology

#954 in Europe

#4133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1931

83. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Child Psychology

#956 in Europe

#4137 in the World

Founded: 1920

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

Psychology subfields in Russia

Clinical Psychology43

Cognitive Science87

Education Majors128

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution8

Neuroscience142

Occupational Therapy15

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology6

Social Psychology153

Special Education6