100 Best universities for 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 Psychology. A graph of 1.43M citations received by 201K academic papers made by 173 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 Psychology

#194 in Europe

#528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#248 in Europe

#696 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

3. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#265 in Europe

#744 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

4. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#298 in Europe

#845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

5. Kazan Federal University

For Psychology

#400 in Europe

#1219 in the World

Founded: 1804

6. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#417 in Europe

#1274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

7. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#421 in Europe

#1296 in the World

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

8. Tomsk State University

For Psychology

#479 in Europe

#1513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

9. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Psychology

#520 in Europe

#1722 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

10. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#538 in Europe

#1812 in the World

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

11. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#563 in Europe

#1938 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

12. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Psychology

#580 in Europe

#2008 in the World

Founded: 1915

13. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Psychology

#581 in Europe

#2010 in the World

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

14. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#582 in Europe

#2021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

15. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Psychology

#595 in Europe

#2072 in the World

Founded: 1909

16. Kazan State Medical University

For Psychology

#605 in Europe

#2142 in the World

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

17. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#606 in Europe

#2145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

18. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Psychology

#621 in Europe

#2218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

19. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#644 in Europe

#2374 in the World

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

20. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Psychology

#647 in Europe

#2380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

21. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#667 in Europe

#2491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

22. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#672 in Europe

#2508 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

23. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#674 in Europe

#2517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

24. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Psychology

#682 in Europe

#2545 in the World

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

25. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#690 in Europe

#2591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

26. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Psychology

#694 in Europe

#2614 in the World

Founded: 1974

27. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#705 in Europe

#2663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

28. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Psychology

#719 in Europe

#2723 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

29. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#730 in Europe

#2776 in the World

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

30. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Psychology

#764 in Europe

#2968 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

31. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Psychology

#776 in Europe

#3059 in the World

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

32. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#778 in Europe

#3064 in the World

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

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

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#781 in Europe

#3077 in the World

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

34. Siberian State Medical University

For Psychology

#787 in Europe

#3100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

35. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Psychology

#799 in Europe

#3153 in the World

Founded: 1935

36. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Psychology

#808 in Europe

#3208 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

37. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#811 in Europe

#3212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

38. Kursk State Medical University

For Psychology

#822 in Europe

#3262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

39. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Psychology

#825 in Europe

#3284 in the World

Founded: 1876

40. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Psychology

#832 in Europe

#3325 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

41. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Psychology

#837 in Europe

#3355 in the World

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

42. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#848 in Europe

#3436 in the World

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

43. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Psychology

#855 in Europe

#3479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

44. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Psychology

#871 in Europe

#3572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

45. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Psychology

#875 in Europe

#3600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

46. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Psychology

#876 in Europe

#3604 in the World

Founded: 1930

47. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Psychology

#883 in Europe

#3655 in the World

Founded: 1967

48. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Psychology

#887 in Europe

#3676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

49. Penza State University

For Psychology

#892 in Europe

#3691 in the World

Founded: 1943

50. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Psychology

#903 in Europe

#3750 in the World

Founded: 1920

51. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Psychology

#905 in Europe

#3762 in the World

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

52. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#909 in Europe

#3782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

53. Bashkir State University

For Psychology

#911 in Europe

#3800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

54. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Psychology

#913 in Europe

#3805 in the World

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

55. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Psychology

#914 in Europe

#3809 in the World

Founded: 1980

56. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Psychology

#919 in Europe

#3838 in the World

Founded: 1993

57. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Psychology

#920 in Europe

#3857 in the World

Founded: 1930

58. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Psychology

#921 in Europe

#3861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

59. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#923 in Europe

#3874 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

60. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Psychology

#925 in Europe

#3883 in the World

Founded: 1935

61. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Psychology

#929 in Europe

#3920 in the World

Founded: 1967

62. Kazan State Technological University

For Psychology

#932 in Europe

#3931 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

63. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Psychology

#939 in Europe

#3963 in the World

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

64. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Psychology

#940 in Europe

#3964 in the World

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

65. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#942 in Europe

#3971 in the World

Founded: 1919

66. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Psychology

#943 in Europe

#3973 in the World

Founded: 1976

67. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Psychology

#952 in Europe

#4006 in the World

Founded: 1973

68. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Psychology

#957 in Europe

#4033 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

69. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Psychology

#959 in Europe

#4039 in the World

Founded: 1944

70. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Psychology

#975 in Europe

#4114 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

71. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Psychology

#977 in Europe

#4135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

72. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#993 in Europe

#4246 in the World

Founded: 1804

73. Perm State University

For Psychology

#995 in Europe

#4253 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

74. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Psychology

#998 in Europe

#4257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

75. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Psychology

#1007 in Europe

#4301 in the World

Founded: 1971

76. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#1010 in Europe

#4321 in the World

Founded: 1992

77. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Psychology

#1014 in Europe

#4355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1958

78. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Psychology

#1015 in Europe

#4366 in the World

Founded: 1988

79. Omsk State Medical Academy

For Psychology

#1023 in Europe

#4410 in the World

Founded: 1991

80. Omsk State University

For Psychology

#1025 in Europe

#4418 in the World

Founded: 1974

81. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#1027 in Europe

#4427 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

82. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Psychology

#1028 in Europe

#4432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

83. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Psychology

#1038 in Europe

#4489 in the World

Founded: 1954

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

For Psychology

#1039 in Europe

#4498 in the World

Founded: 1932

85. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#1050 in Europe

#4535 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

86. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Psychology

#1055 in Europe

#4549 in the World

Founded: 1971

87. Perm State Technical University

For Psychology

#1056 in Europe

#4551 in the World

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

88. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Psychology

#1057 in Europe

#4557 in the World

Founded: 1960

89. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Psychology

#1075 in Europe

#4658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

90. Orel State University

For Psychology

#1086 in Europe

#4757 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

91. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Psychology

#1095 in Europe

#4805 in the World

Founded: 1934

92. Tula State University

For Psychology

#1106 in Europe

#4854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

93. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#1111 in Europe

#4873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

94. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Psychology

#1123 in Europe

#4960 in the World

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

95. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#1129 in Europe

#4986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Enrollment: 12,500
Founded: 1930

96. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#1130 in Europe

#4987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1773

97. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Psychology

#1135 in Europe

#5030 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

98. South-Western State University

For Psychology

#1138 in Europe

#5043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

99. Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Psychology

#1139 in Europe

#5048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1934

100. Ivanovo State University

Russia | Ivanovo

For Psychology

#1140 in Europe

#5052 in the World

Founded: 1974

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

Psychology subfields in Russia

Child Psychology83

Clinical Psychology43

Cognitive Science87

Education Majors128

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution8

Neuroscience142

Occupational Therapy15

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology6

Social Psychology153

Special Education6