100 Best universities for Psychology in Russia

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Psychology. A graph of 817K citations received by 158K academic papers made by 169 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

#199 in Europe

#536 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#299 in Europe

#848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

3. Moscow Medical Academy

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#321 in Europe

#919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1758

4. St. Petersburg State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#340 in Europe

#978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1724

5. Russian National Research Medical University

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#419 in Europe

#1275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1906

6. RUDN University

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#435 in Europe

#1338 in the World

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

7. Kazan Federal University

For Psychology

#436 in Europe

#1339 in the World

Founded: 1804

8. Tomsk State University

For Psychology

#509 in Europe

#1581 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1878

9. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#527 in Europe

#1686 in the World

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

10. Novosibirsk State University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Psychology

#546 in Europe

#1801 in the World

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

11. Ural Federal University

Russia | Yekaterinburg

For Psychology

#553 in Europe

#1820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1920

12. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#562 in Europe

#1879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1946

13. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#574 in Europe

#1921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1899

14. Southern Federal University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Psychology

#582 in Europe

#1976 in the World

Founded: 1915

15. Saratov State University

Russia | Saratov

For Psychology

#592 in Europe

#2043 in the World

Founded: 1909

16. ITMO University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#593 in Europe

#2045 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1900

17. Kazan State Medical University

For Psychology

#604 in Europe

#2084 in the World

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

18. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Psychology

#637 in Europe

#2287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1896

19. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Psychology

#664 in Europe

#2439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1916

20. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#671 in Europe

#2479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1942

21. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#687 in Europe

#2550 in the World

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

22. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#708 in Europe

#2640 in the World

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

23. Moscow State Pedagogical University

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#711 in Europe

#2662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1872

24. Samara National Research University

Russia | Samara

For Psychology

#719 in Europe

#2707 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

25. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#722 in Europe

#2721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

26. Kemerovo State University

Russia | Kemerovo

For Psychology

#724 in Europe

#2726 in the World

Founded: 1974

27. South Ural State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Psychology

#729 in Europe

#2748 in the World

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

28. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#733 in Europe

#2777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1830

29. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#736 in Europe

#2781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1944

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

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#779 in Europe

#3014 in the World

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

31. Siberian State Medical University

For Psychology

#784 in Europe

#3035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1888

32. Far Eastern Federal University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Psychology

#799 in Europe

#3120 in the World

Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1899

33. Moscow Aviation Institute

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#806 in Europe

#3161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1930

34. Volgograd State Medical Academy

Russia | Volgograd

For Psychology

#819 in Europe

#3261 in the World

Founded: 1935

35. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#820 in Europe

#3267 in the World

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

36. Voronezh State University

Russia | Voronezh

For Psychology

#825 in Europe

#3289 in the World

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

37. Siberian Federal University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Psychology

#831 in Europe

#3327 in the World

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

38. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#837 in Europe

#3350 in the World

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

39. Novosibirsk State Technical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Psychology

#838 in Europe

#3358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1950

40. Privolzhsky Research Medical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Psychology

#850 in Europe

#3453 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1920

41. Yaroslavl State University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Psychology

#857 in Europe

#3482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1918

42. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

Russia | Nizhny Novgorod

For Psychology

#858 in Europe

#3486 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1917

43. Saratov State Technical University

Russia | Saratov

For Psychology

#871 in Europe

#3554 in the World

Founded: 1930

44. Pacific State Medical University

Russia | Vladivostok

For Psychology

#873 in Europe

#3562 in the World

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

45. Irkutsk State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Psychology

#887 in Europe

#3680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1918

46. Belgorod State University

Russia | Belgorod

For Psychology

#901 in Europe

#3774 in the World

Founded: 1876

47. Rostov State Medical University

Russia | Rostov-on-Don

For Psychology

#904 in Europe

#3794 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1930

48. Kazan State Technological University

For Psychology

#908 in Europe

#3811 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1890

49. Bashkir State University

For Psychology

#913 in Europe

#3837 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1909

50. Chuvash State University

Russia | Cheboksary

For Psychology

#915 in Europe

#3843 in the World

Founded: 1967

51. Novgorod State University

Russia | Veliky Novgorod

For Psychology

#918 in Europe

#3870 in the World

Founded: 1993

52. Leningrad State University

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#925 in Europe

#3895 in the World

Founded: 1992

53. Kuban State Medical University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Psychology

#926 in Europe

#3896 in the World

Founded: 1920

54. Tambov State University

Russia | Tambov

For Psychology

#931 in Europe

#3932 in the World

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

55. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Russia | Kaliningrad

For Psychology

#932 in Europe

#3947 in the World

Founded: 1967

56. North Caucasus Federal University

Russia | Stavropol

For Psychology

#939 in Europe

#3964 in the World

Founded: 1971

57. Novosibirsk State Medical University

Russia | Novosibirsk

For Psychology

#941 in Europe

#3971 in the World

Founded: 1935

58. Russian State University for the Humanities

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#942 in Europe

#3972 in the World

Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1991

59. Penza State University

For Psychology

#943 in Europe

#3977 in the World

Founded: 1943

60. Samara State Technical University

Russia | Samara

For Psychology

#945 in Europe

#3995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1914

61. Volgograd State University

Russia | Volgograd

For Psychology

#948 in Europe

#4008 in the World

Founded: 1980

62. Petrozavodsk State University

Russia | Petrozavodsk

For Psychology

#950 in Europe

#4020 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1940

63. Ogarev Mordovia State University

Russia | Saransk

For Psychology

#952 in Europe

#4031 in the World

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

64. Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Psychology

#955 in Europe

#4041 in the World

Founded: 1944

65. University of Tyumen

Russia | Tyumen

For Psychology

#960 in Europe

#4061 in the World

Founded: 1930

66. Kursk State Medical University

For Psychology

#961 in Europe

#4069 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Founded: 1935

67. Kuban State University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Psychology

#965 in Europe

#4107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 1920

68. Yaroslavl State Medical University

Russia | Yaroslavl

For Psychology

#969 in Europe

#4125 in the World

Enrollment: 4,000
Founded: 1944

69. State University of Management

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#977 in Europe

#4145 in the World

Founded: 1919

70. Chelyabinsk State University

Russia | Chelyabinsk

For Psychology

#983 in Europe

#4188 in the World

Founded: 1976

71. Russian State Social University

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#989 in Europe

#4222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1991

72. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#998 in Europe

#4266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

73. Perm State University

For Psychology

#1000 in Europe

#4285 in the World

Enrollment: 12,370
Founded: 1916

74. North-Eastern Federal University

Russia | Yakutsk

For Psychology

#1001 in Europe

#4290 in the World

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

75. Voronezh State Medical Academy

Russia | Voronezh

For Psychology

#1004 in Europe

#4301 in the World

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

76. Moscow State Linguistic University

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#1005 in Europe

#4313 in the World

Founded: 1804

77. Altai State University

Russia | Barnaul

For Psychology

#1006 in Europe

#4321 in the World

Founded: 1973

78. Northern Arctic Federal University

Russia | Arkhangelsk

For Psychology

#1011 in Europe

#4345 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1929

79. New Economic School

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#1012 in Europe

#4347 in the World

Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1992

80. Ulyanovsk State University

Russia | Ulyanovsk

For Psychology

#1013 in Europe

#4348 in the World

Founded: 1988

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

For Psychology

#1032 in Europe

#4432 in the World

Founded: 1932

82. Altai State Medical University

Russia | Barnaul

For Psychology

#1038 in Europe

#4466 in the World

Founded: 1954

83. Siberian State Aerospace University

Russia | Krasnoyarsk

For Psychology

#1041 in Europe

#4475 in the World

Founded: 1960

84. Omsk State University

For Psychology

#1042 in Europe

#4478 in the World

Founded: 1974

85. Baikal State University

Russia | Irkutsk

For Psychology

#1049 in Europe

#4536 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1930

86. Omsk State Medical Academy

For Psychology

#1061 in Europe

#4588 in the World

Founded: 1991

87. Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#1079 in Europe

#4696 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1930

88. Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

Russia | Saint Petersburg

For Psychology

#1087 in Europe

#4740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1828

89. Tula State University

For Psychology

#1089 in Europe

#4760 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1930

90. Udmurt State University

Russia | Izhevsk

For Psychology

#1093 in Europe

#4798 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1931

91. Orenburg State University

Russia | Orenburg

For Psychology

#1099 in Europe

#4824 in the World

Founded: 1971

92. Orel State University

For Psychology

#1100 in Europe

#4825 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1931

93. Sevastopol State University

Russia | Sevastopol

For Psychology

#1101 in Europe

#4826 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1951

94. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Psychology

#1105 in Europe

#4838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1932

95. Perm State Technical University

For Psychology

#1114 in Europe

#4882 in the World

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

96. Astrakhan State University

Russia | Astrakhan

For Psychology

#1120 in Europe

#4934 in the World

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

97. Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Russia | Magnitogorsk

For Psychology

#1126 in Europe

#4951 in the World

Founded: 1934

98. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#1132 in Europe

#4980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1898

99. Moscow Polytech

Russia | Moscow

For Psychology

#1133 in Europe

#4993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1866

100. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Psychology

#1137 in Europe

#5005 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1962

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 Psychology59

Clinical Psychology24

Cognitive Science71

Education Majors106

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution8

Neuroscience131

Occupational Therapy10

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology5

Social Psychology146

Special Education5