Rankings: The 69 best universities in Russia for 2022/2023
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Russia has a long history of top-quality academic research and teaching. More and more students are drawn to this exciting country every year.
The preeminent institution is Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), firmly ranked among the 100 best universities in the world. There are also many technical universities and engineering schools in Russia that enjoy a global reputation in their disciplines.
And expect more Russian universities to keep climbing the international rankings: “Project 5-100”, an official government initiative, aims at pushing at least five institutions into the world’s top 100.
| University | QS Ranking 2022 | THE Ranking 2022 | ARWU Ranking 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) | 78 | 158 | 97 |
| St Petersburg University | 242 | 601 | 301 |
| Novosibirsk State University | 246 | 801 | 601 |
| Tomsk State University | 272 | 601 | 901 |
| Bauman Moscow State Technical University | 281 | 801 | – |
| Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) | 290 | 201 | 501 |
| Higher School of Economics (HSE) | 305 | 301 | 601 |
| Peoples' Friendship University of Russia | 317 | 601 | – |
| National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) | 319 | 401 | 701 |
| Kazan Federal University | 347 | 801 | – |
| Ural Federal University | 351 | 1001 | 701 |
| MGIMO University | 362 | – | – |
| ITMO University | 365 | 601 | – |
| Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University | 393 | 301 | – |
| Tomsk Polytechnic University | 395 | 801 | – |
| Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) | 461 | 1201 | – |
| National University of Science and Technology MISiS | 487 | 601 | – |
| Southern Federal University | 531 | 1201 | – |
| Saratov State University | 531 | 1201 | – |
| Altai State University | 561 | – | – |
| Samara University | 581 | 1201 | – |
| Lobachevsky University | 651 | 1201 | – |
| Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University | 651 | 1201 | – |
| Sechenov University | 651 | 1001 | 801 |
| Ufa State Aviation Technical University | 701 | 1201 | – |
| Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" | 701 | 1201 | – |
| Plekhanov Russian University of Economics | 701 | 501 | – |
| University of Tyumen | 801 | 1201 | – |
| Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) | 801 | 1201 | – |
| Perm State University | 801 | 1201 | – |
| Novosibirsk State Technical University | 801 | 1201 | – |
| Kazan National Research Technological University | 801 | 1201 | – |
| South Ural State University | 801 | 1001 | – |
| Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology | 801 | – | – |
| Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation | 801 | – | – |
| Voronezh State University | 1001 | 1201 | – |
| Irkutsk State University | 1001 | 1201 | – |
| Belgorod State National Research University | 1001 | 1201 | – |
| Saint-Petersburg Mining University | 1001 | 401 | – |
| Siberian Federal University | 1001 | 1001 | – |
| Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia | 1001 | – | – |
| Russian State University for the Humanities | 1001 | – | – |
| Moscow Power Engineering Institute | 1201 | 1201 | – |
| Moscow Technological University | 1201 | 1201 | – |
| Don State Technical University | 1201 | 501 | – |
| Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy | 1201 | – | – |
| Moscow Pedagogical State University | 1201 | – | – |
| Moscow City University | 1201 | – | – |
| Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov (SSTU) | – | 1201 | – |
| Southwest State University | – | 1201 | – |
| Privolzhsky Research Medical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Moscow Polytechnic University | – | 1201 | – |
| Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology | – | 1201 | – |
| Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics | – | 1201 | – |
| Samara State Technical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Perm National Research Polytechnic University | – | 1201 | – |
| Omsk State Technical University | – | 1201 | – |
| North-Eastern Federal University | – | 1201 | – |
| National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET) | – | 1201 | – |
| Moscow Aviation Institute | – | 1201 | – |
| Kazan National Research Technical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas | – | 1201 | – |
| Bashkir State University | – | 1201 | – |
| Moscow State University of Civil Engineering | – | 601 | – |
| Volgograd State Technical University | – | 1001 | – |
The QS World University Rankings are among the most important, most-referenced rankings. The QS ranking relies heavily on its academic survey, asking thousands of academics worldwide about the reputation of universities.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings (or the THE Rankings for short) compile a wide range of statistics. Equal weight is put on teaching quality, research excellence, and research impact through citations (meaning how often a university’s research is referenced elsewhere).
The Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (often just Shanghai Ranking, or ARWU) focuses on research output and quality, for example measured by the number of published and cited scientific papers and the number of staff or alumni winning the Nobel Prize or Fields Medal.
Plenty of exciting study options await international students in the largest country on earth: Russia offers high-quality education at world-renowned institutions, and is rapidly internationalising its university sector. Dozens of Russian universities offer a variety of study programmes in English.
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