Rankings: The 70 best universities in Russia for 2023/2024
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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 2023 | THE Ranking 2022 | ARWU Ranking 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) | 75 | 158 | 101 |
| Bauman Moscow State Technical University | 230 | 801 | – |
| Novosibirsk State University | 260 | 801 | 701 |
| Tomsk State University | 264 | 601 | 701 |
| Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) | 267 | 201 | 501 |
| St Petersburg University | 270 | 601 | 301 |
| Peoples' Friendship University of Russia | 295 | 601 | – |
| Higher School of Economics (HSE) | 308 | 301 | 601 |
| National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) | 308 | 401 | 801 |
| Kazan Federal University | 322 | 801 | – |
| Ural Federal University | 335 | 1001 | 701 |
| MGIMO University | 345 | – | – |
| ITMO University | 359 | 601 | – |
| Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University | 382 | 301 | – |
| Tomsk Polytechnic University | 398 | 801 | – |
| Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) | 434 | 1201 | – |
| National University of Science and Technology MISiS | 467 | 601 | – |
| Altai State University | 521 | – | – |
| Southern Federal University | 541 | 1201 | – |
| Saratov State University | 551 | 1201 | – |
| Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University | 601 | 1201 | – |
| Samara University | 601 | 1201 | – |
| Plekhanov Russian University of Economics | 651 | 501 | – |
| Sechenov University | 651 | 1001 | 601 |
| Lobachevsky University | 751 | 1201 | – |
| Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" | 751 | 1201 | – |
| Saint-Petersburg Mining University | 801 | 401 | – |
| South Ural State University | 801 | 1001 | – |
| Novosibirsk State Technical University | 801 | 1201 | – |
| Perm State University | 801 | 1201 | – |
| Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) | 801 | 1201 | – |
| Ufa State Aviation Technical University | 801 | 1201 | – |
| University of Tyumen | 801 | 1201 | – |
| Siberian Federal University | 1001 | 1001 | – |
| Belgorod State National Research University | 1001 | 1201 | – |
| Kazan National Research Technological University | 1001 | 1201 | – |
| Voronezh State University | 1001 | 1201 | – |
| Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation | 1001 | – | – |
| Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia | 1001 | – | – |
| Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology | 1001 | – | – |
| Don State Technical University | 1201 | 501 | – |
| Irkutsk State University | 1201 | 1201 | – |
| Moscow Technological University | 1201 | 1201 | – |
| Moscow Power Engineering Institute | 1201 | 1201 | – |
| Moscow City University | 1201 | – | – |
| Moscow Pedagogical State University | 1201 | – | – |
| Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy | 1201 | – | – |
| Russian State University for the Humanities | 1201 | – | – |
| Moscow State University of Civil Engineering | – | 601 | – |
| Volgograd State Technical University | – | 1001 | – |
| Bashkir State University | – | 1201 | – |
| Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas | – | 1201 | – |
| Kazan National Research Technical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Moscow Aviation Institute | – | 1201 | – |
| National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET) | – | 1201 | – |
| North-Eastern Federal University | – | 1201 | – |
| Omsk State Technical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Perm National Research Polytechnic University | – | 1201 | – |
| Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Samara State Technical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics | – | 1201 | – |
| Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology | – | 1201 | – |
| Moscow Polytechnic University | – | 1201 | – |
| Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Privolzhsky Research Medical University | – | 1201 | – |
| Southwest State University | – | 1201 | – |
| Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov (SSTU) | – | 1201 | – |
| Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology | – | – | 701 |
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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