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 | – |
| National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) | 308 | 401 | 801 |
| Higher School of Economics (HSE) | 308 | 301 | 601 |
| 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 | – |
| Samara University | 601 | 1201 | – |
| Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University | 601 | 1201 | – |
| Plekhanov Russian University of Economics | 651 | 501 | – |
| Sechenov University | 651 | 1001 | 601 |
| Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" | 751 | 1201 | – |
| Lobachevsky University | 751 | 1201 | – |
| University of Tyumen | 801 | 1201 | – |
| Ufa State Aviation Technical University | 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 | – |
| Saint-Petersburg Mining University | 801 | 401 | – |
| South Ural State University | 801 | 1001 | – |
| Voronezh State University | 1001 | 1201 | – |
| Kazan National Research Technological University | 1001 | 1201 | – |
| Belgorod State National Research University | 1001 | 1201 | – |
| Siberian Federal University | 1001 | 1001 | – |
| Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology | 1001 | – | – |
| Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia | 1001 | – | – |
| Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation | 1001 | – | – |
| Moscow Power Engineering Institute | 1201 | 1201 | – |
| Moscow Technological University | 1201 | 1201 | – |
| Irkutsk State University | 1201 | 1201 | – |
| Don State Technical University | 1201 | 501 | – |
| Russian State University for the Humanities | 1201 | – | – |
| 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 | – |
| 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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