We present a list of art universities in Russia for schoolchildren and students who have decided to enroll in bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in order to master the artistic specialty at a professional level.
In the list you will find prestigious highly specialized institutes with world stars among teachers and students and a rich history. Also on the list are art and pedagogical universities and art departments in classical universities. Determining in the choice of a university should be the format that you would like to do during your studies and after graduating from the university:
- An art academy or institute will help to form impeccable visual skills
- Multidisciplinary universities are suitable for those who want to combine several areas and be more competitive in the labor market.
Top art universities in Russia 2026 rankings
| 1 | Russian State University of Tourism and Service |
| 2 | Higher School of Economics University |
| 3 | Institute of Economics and Culture |
| 4 | Plekhanov Russian University of Economics |
| 5 | Moscow State Regional University |
| 6 | Russian State University for the Humanities |
| 7 | Moscow Financial and Industrial University "Synergy" |
| 8 | Institute of Contemporary Art |
| 9 | Kosygin Russian State University |
| 10 | Moscow Academy of Humanities and Technology |
| 11 | State University of Land Management |
| 12 | Gorky Literary Institute |
| 13 | St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences |
| 14 | Moscow University of Humanities and Economics |
| 15 | Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute at the Russian Academy of Arts |
| 16 | Bauman University |
| 17 | Moscow City Pedagogical University |
| 18 | National Research University "MEI" |
| 19 | National Institute of Business |
| 20 | Gerasimov All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography |
| 21 | Stroganov Moscow State Art and Industrial Academy |
| 22 | National Research University "Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology" |
| 23 | Moscow Polytechnic University |
| 24 | St. Tikhon's Orthodox University for the Humanities |
| 25 | Institute of Business and Design |
| 26 | Humanitarian and Environmental Institute |
| 27 | Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration |
| 28 | International Slavic Institute |
| 29 | MIREA – Russian Technological University |
| 30 | Institute of Humanitarian Education and Information Technologies |
| 31 | Moscow State Pedagogical University |
| 32 | International Academy of Business and Management |
| 33 | Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management |
| 34 | Sergey Andriyaka Academy of Watercolors and Fine Arts |
| 35 | Ilya Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture |
| 36 | National Institute of Design |
| 37 | Moscow Information Technology University – Moscow Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| 38 | Lomonosov Moscow State University |
| 39 | Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts |
| 40 | Moscow Art and Industrial Institute |
| 41 | St. Petersburg State University |
| 42 | St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences |
| 43 | Pushkin Leningrad State University |
| 44 | Herzen University |
| 45 | St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture |
| 46 | Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design |
| 47 | Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University named after S. M. Kirov |
| 48 | University under the Interparliamentary assambly of Eurasec |
| 49 | St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design |
| 50 | Baltic Institute of Ecology, Politics and Law |
| 51 | Russian State Hydrometeorological University |
| 52 | St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work |
| 53 | St. Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television |
| 54 | Baltic Institute of Foreign Languages and Intercultural Cooperation |
| 55 | Smolny Institute of the Russian Academy of Education |
| 56 | Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University |
| 57 | Institute of Television, Business and Design |
| 58 | Institute of Design, Applied Arts and Humanities Education |
| 59 | St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I. E. Repin at the Russian Academy of Arts |
| 60 | Higher School of Folk Arts |
| 61 | Novosibirsk State Technical University |
| 62 | Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University |
| 63 | Kryachkov Novosibirsk State University of Architecture, Design and Arts |
| 64 | Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin |
| 65 | Ural State Pedagogical University |
| 66 | Ural State University of Architecture and Art |
| 67 | Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University |
| 68 | Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| 69 | Timiryasov Kazan Innovative University |
| 70 | Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| 71 | Kazan Federal University |
| 72 | Russian-British Institute of Management |
| 73 | Chelyabinsk State Institute of Culture |
| 74 | Chelyabinsk State University |
| 75 | South Ural Professional Institute |
| 76 | South Ural State University |
| 77 | South Ural Institute of Management and Economics |
| 78 | Omsk University of Design and Technology |
| 79 | Omsk State Technical University |
| 80 | Omsk State Pedagogical University |
| 81 | Dostoevsky Omsk State University |
| 82 | Samara State Social and Pedagogical University |
| 83 | Samara State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| 84 | Samara Law Institute |
| 85 | Don State Technical University |
| 86 | Rostov State University of Civil Engineering |
| 87 | Southern Federal University |
| 88 | South-Russian Humanitarian Institute |
| 89 | Ufa State Petroleum Technical University |
| 90 | Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M. Akmullah |
| 91 | Eastern Economic and Legal Humanitarian Academy |
| 92 | Zagir Ismagilov Ufa State Institute of Arts |
| 93 | Astafyev Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University |
| 94 | Krasnoyarsk State Art Institute |
| 95 | Siberian Federal University |
