If you decide to enter the universities of Russia, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the best higher educational institutions of the country.
The list includes universities with a recognized international reputation and excellent programs for students in a variety of areas: social, natural science, technical and humanitarian fields.
Top 100 best universities in Russia 2026 rankings
| 1 | Lomonosov Moscow State University |
| 2 | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
| 3 | National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" |
| 4 | Saint Petersburg State University |
| 5 | HSE University |
| 6 | MGIMO University (Moscow State Institute of International Relations) |
| 7 | National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University |
| 8 | Bauman University |
| 9 | Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University |
| 10 | Novosibirsk National Research State University |
| 11 | Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration |
| 12 | Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin |
| 13 | National Research Tomsk State University |
| 14 | ITMO University |
| 15 | Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation |
| 16 | Kazan Federal University |
| 17 | National University of Science and Technological "MISIS" |
| 18 | Plekhanov Russian University of Economics |
| 19 | GUBKIN UNIVERSITY National University of Oil and Gas |
| 20 | Peoples ' Friendship University of Russia / RUDN University |
| 21 | Siberian Federal University |
| 22 | Sechenov University |
| 23 | Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University |
| 24 | National Research University "MEI" |
| 25 | Moscow Aviation Institute |
| 26 | Pavlov University |
| 27 | Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod |
| 28 | Far Eastern Federal University |
| 29 | All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia |
| 30 | Southern Federal University |
| 31 | North-Eastern Federal University named after M. K. Ammosov |
| 32 | Novosibirsk State Technical University |
| 33 | St. Petersburg State University of Economics |
| 34 | Moscow State Linguistic University |
| 35 | Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) |
| 36 | Ulyanov St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" |
| 37 | National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering |
| 38 | Korolev Samara National Research University / Samara University |
| 39 | Saint Petersburg Mining University |
| 40 | Siberian State Medical University |
| 41 | Kazan State Medical University |
| 42 | Voronezh State University |
| 43 | Samara State Medical University |
| 44 | Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev - KAI |
| 45 | Moscow State Pedagogical University |
| 46 | Herzen University |
| 47 | Belgorod State National Research University |
| 48 | Russian State University for the Humanities |
| 49 | Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics |
| 50 | Altai State University |
| 51 | Mendeleev Russian University of Chemical Technology |
| 52 | Shukhov Belgorod State Technological University |
| 53 | St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| 54 | Perm National Research Polytechnic University |
| 55 | Syzran Branch of the Samara State Technical University |
| 56 | Ufa State Petroleum Technical University |
| 57 | Dubna University |
| 58 | South Ural State University |
| 59 | Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University |
| 60 | National Research University "Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology" |
| 61 | Moscow State Technological University "STANKIN" |
| 62 | Stavropol State Agrarian University |
| 63 | Moscow Automobile and Road Engineering State Technical University |
| 64 | MIREA – Russian Technological University |
| 65 | Bashkir State Medical University |
| 66 | St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University |
| 67 | National Research Mordovian State University |
| 68 | Volgograd State University |
| 69 | Kursk State Medical University |
| 70 | Platov South Russian State Polytechnic University |
| 71 | Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy |
| 72 | Alekseev Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University |
| 73 | Technological University (MSTU) |
| 74 | Moscow State Regional University |
| 75 | State University of Management |
| 76 | Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| 77 | Tyumen Industrial University |
| 78 | Tyumen State University |
| 79 | Petrozavodsk State University |
| 80 | Moscow City Pedagogical University |
| 81 | Volgograd State Medical University |
| 82 | St. Petersburg State Maritime Technical University |
| 83 | Don State Technical University |
| 84 | Saratov State University |
| 85 | Ural State Medical University |
| 86 | Southwest State University |
| 87 | Razumovsky Saratov State Medical University |
| 88 | Ryazan State Medical University named after Academician I. P. Pavlov |
| 89 | Kazan National Research Technological University |
| 90 | Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University |
| 91 | Voronezh State Technical University |
| 92 | Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University |
| 93 | North Caucasus Federal University |
| 94 | Polzunov Altai State Technical University |
| 95 | Russian New University |
| 96 | Berbekov Kabardino-Balkar State University |
| 97 | Omsk State Medical University |
| 98 | Tyumen State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia |
| 99 | Ufa State Aviation Technical University |
| 100 | Pacific State University |
