Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Russia for Aesthetics

Focusing specifically on Aesthetics, our data science engine identified the 100 most influential universities in Russia. To determine these leaders, we isolated 1.13M specialized research publications which collectively generated 10.17M citations. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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1

Moscow

Moscow State University

For Aesthetics

#96 in Europe #256 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

2

Moscow

National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Aesthetics

#118 in Europe #319 in the World

19% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1992 Founded

3

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University

For Aesthetics

#187 in Europe #462 in the World

14% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1724 Founded

4

Moscow

RUDN University

For Aesthetics

#347 in Europe #848 in the World

60% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

5

Moscow

Moscow State Institute of International Relations

For Aesthetics

#446 in Europe #1153 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1944 Founded

6

Moscow

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

For Aesthetics

#452 in Europe #1176 in the World

10% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1977 Founded

7

Saint Petersburg

Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

For Aesthetics

#473 in Europe #1241 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1899 Founded

8

Moscow

National Research Nuclear University MEPI

For Aesthetics

#674 in Europe #2011 in the World

26% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

9

Saint Petersburg

Saint-Petersburg Mining University

For Aesthetics

#862 in Europe #2989 in the World

20% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1773 Founded

10

Ufa

Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Aesthetics

#926 in Europe #3264 in the World

50% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

11

Kemerovo

Kuzbass State Technical University

For Aesthetics

#968 in Europe #3496 in the World

59% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1950 Founded

12

Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk State University

For Aesthetics

#766 in Europe #2502 in the World

69% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

13

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

For Aesthetics

#1001 in Europe #3649 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1941 Founded

14

Moscow

Bauman Moscow State Technical University

For Aesthetics

#647 in Europe #1896 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1830 Founded

15

Rostov-on-Don

Southern Federal University

For Aesthetics

#433 in Europe #1111 in the World

22% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1915 Founded

16

Sevastopol

Sevastopol State University

For Aesthetics

#965 in Europe #3480 in the World

69% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

17

Barnaul

Altai State University

For Aesthetics

#705 in Europe #2219 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1973 Founded

18

Volgograd

Volgograd State Medical Academy

For Aesthetics

#1010 in Europe #3686 in the World

66% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1935 Founded

19

Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk State University

For Aesthetics

#841 in Europe #2848 in the World

58% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

20

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian Federal University

For Aesthetics

#552 in Europe #1519 in the World

38% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

2006 Founded

21

Moscow

Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

For Aesthetics

#933 in Europe #3303 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

22

Chelyabinsk

South Ural State University

For Aesthetics

#472 in Europe #1235 in the World

29% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

23

Saint Petersburg

Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

For Aesthetics

#1012 in Europe #3702 in the World

10% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1897 Founded

24

Moscow

Moscow Medical Academy

For Aesthetics

#607 in Europe #1719 in the World

56% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1758 Founded

25

Saransk

Ogarev Mordovia State University

For Aesthetics

#769 in Europe #2508 in the World

70% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

26

Stavropol

North Caucasus Federal University

For Aesthetics

#891 in Europe #3103 in the World

74% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

27

Irkutsk

Baikal State University

For Aesthetics

#884 in Europe #3072 in the World

84% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

28

Volgograd

Volgograd State University

For Aesthetics

#685 in Europe #2093 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1980 Founded

29

Ryazan

Ryazan State University

For Aesthetics

#1008 in Europe #3684 in the World

78% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1916 Founded

30

Omsk

Omsk State Pedagogical University

For Aesthetics

#898 in Europe #3127 in the World

52% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

31

Moscow

Moscow Polytech

For Aesthetics

#836 in Europe #2837 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1866 Founded

32

Gorno-Altaisk

Gorno-Altaisk State University

For Aesthetics

#906 in Europe #3189 in the World

60% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1993 Founded

33

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

For Aesthetics

#646 in Europe #1892 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1886 Founded

34

Moscow

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

For Aesthetics

#619 in Europe #1760 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1946 Founded

35

Tambov

Tambov State Technical University

For Aesthetics

#978 in Europe #3550 in the World

65% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

36

Tomsk

Siberian State Medical University

For Aesthetics

#1037 in Europe #3793 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1888 Founded

37

Irkutsk

Irkutsk State University

For Aesthetics

#709 in Europe #2235 in the World

50% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1918 Founded

38

Yekaterinburg

Ural Federal University

For Aesthetics

#350 in Europe #859 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

39

Saratov

Saratov State Technical University

For Aesthetics

#879 in Europe #3059 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

40

Omsk

Omsk State University

For Aesthetics

#748 in Europe #2430 in the World

65% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

41

Moscow

State University of Management

For Aesthetics

#757 in Europe #2464 in the World

46% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1919 Founded

42

Belgorod

Belgorod State Technological University

For Aesthetics

#832 in Europe #2819 in the World

70% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1954 Founded

43

Kaliningrad

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

For Aesthetics

#778 in Europe #2537 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

44

Saint Petersburg

European University at St. Petersburg

For Aesthetics

#812 in Europe #2712 in the World

20% Acceptance

600 Enrollment

1994 Founded

45

Nizhny Novgorod

Privolzhsky Research Medical University

For Aesthetics

#1033 in Europe #3776 in the World

65% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

46

Tambov

Tambov State University

For Aesthetics

#934 in Europe #3305 in the World

70% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

47

Tomsk

Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Aesthetics

#973 in Europe #3524 in the World

40% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1962 Founded

48

Kazan

Kazan State Technological University

For Aesthetics

#999 in Europe #3638 in the World

66% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1890 Founded

49

Saratov

Saratov State University

For Aesthetics

#465 in Europe #1210 in the World

33% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1909 Founded

50

Omsk

Omsk State Technical University

For Aesthetics

#914 in Europe #3209 in the World

61% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1942 Founded

51

Moscow

Russian State University for the Humanities

For Aesthetics

#543 in Europe #1485 in the World

29% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

52

Belgorod

Belgorod State University

For Aesthetics

#738 in Europe #2385 in the World

40% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1876 Founded

53

Krasnodar

Kuban State University of Technology

For Aesthetics

#1014 in Europe #3711 in the World

63% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

54

Saint Petersburg

ITMO University

For Aesthetics

#542 in Europe #1483 in the World

10% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1900 Founded

55

Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

For Aesthetics

#716 in Europe #2264 in the World

43% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1917 Founded

56

Tyumen

University of Tyumen

For Aesthetics

#673 in Europe #2010 in the World

48% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

57

Tomsk

Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Aesthetics

#635 in Europe #1837 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1896 Founded

58

Kazan

Kazan State Medical University

For Aesthetics

#1015 in Europe #3714 in the World

68% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1814 Founded

59

Smolensk

Smolensk State University

For Aesthetics

#1038 in Europe #3795 in the World

51% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

60

Perm

Perm State Technical University

For Aesthetics

#967 in Europe #3495 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

61

Moscow

Moscow State Pedagogical University

For Aesthetics

#555 in Europe #1534 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1872 Founded

62

Ivanovo

Ivanovo State University

For Aesthetics

#1020 in Europe #3726 in the World

68% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

63

Krasnodar

Kuban State Agricultural University

For Aesthetics

#904 in Europe #3161 in the World

84% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1922 Founded

64

Shakhty

South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

For Aesthetics

#1002 in Europe #3653 in the World

71% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

65

Nizhny Novgorod

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

For Aesthetics

#589 in Europe #1667 in the World

65% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1916 Founded

66

Veliky Novgorod

Novgorod State University

For Aesthetics

#668 in Europe #1988 in the World

54% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1993 Founded

67

Tomsk

Tomsk State University

For Aesthetics

#406 in Europe #1036 in the World

50% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1878 Founded

68

Kazan

Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev – KAI

For Aesthetics

#856 in Europe #2938 in the World

62% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1932 Founded

69

Ufa

Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Aesthetics

#1024 in Europe #3738 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

70

Perm

Perm State University

For Aesthetics

#823 in Europe #2781 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1916 Founded

71

Moscow

Russian National Research Medical University

For Aesthetics

#831 in Europe #2814 in the World

10% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

1906 Founded

72

Kemerovo

Kemerovo State University

For Aesthetics

#692 in Europe #2140 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

73

Krasnodar

Kuban State University

For Aesthetics

#794 in Europe #2611 in the World

67% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

74

Ulan-Ude

Buryat State University

For Aesthetics

#1041 in Europe #3811 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1932 Founded

75

Samara

Samara State Technical University

For Aesthetics

#844 in Europe #2855 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1914 Founded

76

Cheboksary

Chuvash State University

For Aesthetics

#908 in Europe #3196 in the World

64% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

77

Yakutsk

North-Eastern Federal University

For Aesthetics

#701 in Europe #2191 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1956 Founded

78

Kazan

Kazan Federal University

For Aesthetics

#358 in Europe #881 in the World

48% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1804 Founded

79

Ufa

Bashkir State University

For Aesthetics

#859 in Europe #2951 in the World

50% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1909 Founded

80

Saint Petersburg

Leningrad State University

For Aesthetics

#1027 in Europe #3748 in the World

69% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

81

Moscow

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

For Aesthetics

#516 in Europe #1380 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1907 Founded

82

Kursk

South-Western State University

For Aesthetics

#902 in Europe #3144 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

83

Maykop

Adyghe State University

For Aesthetics

#1021 in Europe #3728 in the World

55% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

84

Vladivostok

Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

For Aesthetics

#1009 in Europe #3685 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1967 Founded

85

Samara

Samara National Research University

For Aesthetics

#634 in Europe #1833 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

86

Elista

Kalmyk State University

For Aesthetics

#1044 in Europe #3834 in the World

71% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

87

Astrakhan

Astrakhan State University

For Aesthetics

#927 in Europe #3269 in the World

70% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

88

Kurgan

Kurgan State University

For Aesthetics

#1023 in Europe #3736 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1995 Founded

89

Voronezh

Voronezh State University

For Aesthetics

#746 in Europe #2416 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1918 Founded

90

Saint Petersburg

Russian State Hydrometeorological University

For Aesthetics

#982 in Europe #3567 in the World

68% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

91

Moscow

Moscow Aviation Institute

For Aesthetics

#767 in Europe #2503 in the World

14% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

92

Magnitogorsk

Magnitogorsk State Technical University

For Aesthetics

#948 in Europe #3377 in the World

60% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

93

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State Technical University

For Aesthetics

#661 in Europe #1966 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1950 Founded

94

Vladivostok

Far Eastern Federal University

For Aesthetics

#731 in Europe #2336 in the World

32% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1899 Founded

95

Tver

Tver State University

For Aesthetics

#929 in Europe #3283 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1870 Founded

96

Izhevsk

Udmurt State University

For Aesthetics

#997 in Europe #3630 in the World

81% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

97

Grozny

Chechen State University

For Aesthetics

#897 in Europe #3125 in the World

70% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1938 Founded

98

Moscow

Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

For Aesthetics

#1042 in Europe #3813 in the World

64% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1966 Founded

99

Arkhangelsk

Northern Arctic Federal University

For Aesthetics

#802 in Europe #2653 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

100

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

For Aesthetics

#890 in Europe #3094 in the World

61% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1832 Founded