Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

71 Best Universities in Russia for Evolutionary

Focusing specifically on Evolutionary, our data science engine identified the 71 most influential universities in Russia. Our methodology evaluated 1.08M subject-specific papers and 10.37M citations to find the strongest faculties. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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1

Moscow

Moscow State University

#56 in Europe #167 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

2

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University

#165 in Europe #393 in the World

14% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1724 Founded

3

Moscow

National Research University Higher School of Economics

#205 in Europe #511 in the World

19% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1992 Founded

4

Moscow

National Research Nuclear University MEPI

#427 in Europe #1102 in the World

26% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

5

Moscow

RUDN University

#408 in Europe #1027 in the World

60% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

6

Saint Petersburg

Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

#413 in Europe #1042 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1899 Founded

7

Moscow

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

#541 in Europe #1431 in the World

10% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1977 Founded

8

Moscow

Moscow State Institute of International Relations

#591 in Europe #1592 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1944 Founded

9

Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad State Technical University

#1260 in Europe #4950 in the World

63% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

10

Moscow

Russian National Research Medical University

#711 in Europe #2061 in the World

10% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

1906 Founded

11

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian State Aerospace University

#1388 in Europe #5700 in the World

75% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1960 Founded

12

Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk State University

#1057 in Europe #3786 in the World

69% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1988 Founded

13

Izhevsk

Udmurt State University

#1102 in Europe #4009 in the World

81% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

14

Tula

Tula State University

#1525 in Europe #6562 in the World

60% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

15

Kaliningrad

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

#881 in Europe #2809 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

16

Moscow

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

#657 in Europe #1835 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1907 Founded

17

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian Federal University

#614 in Europe #1684 in the World

38% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

2006 Founded

18

Volgograd

Volgograd State University

#1089 in Europe #3935 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1980 Founded

19

Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk State University

#953 in Europe #3187 in the World

58% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

20

Vladivostok

Far Eastern Federal University

#634 in Europe #1751 in the World

32% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1899 Founded

21

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State Technical University

#788 in Europe #2403 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1950 Founded

22

Moscow

Moscow Aviation Institute

#643 in Europe #1781 in the World

14% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

23

Omsk

Omsk State University

#1154 in Europe #4328 in the World

65% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

24

Yekaterinburg

Ural Federal University

#406 in Europe #1023 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

25

Saratov

Saratov State Technical University

#979 in Europe #3325 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

26

Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl State University

#1025 in Europe #3613 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

27

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State University

#384 in Europe #948 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1959 Founded

28

Moscow

N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute

#607 in Europe #1649 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

29

Omsk

Omsk State Technical University

#1118 in Europe #4126 in the World

61% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1942 Founded

30

Saratov

Saratov State University

#677 in Europe #1915 in the World

33% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1909 Founded

31

Barnaul

Altai State University

#750 in Europe #2238 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1973 Founded

32

Penza

Penza State University

#1041 in Europe #3669 in the World

72% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

33

Moscow

Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

#604 in Europe #1643 in the World

60% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1919 Founded

34

Belgorod

Belgorod State University

#983 in Europe #3344 in the World

40% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1876 Founded

35

Perm

Perm State Technical University

#916 in Europe #3000 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

36

Ufa

Ufa State Aviation Technical University

#1199 in Europe #4552 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

37

Irkutsk

Irkutsk State University

#909 in Europe #2955 in the World

50% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1918 Founded

38

Stavropol

North Caucasus Federal University

#1031 in Europe #3639 in the World

74% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

39

Moscow

Bauman Moscow State Technical University

#510 in Europe #1324 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1830 Founded

40

Kemerovo

Kemerovo State University

#992 in Europe #3384 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

41

Perm

Perm State University

#856 in Europe #2711 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1916 Founded

42

Ufa

Bashkir State University

#1106 in Europe #4033 in the World

50% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1909 Founded

43

Kazan

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

#1020 in Europe #3569 in the World

62% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1932 Founded

44

Tomsk

Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

#908 in Europe #2954 in the World

40% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1962 Founded

45

Moscow

Moscow Medical Academy

#428 in Europe #1106 in the World

56% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1758 Founded

46

Rostov-on-Don

Southern Federal University

#553 in Europe #1468 in the World

22% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1915 Founded

47

Saint Petersburg

Leningrad State University

#1273 in Europe #5010 in the World

69% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

48

Voronezh

Voronezh State University

#758 in Europe #2277 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1918 Founded

49

Kazan

Kazan Federal University

#392 in Europe #968 in the World

48% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1804 Founded

50

Tomsk

Tomsk Polytechnic University

#493 in Europe #1271 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1896 Founded

51

Moscow

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

#350 in Europe #857 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1946 Founded

52

Saransk

Ogarev Mordovia State University

#973 in Europe #3295 in the World

70% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

53

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

#1091 in Europe #3943 in the World

61% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1832 Founded

54

Arkhangelsk

Northern Arctic Federal University

#984 in Europe #3346 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

55

Moscow

Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

#1005 in Europe #3481 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

56

Tomsk

Tomsk State University

#320 in Europe #776 in the World

50% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1878 Founded

57

Nizhny Novgorod

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

#658 in Europe #1837 in the World

65% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1916 Founded

58

Tambov

Tambov State University

#1134 in Europe #4200 in the World

70% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

59

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

#1000 in Europe #3458 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1941 Founded

60

Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk State University

#1027 in Europe #3618 in the World

69% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

61

Moscow

Russian State University for the Humanities

#865 in Europe #2752 in the World

29% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

62

Yakutsk

North-Eastern Federal University

#869 in Europe #2778 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1956 Founded

63

Samara

Samara State Technical University

#998 in Europe #3450 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1914 Founded

64

Tyumen

University of Tyumen

#819 in Europe #2519 in the World

48% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

65

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

#726 in Europe #2108 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1886 Founded

66

Chelyabinsk

South Ural State University

#601 in Europe #1637 in the World

29% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

67

Moscow

Moscow State Pedagogical University

#765 in Europe #2312 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1872 Founded

68

Cherepovets

Cherepovets State University

#1441 in Europe #6017 in the World

52% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

69

Samara

Samara National Research University

#821 in Europe #2524 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

70

Veliky Novgorod

Novgorod State University

#1017 in Europe #3563 in the World

54% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1993 Founded

71

Saint Petersburg

ITMO University

#433 in Europe #1123 in the World

10% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1900 Founded