Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Russia for Finance

If you are looking to study Finance in Russia, our index highlights the top 100 domain-leading institutions. Our methodology evaluated 908.8K subject-specific papers and 7.72M citations to find the strongest faculties. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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1

Moscow

National Research University Higher School of Economics

#205 in Europe #511 in the World

19% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1992 Founded

2

Moscow

Moscow State University

#56 in Europe #167 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

3

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University

#165 in Europe #393 in the World

14% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1724 Founded

4

Moscow

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

#541 in Europe #1431 in the World

10% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1977 Founded

5

Moscow

RUDN University

#408 in Europe #1027 in the World

60% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

6

Moscow

Moscow State Institute of International Relations

#591 in Europe #1592 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1944 Founded

7

Saint Petersburg

Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

#413 in Europe #1042 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1899 Founded

8

Saint Petersburg

Saint-Petersburg Mining University

#933 in Europe #3074 in the World

20% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1773 Founded

9

Ufa

Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

#1042 in Europe #3673 in the World

50% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

10

Kemerovo

Kuzbass State Technical University

#1198 in Europe #4549 in the World

59% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1950 Founded

11

Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk State University

#953 in Europe #3187 in the World

58% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

12

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian Federal University

#614 in Europe #1684 in the World

38% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

2006 Founded

13

Moscow

Moscow State Linguistic University

#1011 in Europe #3524 in the World

46% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1804 Founded

14

Belgorod

Belgorod State Technological University

#1209 in Europe #4645 in the World

70% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1954 Founded

15

Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk State University

#1027 in Europe #3618 in the World

69% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

16

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

#1000 in Europe #3458 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1941 Founded

17

Moscow

Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

#604 in Europe #1643 in the World

60% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1919 Founded

18

Tambov

Tambov State Technical University

#1145 in Europe #4268 in the World

65% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

19

Sevastopol

Sevastopol State University

#1221 in Europe #4723 in the World

69% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

20

Bryansk

Bryansk State University

#1516 in Europe #6523 in the World

56% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

21

Volgograd

Volgograd State University

#1089 in Europe #3935 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1980 Founded

22

Saratov

Saratov State Academy of Law

#1529 in Europe #6594 in the World

69% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

23

Omsk

Omsk State Agrarian University n.a. P. A. Stolypin

#1397 in Europe #5749 in the World

69% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

24

Moscow

Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

#1005 in Europe #3481 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

25

Belgorod

Belgorod State University

#983 in Europe #3344 in the World

40% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1876 Founded

26

Chelyabinsk

South Ural State University

#601 in Europe #1637 in the World

29% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

27

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

#726 in Europe #2108 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1886 Founded

28

Moscow

Bauman Moscow State Technical University

#510 in Europe #1324 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1830 Founded

29

Tambov

Tambov State University

#1134 in Europe #4200 in the World

70% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

30

Stavropol

Stavropol State Agrarian University

#1287 in Europe #5078 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

31

Irkutsk

Baikal State University

#1226 in Europe #4757 in the World

84% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

32

Yekaterinburg

Ural State Law Academy

#1451 in Europe #6091 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

33

Saratov

Saratov State Technical University

#979 in Europe #3325 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

34

Omsk

Omsk State University

#1154 in Europe #4328 in the World

65% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

35

Moscow

Russian State Agricultural University

#972 in Europe #3292 in the World

63% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1865 Founded

36

Kemerovo

Kemerovo State University

#992 in Europe #3384 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

37

Gorno-Altaisk

Gorno-Altaisk State University

#1458 in Europe #6120 in the World

60% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1993 Founded

38

Saint Petersburg

European University at St. Petersburg

#680 in Europe #1924 in the World

20% Acceptance

600 Enrollment

1994 Founded

39

Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

#997 in Europe #3446 in the World

43% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1917 Founded

40

Tyumen

University of Tyumen

#819 in Europe #2519 in the World

48% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

41

Stavropol

North Caucasus Federal University

#1031 in Europe #3639 in the World

74% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

42

Irkutsk

Irkutsk State University

#909 in Europe #2955 in the World

50% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1918 Founded

43

Yekaterinburg

Ural State University of Railway Transport

#1424 in Europe #5934 in the World

60% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

44

Saratov

Saratov State University

#677 in Europe #1915 in the World

33% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1909 Founded

45

Omsk

Omsk State Technical University

#1118 in Europe #4126 in the World

61% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1942 Founded

46

Moscow

Moscow Polytech

#944 in Europe #3139 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1866 Founded

47

Kursk

Kursk State Medical University

#1373 in Europe #5614 in the World

74% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1935 Founded

48

Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad State Technical University

#1260 in Europe #4950 in the World

63% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

49

Saint Petersburg

ITMO University

#433 in Europe #1123 in the World

10% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1900 Founded

50

Nizhny Novgorod

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

#658 in Europe #1837 in the World

65% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1916 Founded

51

Veliky Novgorod

Novgorod State University

#1017 in Europe #3563 in the World

54% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1993 Founded

52

Tomsk

Tomsk State Pedagogical University

#1201 in Europe #4562 in the World

60% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1902 Founded

53

Kazan

Kazan State Technological University

#1075 in Europe #3887 in the World

66% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1890 Founded

54

Yekaterinburg

Ural Federal University

#406 in Europe #1023 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

55

Smolensk

Smolensk State University

#1492 in Europe #6359 in the World

51% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

56

Perm

Perm State Technical University

#916 in Europe #3000 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

57

Moscow

State University of Management

#893 in Europe #2882 in the World

46% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1919 Founded

58

Kursk

Kursk State University

#1367 in Europe #5588 in the World

46% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

59

Kaliningrad

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

#881 in Europe #2809 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

60

Shakhty

South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

#1563 in Europe #6822 in the World

71% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

61

Samara

Samara State Technical University

#998 in Europe #3450 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1914 Founded

62

Cheboksary

Chuvash State University

#1124 in Europe #4159 in the World

64% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

63

Tomsk

Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

#908 in Europe #2954 in the World

40% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1962 Founded

64

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

65

Ufa

Ufa State Aviation Technical University

#1199 in Europe #4552 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

66

Perm

Perm State University

#856 in Europe #2711 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1916 Founded

67

Moscow

Russian State University for the Humanities

#865 in Europe #2752 in the World

29% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

68

Kursk

South-Western State University

#1160 in Europe #4359 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

69

Krasnodar

Kuban State University of Technology

#1262 in Europe #4961 in the World

63% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

70

Tula

Tula State University

#1525 in Europe #6562 in the World

60% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

71

Samara

Samara National Research University

#821 in Europe #2524 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

72

Elista

Kalmyk State University

#1578 in Europe #6904 in the World

71% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

73

Yakutsk

North-Eastern Federal University

#869 in Europe #2778 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1956 Founded

74

Kazan

Kazan Federal University

#392 in Europe #968 in the World

48% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1804 Founded

75

Ufa

Bashkir State University

#1106 in Europe #4033 in the World

50% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1909 Founded

76

Saint Petersburg

Leningrad State University

#1273 in Europe #5010 in the World

69% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

77

Moscow

Russian State University of Oil and Gas

#854 in Europe #2708 in the World

30% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

78

Magnitogorsk

Magnitogorsk State Technical University

#1234 in Europe #4804 in the World

60% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

79

Krasnodar

Kuban State Agricultural University

#1190 in Europe #4489 in the World

84% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1922 Founded

80

Vladivostok

Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

#1261 in Europe #4951 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1967 Founded

81

Syktyvkar

Syktyvkar State University

#1318 in Europe #5274 in the World

29% Acceptance

8,630 Enrollment

1972 Founded

82

Izhevsk

Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

#1176 in Europe #4407 in the World

68% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

83

Astrakhan

Astrakhan State Technical University

#1349 in Europe #5500 in the World

15% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

84

Kurgan

Kurgan State University

#1455 in Europe #6106 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1995 Founded

85

Voronezh

Voronezh State University

#758 in Europe #2277 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1918 Founded

86

Saint Petersburg

Russian State Hydrometeorological University

#1192 in Europe #4503 in the World

68% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

87

Moscow

Moscow State Pedagogical University

#765 in Europe #2312 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1872 Founded

88

Murmansk

Murmansk State Technical University

#1301 in Europe #5152 in the World

59% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

89

Krasnodar

Kuban State University

#930 in Europe #3069 in the World

67% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

90

Vladivostok

Far Eastern Federal University

#634 in Europe #1751 in the World

32% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1899 Founded

91

Tver

Tver State University

#1077 in Europe #3891 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1870 Founded

92

Izhevsk

Udmurt State University

#1102 in Europe #4009 in the World

81% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

93

Astrakhan

Astrakhan State University

#1307 in Europe #5191 in the World

70% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

94

Moscow

Moscow State Technological University “Stankin”

#1079 in Europe #3899 in the World

60% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

95

Yoshkar-Ola

Volga State University of Technology

#1340 in Europe #5437 in the World

60% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

96

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

97

Moscow

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

#657 in Europe #1835 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1907 Founded

98

Orenburg

Orenburg State University

#1151 in Europe #4310 in the World

62% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

99

Maykop

Adyghe State University

#1449 in Europe #6078 in the World

55% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

100

Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl State University

#1025 in Europe #3613 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded