Best Earth science and Geoscience Universities in Russia [2026 Rankings]

1

Moscow

Moscow State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#26 in Europe #105 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

2

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#130 in Europe #358 in the World

14% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1724 Founded

3

Saint Petersburg

Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#355 in Europe #1061 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1899 Founded

4

Moscow

National Research Nuclear University MEPI

For Earth science and Geoscience

#433 in Europe #1399 in the World

26% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

5

Saint Petersburg

Saint-Petersburg Mining University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#470 in Europe #1546 in the World

20% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1773 Founded

6

Ufa

Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#477 in Europe #1578 in the World

50% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

7

Moscow

RUDN University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#544 in Europe #1864 in the World

60% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

8

Moscow

National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Earth science and Geoscience

#556 in Europe #1916 in the World

19% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1992 Founded

9

Kemerovo

Kuzbass State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#801 in Europe #3188 in the World

59% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1950 Founded

10

Izhevsk

Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#909 in Europe #3770 in the World

68% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

11

Astrakhan

Astrakhan State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#926 in Europe #3831 in the World

15% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

12

Moscow

Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

For Earth science and Geoscience

#673 in Europe #2477 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

13

Yoshkar-Ola

Volga State University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#761 in Europe #3029 in the World

60% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

14

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#689 in Europe #2590 in the World

50% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1828 Founded

15

Moscow

Bauman Moscow State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#429 in Europe #1373 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1830 Founded

16

Magnitogorsk

Magnitogorsk State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#717 in Europe #2767 in the World

60% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

17

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#522 in Europe #1771 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1950 Founded

18

Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#914 in Europe #3790 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

19

Yekaterinburg

Ural State Mining University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#753 in Europe #2993 in the World

60% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1914 Founded

20

Izhevsk

Udmurt State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#880 in Europe #3634 in the World

81% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

21

Astrakhan

Astrakhan State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#920 in Europe #3807 in the World

70% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

22

Moscow

National Research University of Electronic Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#825 in Europe #3302 in the World

46% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1965 Founded

23

Arkhangelsk

Northern Arctic Federal University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#527 in Europe #1809 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

24

Saint Petersburg

Russian State Hydrometeorological University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#615 in Europe #2227 in the World

68% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

25

Moscow

Moscow Medical Academy

For Earth science and Geoscience

#833 in Europe #3384 in the World

56% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1758 Founded

26

Murmansk

Murmansk State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#676 in Europe #2491 in the World

59% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

27

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#196 in Europe #538 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1959 Founded

28

Barnaul

Polzunov Altai State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#856 in Europe #3509 in the World

70% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1942 Founded

29

Yekaterinburg

Ural Federal University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#368 in Europe #1103 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

30

Khabarovsk

Pacific National University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#922 in Europe #3811 in the World

74% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1958 Founded

31

Cherepovets

Cherepovets State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#736 in Europe #2898 in the World

52% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

32

Moscow

Russian State Agricultural University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#892 in Europe #3711 in the World

63% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1865 Founded

33

Blagoveshchensk

Amur State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#917 in Europe #3799 in the World

50% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1975 Founded

34

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

For Earth science and Geoscience

#792 in Europe #3156 in the World

61% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1832 Founded

35

Moscow

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#360 in Europe #1077 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1946 Founded

36

Orenburg

Orenburg State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#905 in Europe #3746 in the World

62% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

37

Penza

Penza State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#898 in Europe #3725 in the World

72% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

38

Barnaul

Altai State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#738 in Europe #2902 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1973 Founded

39

Novokuznetsk

Siberian State Industrial University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#829 in Europe #3349 in the World

60% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1930 Founded

40

Grozny

Chechen State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#900 in Europe #3730 in the World

70% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1938 Founded

41

Moscow

Moscow Polytech

For Earth science and Geoscience

#770 in Europe #3056 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1866 Founded

42

Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#799 in Europe #3183 in the World

69% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

43

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

For Earth science and Geoscience

#779 in Europe #3101 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1941 Founded

44

Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#571 in Europe #2000 in the World

43% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1917 Founded

45

Rostov-on-Don

Southern Federal University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#328 in Europe #976 in the World

22% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1915 Founded

46

Stavropol

North Caucasus Federal University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#776 in Europe #3086 in the World

74% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

47

Irkutsk

Baikal State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#895 in Europe #3719 in the World

84% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

48

Oryol

Orel State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#925 in Europe #3825 in the World

66% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

49

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian State Aerospace University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#730 in Europe #2867 in the World

75% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1960 Founded

50

Moscow

Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

For Earth science and Geoscience

#658 in Europe #2390 in the World

46% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1898 Founded

51

Chelyabinsk

South Ural State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#483 in Europe #1616 in the World

29% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

52

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#643 in Europe #2344 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1886 Founded

53

Nizhny Novgorod

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

For Earth science and Geoscience

#540 in Europe #1839 in the World

65% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1916 Founded

54

Saransk

Ogarev Mordovia State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#849 in Europe #3439 in the World

70% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

55

Tomsk

Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building

For Earth science and Geoscience

#702 in Europe #2673 in the World

43% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1952 Founded

56

Irkutsk

Irkutsk State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#486 in Europe #1625 in the World

50% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1918 Founded

57

Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#811 in Europe #3237 in the World

58% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

58

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian Federal University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#466 in Europe #1524 in the World

38% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

2006 Founded

59

Moscow

Russian State University of Oil and Gas

For Earth science and Geoscience

#473 in Europe #1565 in the World

30% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

60

Gorno-Altaisk

Gorno-Altaisk State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#883 in Europe #3650 in the World

60% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1993 Founded

61

Saint Petersburg

ITMO University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#450 in Europe #1467 in the World

10% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1900 Founded

62

Samara

Samara State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#701 in Europe #2671 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1914 Founded

63

Tambov

Tambov State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#831 in Europe #3356 in the World

65% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

64

Tomsk

Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Earth science and Geoscience

#804 in Europe #3197 in the World

40% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1962 Founded

65

Kazan

Kazan State Technological University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#734 in Europe #2893 in the World

66% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1890 Founded

66

Saratov

Saratov State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#708 in Europe #2719 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

67

Omsk

Omsk State Transport University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#843 in Europe #3411 in the World

58% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1899 Founded

68

Moscow

Moscow State Pedagogical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#671 in Europe #2463 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1872 Founded

69

Belgorod

Belgorod State Technological University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#627 in Europe #2292 in the World

70% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1954 Founded

70

Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#743 in Europe #2925 in the World

63% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

71

Shakhty

South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

For Earth science and Geoscience

#854 in Europe #3489 in the World

71% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

72

Samara

Samara National Research University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#567 in Europe #1990 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

73

Tyumen

University of Tyumen

For Earth science and Geoscience

#609 in Europe #2195 in the World

48% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

74

Tomsk

Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#294 in Europe #855 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1896 Founded

75

Kazan

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

For Earth science and Geoscience

#732 in Europe #2872 in the World

62% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1932 Founded

76

Saratov

Saratov State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#490 in Europe #1635 in the World

33% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1909 Founded

77

Omsk

Omsk State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#802 in Europe #3189 in the World

61% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1942 Founded

78

Moscow

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

For Earth science and Geoscience

#911 in Europe #3778 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1907 Founded

79

Belgorod

Belgorod State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#367 in Europe #1100 in the World

40% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1876 Founded

80

Kaliningrad

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#569 in Europe #1997 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

81

Tula

Tula State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#810 in Europe #3234 in the World

60% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

82

Syktyvkar

Syktyvkar State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#882 in Europe #3641 in the World

29% Acceptance

8,630 Enrollment

1972 Founded

83

Veliky Novgorod

Novgorod State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#638 in Europe #2326 in the World

54% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1993 Founded

84

Tomsk

Tomsk State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#209 in Europe #571 in the World

50% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1878 Founded

85

Kazan

Kazan Federal University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#239 in Europe #671 in the World

48% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1804 Founded

86

Ufa

Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#198 in Europe #542 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

87

Perm

Perm State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#548 in Europe #1883 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

88

Moscow

Moscow Aviation Institute

For Earth science and Geoscience

#530 in Europe #1812 in the World

14% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

89

Ivanovo

Ivanovo State Power University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#820 in Europe #3276 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1918 Founded

90

Krasnodar

Kuban State University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#862 in Europe #3554 in the World

63% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

91

Ulan-Ude

Buryat State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#655 in Europe #2381 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1932 Founded

92

Tver

Tver State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#915 in Europe #3795 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1870 Founded

93

Angarsk

Angarsk State Technical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#919 in Europe #3801 in the World

52% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1991 Founded

94

Yakutsk

North-Eastern Federal University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#552 in Europe #1901 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1956 Founded

95

Moscow

Russian State Geological Prospecting University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#518 in Europe #1753 in the World

74% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

96

Ufa

Bashkir State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#675 in Europe #2485 in the World

50% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1909 Founded

97

Perm

Perm State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#626 in Europe #2280 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1916 Founded

98

Moscow

N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute

For Earth science and Geoscience

#471 in Europe #1548 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

99

Kemerovo

Kemerovo State University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#805 in Europe #3211 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

100

Krasnodar

Kuban State Agricultural University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#759 in Europe #3020 in the World

84% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1922 Founded

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