Best Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Universities in Russia [2026 Rankings]

1

Moscow

Moscow State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#155 in Europe #376 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

2

Moscow

National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#163 in Europe #387 in the World

19% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1992 Founded

3

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#233 in Europe #572 in the World

14% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1724 Founded

4

Moscow

RUDN University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#445 in Europe #1198 in the World

60% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

5

Tomsk

Tomsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#453 in Europe #1221 in the World

50% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1878 Founded

6

Kazan

Kazan Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#457 in Europe #1234 in the World

48% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1804 Founded

7

Moscow

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#499 in Europe #1376 in the World

10% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1977 Founded

8

Moscow

Moscow State Institute of International Relations

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#503 in Europe #1382 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1944 Founded

9

Yekaterinburg

Ural Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#533 in Europe #1475 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

10

Moscow

Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#549 in Europe #1554 in the World

60% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1919 Founded

11

Rostov-on-Don

Southern Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#561 in Europe #1619 in the World

22% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1915 Founded

12

Saint Petersburg

Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#564 in Europe #1637 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1899 Founded

13

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#603 in Europe #1771 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1959 Founded

14

Saint Petersburg

ITMO University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#638 in Europe #1915 in the World

10% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1900 Founded

15

Tomsk

Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#652 in Europe #1977 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1896 Founded

16

Moscow

Moscow Medical Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#658 in Europe #1991 in the World

56% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1758 Founded

17

Moscow

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#674 in Europe #2074 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1946 Founded

18

Moscow

Moscow Aviation Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#680 in Europe #2090 in the World

14% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

19

Moscow

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#682 in Europe #2100 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1907 Founded

20

Moscow

Moscow State Pedagogical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#684 in Europe #2131 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1872 Founded

21

Chelyabinsk

South Ural State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#701 in Europe #2239 in the World

29% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

22

Moscow

Bauman Moscow State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#702 in Europe #2241 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1830 Founded

23

Moscow

National Research Nuclear University MEPI

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#715 in Europe #2284 in the World

26% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

24

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#728 in Europe #2355 in the World

38% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

2006 Founded

25

Saratov

Saratov State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#735 in Europe #2414 in the World

33% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1909 Founded

26

Samara

Samara National Research University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#739 in Europe #2437 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

27

Vladivostok

Far Eastern Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#788 in Europe #2704 in the World

32% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1899 Founded

28

Nizhny Novgorod

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#791 in Europe #2711 in the World

65% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1916 Founded

29

Volgograd

Volgograd State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#797 in Europe #2744 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1980 Founded

30

Moscow

N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#799 in Europe #2759 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

31

Moscow

Russian State University for the Humanities

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#811 in Europe #2828 in the World

29% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

32

Kemerovo

Kemerovo State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#834 in Europe #2946 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

33

Voronezh

Voronezh State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#839 in Europe #2975 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1918 Founded

34

Moscow

New Economic School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#847 in Europe #3020 in the World

66% Acceptance

1,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

35

Barnaul

Altai State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#853 in Europe #3039 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1973 Founded

36

Tyumen

University of Tyumen

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#855 in Europe #3044 in the World

48% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

37

Irkutsk

Baikal State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#856 in Europe #3055 in the World

84% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

38

Belgorod

Belgorod State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#857 in Europe #3062 in the World

40% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1876 Founded

39

Moscow

State University of Management

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#862 in Europe #3085 in the World

46% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1919 Founded

40

Moscow

Russian National Research Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#882 in Europe #3194 in the World

10% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

1906 Founded

41

Yakutsk

North-Eastern Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#889 in Europe #3240 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1956 Founded

42

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#896 in Europe #3270 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1950 Founded

43

Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#900 in Europe #3280 in the World

69% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

44

Ufa

Bashkir State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#903 in Europe #3322 in the World

50% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1909 Founded

45

Saint Petersburg

Leningrad State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#912 in Europe #3361 in the World

69% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

46

Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#914 in Europe #3373 in the World

43% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1917 Founded

47

Irkutsk

Irkutsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#921 in Europe #3415 in the World

50% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1918 Founded

48

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#924 in Europe #3427 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1886 Founded

49

Kaliningrad

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#933 in Europe #3457 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

50

Saransk

Ogarev Mordovia State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#935 in Europe #3463 in the World

70% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

51

Samara

Samara State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#941 in Europe #3485 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1914 Founded

52

Omsk

Omsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#945 in Europe #3504 in the World

65% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

53

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#947 in Europe #3510 in the World

94% Acceptance

12,500 Enrollment

1930 Founded

54

Veliky Novgorod

Novgorod State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#948 in Europe #3511 in the World

54% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1993 Founded

55

Saint Petersburg

Saint-Petersburg Mining University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#951 in Europe #3519 in the World

20% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1773 Founded

56

Arkhangelsk

Northern Arctic Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#957 in Europe #3541 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

57

Krasnodar

Kuban State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#963 in Europe #3584 in the World

67% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

58

Saint Petersburg

European University at St. Petersburg

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#966 in Europe #3605 in the World

20% Acceptance

600 Enrollment

1994 Founded

59

Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#971 in Europe #3650 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

60

Moscow

Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#977 in Europe #3701 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

61

Moscow

Moscow State Linguistic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#979 in Europe #3720 in the World

46% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1804 Founded

62

Stavropol

North Caucasus Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#981 in Europe #3724 in the World

74% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

63

Perm

Perm State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#983 in Europe #3733 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1916 Founded

64

Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#989 in Europe #3805 in the World

58% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

65

Penza

Penza State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#990 in Europe #3806 in the World

72% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

66

Perm

Perm State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1005 in Europe #3869 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

67

Grozny

Chechen State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1010 in Europe #3921 in the World

70% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1938 Founded

68

Krasnodar

Kuban State Agricultural University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1014 in Europe #3934 in the World

84% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1922 Founded

69

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1020 in Europe #3964 in the World

61% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1832 Founded

70

Tambov

Tambov State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1023 in Europe #3976 in the World

70% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

71

Saint Petersburg

Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1024 in Europe #3978 in the World

10% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1897 Founded

72

Belgorod

Belgorod State Technological University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1027 in Europe #4014 in the World

70% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1954 Founded

73

Kazan

Kazan State Technological University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1030 in Europe #4026 in the World

66% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1890 Founded

74

Moscow

Russian State Social University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1035 in Europe #4043 in the World

72% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

75

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian State Aerospace University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1043 in Europe #4101 in the World

75% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1960 Founded

76

Shakhty

South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1058 in Europe #4177 in the World

71% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

77

Moscow

Moscow Polytech

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1063 in Europe #4231 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1866 Founded

78

Cheboksary

Chuvash State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1067 in Europe #4256 in the World

64% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

79

Tomsk

Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1071 in Europe #4275 in the World

60% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1902 Founded

80

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1074 in Europe #4281 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1941 Founded

81

Ufa

Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1078 in Europe #4311 in the World

50% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

82

Tambov

Tambov State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1085 in Europe #4336 in the World

65% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

83

Tomsk

Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1095 in Europe #4390 in the World

40% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1962 Founded

84

Orenburg

Orenburg State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1096 in Europe #4398 in the World

62% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

85

Ufa

Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1097 in Europe #4400 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

86

Yekaterinburg

Ural State Law Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1100 in Europe #4433 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

87

Izhevsk

Udmurt State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1108 in Europe #4469 in the World

81% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

88

Kursk

South-Western State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1109 in Europe #4471 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

89

Magnitogorsk

Magnitogorsk State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1114 in Europe #4482 in the World

60% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

90

Kursk

Kursk State Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1118 in Europe #4502 in the World

74% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1935 Founded

91

Kazan

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

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1124 in Europe #4518 in the World

62% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1932 Founded

92

Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1126 in Europe #4525 in the World

69% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1988 Founded

93

Kazan

Kazan State Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1132 in Europe #4543 in the World

68% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1814 Founded

94

Kemerovo

Kuzbass State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1135 in Europe #4550 in the World

59% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1950 Founded

95

Vladivostok

Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1138 in Europe #4562 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1967 Founded

96

Saratov

Saratov State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1141 in Europe #4574 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

97

Omsk

Omsk State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1142 in Europe #4580 in the World

61% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1942 Founded

98

Volgograd

Volgograd State Medical Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1143 in Europe #4590 in the World

66% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1935 Founded

99

Blagoveshchensk

Amur State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1156 in Europe #4681 in the World

50% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1975 Founded

100

Saint Petersburg

Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1157 in Europe #4691 in the World

44% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

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