Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Russia for Machine Learning

Focusing specifically on Machine Learning, our data science engine identified the 100 most influential universities in Russia. Our methodology evaluated 980K subject-specific papers and 8.94M citations to find the strongest faculties. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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Moscow

Moscow State University

For Machine Learning

#174 in Europe #515 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

2

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University

For Machine Learning

#193 in Europe #570 in the World

14% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1724 Founded

3

Moscow

National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Machine Learning

#200 in Europe #582 in the World

19% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1992 Founded

4

Saint Petersburg

Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

For Machine Learning

#441 in Europe #1459 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1899 Founded

5

Moscow

RUDN University

For Machine Learning

#523 in Europe #1746 in the World

60% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

6

Moscow

National Research Nuclear University MEPI

For Machine Learning

#558 in Europe #1922 in the World

26% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

7

Moscow

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

For Machine Learning

#802 in Europe #3210 in the World

10% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1977 Founded

8

Ufa

Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Machine Learning

#854 in Europe #3486 in the World

50% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

9

Saint Petersburg

Saint-Petersburg Mining University

For Machine Learning

#870 in Europe #3583 in the World

20% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1773 Founded

10

Moscow

Moscow State Institute of International Relations

For Machine Learning

#936 in Europe #3906 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1944 Founded

11

Kemerovo

Kuzbass State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#1164 in Europe #5069 in the World

59% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1950 Founded

12

Kemerovo

Kemerovo State University

For Machine Learning

#985 in Europe #4136 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

13

Chelyabinsk

South Ural State University

For Machine Learning

#528 in Europe #1765 in the World

29% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

14

Perm

Perm State University

For Machine Learning

#940 in Europe #3925 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1916 Founded

15

Moscow

State University of Management

For Machine Learning

#884 in Europe #3654 in the World

46% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1919 Founded

16

Tambov

Tambov State University

For Machine Learning

#1122 in Europe #4821 in the World

70% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

17

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State University

For Machine Learning

#551 in Europe #1886 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1959 Founded

18

Saint Petersburg

ITMO University

For Machine Learning

#369 in Europe #1160 in the World

10% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1900 Founded

19

Nizhny Novgorod

Privolzhsky Research Medical University

For Machine Learning

#1149 in Europe #4961 in the World

65% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

20

Saratov

Saratov State University

For Machine Learning

#635 in Europe #2308 in the World

33% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1909 Founded

21

Astrakhan

Astrakhan State University

For Machine Learning

#1225 in Europe #5317 in the World

70% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

22

Kazan

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

For Machine Learning

#772 in Europe #3068 in the World

62% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1932 Founded

23

Yekaterinburg

Ural State University of Railway Transport

For Machine Learning

#1207 in Europe #5265 in the World

60% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

24

Kursk

Kursk State Medical University

For Machine Learning

#1215 in Europe #5294 in the World

74% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1935 Founded

25

Gorno-Altaisk

Gorno-Altaisk State University

For Machine Learning

#1158 in Europe #5025 in the World

60% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1993 Founded

26

Saint Petersburg

Leningrad State University

For Machine Learning

#1084 in Europe #4665 in the World

69% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

27

Moscow

Russian State University for the Humanities

For Machine Learning

#1176 in Europe #5139 in the World

29% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

28

Tyumen

University of Tyumen

For Machine Learning

#983 in Europe #4131 in the World

48% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

29

Penza

Penza State University

For Machine Learning

#908 in Europe #3783 in the World

72% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

30

Shakhty

South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

For Machine Learning

#998 in Europe #4219 in the World

71% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

31

Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#776 in Europe #3076 in the World

43% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1917 Founded

32

Smolensk

Smolensk State University

For Machine Learning

#1238 in Europe #5399 in the World

51% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

33

Cherepovets

Cherepovets State University

For Machine Learning

#1247 in Europe #5448 in the World

52% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

34

Kazan

Kazan Federal University

For Machine Learning

#453 in Europe #1512 in the World

48% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1804 Founded

35

Yekaterinburg

Ural Federal University

For Machine Learning

#461 in Europe #1540 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

36

Kursk

Kursk State University

For Machine Learning

#1196 in Europe #5226 in the World

46% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

37

Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#1234 in Europe #5347 in the World

63% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

38

Saint Petersburg

Russian State Hydrometeorological University

For Machine Learning

#1185 in Europe #5170 in the World

68% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

39

Moscow

Moscow State Pedagogical University

For Machine Learning

#995 in Europe #4214 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1872 Founded

40

Veliky Novgorod

Novgorod State University

For Machine Learning

#739 in Europe #2911 in the World

54% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1993 Founded

41

Sevastopol

Sevastopol State University

For Machine Learning

#1050 in Europe #4497 in the World

69% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

42

Tula

Tula State University

For Machine Learning

#896 in Europe #3717 in the World

60% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

43

Nizhny Novgorod

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

For Machine Learning

#560 in Europe #1927 in the World

65% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1916 Founded

44

Ufa

Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Machine Learning

#823 in Europe #3341 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

45

Grozny

Chechen State University

For Machine Learning

#1081 in Europe #4652 in the World

70% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1938 Founded

46

Moscow

Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation

For Machine Learning

#1248 in Europe #5460 in the World

56% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

47

Kursk

South-Western State University

For Machine Learning

#939 in Europe #3917 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

48

Kaliningrad

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

For Machine Learning

#976 in Europe #4090 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

49

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

For Machine Learning

#1052 in Europe #4502 in the World

61% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1832 Founded

50

Moscow

Russian National Research Medical University

For Machine Learning

#897 in Europe #3719 in the World

10% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

1906 Founded

51

Cheboksary

Chuvash State University

For Machine Learning

#1021 in Europe #4327 in the World

64% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

52

Stavropol

Stavropol State Agrarian University

For Machine Learning

#1198 in Europe #5237 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

53

Vladivostok

Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

For Machine Learning

#1141 in Europe #4924 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1967 Founded

54

Samara

Samara State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#841 in Europe #3437 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1914 Founded

55

Ufa

Bashkir State University

For Machine Learning

#1008 in Europe #4262 in the World

50% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1909 Founded

56

Kaluga

Kaluga State University

For Machine Learning

#1249 in Europe #5466 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

57

Moscow

Moscow State Technological University “Stankin”

For Machine Learning

#1016 in Europe #4288 in the World

60% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

58

Magnitogorsk

Magnitogorsk State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#1034 in Europe #4403 in the World

60% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

59

Krasnodar

Kuban State Medical University

For Machine Learning

#1260 in Europe #5500 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

60

Saint Petersburg

Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications

For Machine Learning

#920 in Europe #3829 in the World

44% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

61

Moscow

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

For Machine Learning

#727 in Europe #2834 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1907 Founded

62

Izhevsk

Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#1002 in Europe #4226 in the World

68% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

63

Stavropol

North Caucasus Federal University

For Machine Learning

#767 in Europe #3050 in the World

74% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

64

Vladivostok

Far Eastern Federal University

For Machine Learning

#825 in Europe #3346 in the World

32% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1899 Founded

65

Samara

Samara National Research University

For Machine Learning

#601 in Europe #2137 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

66

Voronezh

Voronezh State University

For Machine Learning

#774 in Europe #3072 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1918 Founded

67

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian State Aerospace University

For Machine Learning

#675 in Europe #2534 in the World

75% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1960 Founded

68

Moscow

New Economic School

For Machine Learning

#907 in Europe #3780 in the World

66% Acceptance

1,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

69

Murmansk

Murmansk State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#1160 in Europe #5037 in the World

59% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

70

Krasnodar

Kuban State University of Technology

For Machine Learning

#1082 in Europe #4656 in the World

63% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

71

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Economics

For Machine Learning

#965 in Europe #4038 in the World

94% Acceptance

12,500 Enrollment

1930 Founded

72

Moscow

Moscow Aviation Institute

For Machine Learning

#570 in Europe #1976 in the World

14% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

73

Izhevsk

Udmurt State University

For Machine Learning

#1194 in Europe #5214 in the World

81% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

74

Tomsk

Siberian State Medical University

For Machine Learning

#1219 in Europe #5303 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1888 Founded

75

Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl State University

For Machine Learning

#760 in Europe #3013 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

76

Tver

Tver State University

For Machine Learning

#1079 in Europe #4643 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1870 Founded

77

Yoshkar-Ola

Volga State University of Technology

For Machine Learning

#1236 in Europe #5359 in the World

60% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

78

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian Federal University

For Machine Learning

#696 in Europe #2622 in the World

38% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

2006 Founded

79

Moscow

Russian State Social University

For Machine Learning

#1109 in Europe #4757 in the World

72% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

80

Orenburg

Orenburg State University

For Machine Learning

#992 in Europe #4204 in the World

62% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

81

Krasnodar

Kuban State Agricultural University

For Machine Learning

#1103 in Europe #4738 in the World

84% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1922 Founded

82

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

For Machine Learning

#947 in Europe #3975 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1941 Founded

83

Moscow

N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute

For Machine Learning

#615 in Europe #2215 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

84

Khabarovsk

Pacific National University

For Machine Learning

#1182 in Europe #5151 in the World

74% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1958 Founded

85

Tomsk

Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Machine Learning

#861 in Europe #3514 in the World

40% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1962 Founded

86

Barnaul

Polzunov Altai State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#1124 in Europe #4826 in the World

70% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1942 Founded

87

Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk State Technical University

For Machine Learning

#850 in Europe #3470 in the World

70% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1957 Founded

88

Arkhangelsk

Northern Arctic Federal University

For Machine Learning

#1063 in Europe #4563 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

89

Omsk

Omsk State Pedagogical University

For Machine Learning

#1258 in Europe #5498 in the World

52% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

90

Moscow

Moscow State Linguistic University

For Machine Learning

#1229 in Europe #5322 in the World

46% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1804 Founded

91

Rostov-on-Don

Rostov State Medical University

For Machine Learning

#1254 in Europe #5487 in the World

58% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

92

Krasnodar

Kuban State University

For Machine Learning

#954 in Europe #4006 in the World

67% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

93

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

For Machine Learning

#1255 in Europe #5490 in the World

58% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

1925 Founded

94

Moscow

Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

For Machine Learning

#582 in Europe #2046 in the World

60% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1919 Founded

95

Oryol

Orel State University

For Machine Learning

#1068 in Europe #4600 in the World

66% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

96

Tomsk

Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Machine Learning

#600 in Europe #2135 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1896 Founded

97

Barnaul

Altai State University

For Machine Learning

#1060 in Europe #4552 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1973 Founded

98

Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk State University

For Machine Learning

#994 in Europe #4210 in the World

69% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1988 Founded

99

Belgorod

Belgorod State Technological University

For Machine Learning

#1017 in Europe #4299 in the World

70% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1954 Founded

100

Blagoveshchensk

Amur State University

For Machine Learning

#1209 in Europe #5273 in the World

50% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1975 Founded