Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Russia for Mathematics

We ranked the top 100 universities for Mathematics in Russia based on strict academic metrics. Based on 172K scholarly articles and 1.51M peer-reviewed citations, we reveal the best research labs driving innovation in Mathematics. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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1

Moscow

Moscow State University

For Mathematics

#104 in Europe #311 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

2

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University

For Mathematics

#174 in Europe #464 in the World

14% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1724 Founded

3

Moscow

National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Mathematics

#218 in Europe #588 in the World

19% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1992 Founded

4

Tomsk

Tomsk State University

For Mathematics

#396 in Europe #1107 in the World

50% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1878 Founded

5

Kazan

Kazan Federal University

For Mathematics

#404 in Europe #1127 in the World

48% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1804 Founded

6

Moscow

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

For Mathematics

#410 in Europe #1144 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1946 Founded

7

Saint Petersburg

Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

For Mathematics

#414 in Europe #1167 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1899 Founded

8

Saint Petersburg

ITMO University

For Mathematics

#418 in Europe #1183 in the World

10% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1900 Founded

9

Moscow

National Research Nuclear University MEPI

For Mathematics

#428 in Europe #1231 in the World

26% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

10

Yekaterinburg

Ural Federal University

For Mathematics

#456 in Europe #1337 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

11

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State University

For Mathematics

#457 in Europe #1340 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1959 Founded

12

Moscow

RUDN University

For Mathematics

#462 in Europe #1353 in the World

60% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

13

Moscow

Bauman Moscow State Technical University

For Mathematics

#509 in Europe #1564 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1830 Founded

14

Tomsk

Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Mathematics

#513 in Europe #1597 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1896 Founded

15

Saratov

Saratov State University

For Mathematics

#557 in Europe #1754 in the World

33% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1909 Founded

16

Chelyabinsk

South Ural State University

For Mathematics

#572 in Europe #1823 in the World

29% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

17

Moscow

Moscow Aviation Institute

For Mathematics

#574 in Europe #1827 in the World

14% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

18

Rostov-on-Don

Southern Federal University

For Mathematics

#586 in Europe #1880 in the World

22% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1915 Founded

19

Moscow

N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute

For Mathematics

#597 in Europe #1947 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

20

Samara

Samara National Research University

For Mathematics

#608 in Europe #1999 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

21

Moscow

Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

For Mathematics

#614 in Europe #2019 in the World

60% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1919 Founded

22

Voronezh

Voronezh State University

For Mathematics

#626 in Europe #2086 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1918 Founded

23

Moscow

Moscow State Pedagogical University

For Mathematics

#635 in Europe #2130 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1872 Founded

24

Nizhny Novgorod

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

For Mathematics

#660 in Europe #2259 in the World

65% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1916 Founded

25

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State Technical University

For Mathematics

#677 in Europe #2353 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1950 Founded

26

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

For Mathematics

#681 in Europe #2368 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1886 Founded

27

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian Federal University

For Mathematics

#692 in Europe #2428 in the World

38% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

2006 Founded

28

Moscow

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

For Mathematics

#707 in Europe #2532 in the World

10% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1977 Founded

29

Veliky Novgorod

Novgorod State University

For Mathematics

#714 in Europe #2565 in the World

54% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1993 Founded

30

Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl State University

For Mathematics

#726 in Europe #2639 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

31

Moscow

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

For Mathematics

#741 in Europe #2700 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1907 Founded

32

Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

For Mathematics

#755 in Europe #2820 in the World

43% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1917 Founded

33

Ufa

Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Mathematics

#782 in Europe #2955 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

34

Samara

Samara State Technical University

For Mathematics

#796 in Europe #3030 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1914 Founded

35

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

For Mathematics

#807 in Europe #3119 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1941 Founded

36

Saint Petersburg

Leningrad State University

For Mathematics

#808 in Europe #3120 in the World

69% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

37

Irkutsk

Irkutsk State University

For Mathematics

#812 in Europe #3144 in the World

50% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1918 Founded

38

Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk State University

For Mathematics

#815 in Europe #3173 in the World

69% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1988 Founded

39

Belgorod

Belgorod State University

For Mathematics

#816 in Europe #3181 in the World

40% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1876 Founded

40

Yakutsk

North-Eastern Federal University

For Mathematics

#817 in Europe #3184 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1956 Founded

41

Moscow

New Economic School

For Mathematics

#819 in Europe #3216 in the World

66% Acceptance

1,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

42

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian State Aerospace University

For Mathematics

#823 in Europe #3239 in the World

75% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1960 Founded

43

Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk State University

For Mathematics

#825 in Europe #3263 in the World

69% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

44

Penza

Penza State University

For Mathematics

#829 in Europe #3286 in the World

72% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

45

Kazan

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

For Mathematics

#843 in Europe #3368 in the World

62% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1932 Founded

46

Ufa

Bashkir State University

For Mathematics

#857 in Europe #3461 in the World

50% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1909 Founded

47

Perm

Perm State Technical University

For Mathematics

#863 in Europe #3487 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

48

Krasnodar

Kuban State University

For Mathematics

#864 in Europe #3489 in the World

67% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

49

Saint Petersburg

Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications

For Mathematics

#879 in Europe #3553 in the World

44% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

50

Moscow

Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

For Mathematics

#883 in Europe #3562 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

51

Stavropol

North Caucasus Federal University

For Mathematics

#891 in Europe #3622 in the World

74% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

52

Saint Petersburg

Saint-Petersburg Mining University

For Mathematics

#893 in Europe #3625 in the World

20% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1773 Founded

53

Saratov

Saratov State Technical University

For Mathematics

#901 in Europe #3677 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

54

Ufa

Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Mathematics

#904 in Europe #3696 in the World

50% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

55

Tomsk

Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Mathematics

#907 in Europe #3712 in the World

40% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1962 Founded

56

Omsk

Omsk State Technical University

For Mathematics

#912 in Europe #3737 in the World

61% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1942 Founded

57

Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk State University

For Mathematics

#916 in Europe #3770 in the World

58% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

58

Omsk

Omsk State University

For Mathematics

#926 in Europe #3823 in the World

65% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

59

Tomsk

Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Mathematics

#931 in Europe #3838 in the World

60% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1902 Founded

60

Tambov

Tambov State University

For Mathematics

#947 in Europe #3909 in the World

70% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

61

Moscow

National Research University of Electronic Technology

For Mathematics

#949 in Europe #3918 in the World

46% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1965 Founded

62

Moscow

State University of Management

For Mathematics

#966 in Europe #3992 in the World

46% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1919 Founded

63

Tula

Tula State University

For Mathematics

#967 in Europe #3999 in the World

60% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

64

Moscow

Moscow Polytech

For Mathematics

#975 in Europe #4026 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1866 Founded

65

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

For Mathematics

#979 in Europe #4057 in the World

61% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1832 Founded

66

Kursk

Kursk State Medical University

For Mathematics

#1008 in Europe #4220 in the World

74% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1935 Founded

67

Moscow

Moscow State Technological University “Stankin”

For Mathematics

#1014 in Europe #4245 in the World

60% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

68

Tambov

Tambov State Technical University

For Mathematics

#1018 in Europe #4274 in the World

65% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

69

Magnitogorsk

Magnitogorsk State Technical University

For Mathematics

#1023 in Europe #4294 in the World

60% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

70

Orenburg

Orenburg State University

For Mathematics

#1024 in Europe #4302 in the World

62% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

71

Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk State Technical University

For Mathematics

#1034 in Europe #4323 in the World

70% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1957 Founded

72

Izhevsk

Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

For Mathematics

#1037 in Europe #4343 in the World

68% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

73

Izhevsk

Udmurt State University

For Mathematics

#1040 in Europe #4346 in the World

81% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

74

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Economics

For Mathematics

#1055 in Europe #4427 in the World

94% Acceptance

12,500 Enrollment

1930 Founded

75

Moscow

Russian State Social University

For Mathematics

#1060 in Europe #4457 in the World

72% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

76

Tver

Tver State University

For Mathematics

#1064 in Europe #4480 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1870 Founded

77

Sevastopol

Sevastopol State University

For Mathematics

#1077 in Europe #4550 in the World

69% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

78

Irkutsk

Baikal State University

For Mathematics

#1080 in Europe #4569 in the World

84% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

79

Shakhty

South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

For Mathematics

#1083 in Europe #4578 in the World

71% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

80

Gorno-Altaisk

Gorno-Altaisk State University

For Mathematics

#1097 in Europe #4638 in the World

60% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1993 Founded

81

Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad State Technical University

For Mathematics

#1103 in Europe #4672 in the World

63% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

82

Kursk

South-Western State University

For Mathematics

#1106 in Europe #4689 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

83

Oryol

Orel State University

For Mathematics

#1107 in Europe #4694 in the World

66% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

84

Khabarovsk

Pacific National University

For Mathematics

#1140 in Europe #4869 in the World

74% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1958 Founded

85

Astrakhan

Astrakhan State University

For Mathematics

#1152 in Europe #4908 in the World

70% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

86

Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University

For Mathematics

#1161 in Europe #4968 in the World

38% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

87

Krasnodar

Kuban State University of Technology

For Mathematics

#1166 in Europe #4982 in the World

63% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

88

Blagoveshchensk

Amur State University

For Mathematics

#1168 in Europe #4992 in the World

50% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1975 Founded

89

Ulan-Ude

Buryat State University

For Mathematics

#1172 in Europe #5019 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1932 Founded

90

Moscow

Moscow State Linguistic University

For Mathematics

#1186 in Europe #5106 in the World

46% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1804 Founded

91

Kursk

Kursk State University

For Mathematics

#1197 in Europe #5161 in the World

46% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

92

Ivanovo

Ivanovo State Power University

For Mathematics

#1200 in Europe #5166 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1918 Founded

93

Kurgan

Kurgan State University

For Mathematics

#1204 in Europe #5199 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1995 Founded

94

Saint Petersburg

Russian State Hydrometeorological University

For Mathematics

#1207 in Europe #5214 in the World

68% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

95

Omsk

Omsk State Pedagogical University

For Mathematics

#1215 in Europe #5245 in the World

52% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

96

Vladivostok

Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

For Mathematics

#1218 in Europe #5249 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1967 Founded

97

Maykop

Adyghe State University

For Mathematics

#1219 in Europe #5252 in the World

55% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

98

Kaluga

Kaluga State University

For Mathematics

#1226 in Europe #5291 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

99

Ryazan

Ryazan State University

For Mathematics

#1231 in Europe #5328 in the World

78% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1916 Founded

100

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State Medical University

For Mathematics

#1235 in Europe #5342 in the World

61% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1935 Founded