Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Russia for Philosophy

Focusing specifically on Philosophy, our data science engine identified the 100 most influential universities in Russia. To determine these leaders, we isolated 853.5K specialized research publications which collectively generated 8.13M citations. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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Moscow

Moscow State University

For Philosophy

#176 in Europe #409 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

2

Moscow

National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Philosophy

#233 in Europe #537 in the World

19% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1992 Founded

3

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University

For Philosophy

#262 in Europe #615 in the World

14% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1724 Founded

4

Moscow

RUDN University

For Philosophy

#484 in Europe #1351 in the World

60% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

5

Saint Petersburg

Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

For Philosophy

#621 in Europe #1885 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1899 Founded

6

Moscow

Moscow State Institute of International Relations

For Philosophy

#628 in Europe #1926 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1944 Founded

7

Moscow

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

For Philosophy

#683 in Europe #2127 in the World

10% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1977 Founded

8

Moscow

National Research Nuclear University MEPI

For Philosophy

#702 in Europe #2194 in the World

26% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

9

Saint Petersburg

Saint-Petersburg Mining University

For Philosophy

#1081 in Europe #4189 in the World

20% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1773 Founded

10

Ufa

Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Philosophy

#1114 in Europe #4372 in the World

50% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

11

Kemerovo

Kuzbass State Technical University

For Philosophy

#1215 in Europe #4932 in the World

59% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1950 Founded

12

Rostov-on-Don

Rostov State Medical University

For Philosophy

#1324 in Europe #5644 in the World

58% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

13

Chelyabinsk

South Ural State University

For Philosophy

#760 in Europe #2457 in the World

29% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

14

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian Federal University

For Philosophy

#805 in Europe #2726 in the World

38% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

2006 Founded

15

Barnaul

Altai State Medical University

For Philosophy

#1435 in Europe #6463 in the World

55% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1954 Founded

16

Moscow

Bauman Moscow State Technical University

For Philosophy

#678 in Europe #2117 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1830 Founded

17

Izhevsk

Udmurt State University

For Philosophy

#1111 in Europe #4352 in the World

81% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

18

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State University

For Philosophy

#572 in Europe #1678 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1959 Founded

19

Saint Petersburg

Leningrad State University

For Philosophy

#824 in Europe #2830 in the World

69% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

20

Moscow

Moscow State University of Printing Arts

For Philosophy

#1429 in Europe #6448 in the World

66% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

21

Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk State Technical University

For Philosophy

#1151 in Europe #4567 in the World

70% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1957 Founded

22

Belgorod

Belgorod State University

For Philosophy

#906 in Europe #3254 in the World

40% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1876 Founded

23

Ufa

Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Philosophy

#1082 in Europe #4193 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

24

Ukhta

Ukhta State Technical University

For Philosophy

#1439 in Europe #6535 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

25

Shakhty

South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

For Philosophy

#1121 in Europe #4399 in the World

71% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

26

Moscow

Moscow Polytech

For Philosophy

#1074 in Europe #4136 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1866 Founded

27

Rostov-on-Don

Southern Federal University

For Philosophy

#584 in Europe #1753 in the World

22% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1915 Founded

28

Gorno-Altaisk

Gorno-Altaisk State University

For Philosophy

#1182 in Europe #4746 in the World

60% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1993 Founded

29

Omsk

Omsk State Transport University

For Philosophy

#1390 in Europe #6117 in the World

58% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1899 Founded

30

Barnaul

Polzunov Altai State Technical University

For Philosophy

#1317 in Europe #5603 in the World

70% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1942 Founded

31

Moscow

Moscow Medical Academy

For Philosophy

#768 in Europe #2488 in the World

56% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1758 Founded

32

Khabarovsk

Pacific National University

For Philosophy

#1219 in Europe #4957 in the World

74% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1958 Founded

33

Penza

Penza State University

For Philosophy

#1041 in Europe #3982 in the World

72% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

34

Saint Petersburg

Russian State Hydrometeorological University

For Philosophy

#1306 in Europe #5529 in the World

68% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

35

Moscow

Moscow International University

For Philosophy

#1402 in Europe #6264 in the World

55% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

36

Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk State University

For Philosophy

#1071 in Europe #4129 in the World

69% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1988 Founded

37

Ivanovo

Ivanovo State Power University

For Philosophy

#1398 in Europe #6195 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1918 Founded

38

Ufa

Bashkir State University

For Philosophy

#892 in Europe #3189 in the World

50% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1909 Founded

39

Yakutsk

North-Eastern Federal University

For Philosophy

#969 in Europe #3566 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1956 Founded

40

Tula

Tula State University

For Philosophy

#1116 in Europe #4376 in the World

60% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

41

Moscow

State University of Management

For Philosophy

#1006 in Europe #3812 in the World

46% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1919 Founded

42

Saransk

Ogarev Mordovia State University

For Philosophy

#977 in Europe #3596 in the World

70% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

43

Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad State Technical University

For Philosophy

#1191 in Europe #4785 in the World

63% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

44

Omsk

Omsk State Pedagogical University

For Philosophy

#1263 in Europe #5258 in the World

52% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

45

Barnaul

Altai State University

For Philosophy

#1017 in Europe #3850 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1973 Founded

46

Moscow

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

For Philosophy

#596 in Europe #1795 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1946 Founded

47

Kyzyl

Tyva State University

For Philosophy

#1415 in Europe #6347 in the World

59% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1952 Founded

48

Sevastopol

Sevastopol State University

For Philosophy

#1181 in Europe #4739 in the World

69% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

49

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

For Philosophy

#1091 in Europe #4252 in the World

61% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1832 Founded

50

Moscow

Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation

For Philosophy

#1375 in Europe #5989 in the World

56% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

51

Volgograd

Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University

For Philosophy

#1202 in Europe #4841 in the World

94% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

52

Ivanovo

Ivanovo State University

For Philosophy

#1149 in Europe #4553 in the World

68% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

53

Voronezh

Voronezh State Medical Academy

For Philosophy

#1295 in Europe #5470 in the World

10% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

54

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Sakhalin State University

For Philosophy

#1423 in Europe #6412 in the World

57% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1949 Founded

55

Ulan-Ude

Buryat State University

For Philosophy

#1308 in Europe #5553 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1932 Founded

56

Moscow

Russian State University for the Humanities

For Philosophy

#818 in Europe #2793 in the World

29% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

57

Tambov

Tambov State Technical University

For Philosophy

#1072 in Europe #4132 in the World

65% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

58

Kaliningrad

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

For Philosophy

#981 in Europe #3608 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

59

Omsk

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

For Philosophy

#1346 in Europe #5754 in the World

69% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

60

Bryansk

Bryansk State University

For Philosophy

#1275 in Europe #5327 in the World

56% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

61

Nizhny Novgorod

Privolzhsky Research Medical University

For Philosophy

#1265 in Europe #5268 in the World

65% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

62

Novokuznetsk

Siberian State Industrial University

For Philosophy

#1347 in Europe #5756 in the World

60% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1930 Founded

63

Stavropol

Stavropol State Agrarian University

For Philosophy

#1332 in Europe #5668 in the World

60% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

64

Saint Petersburg

Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications

For Philosophy

#1164 in Europe #4653 in the World

44% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

65

Moscow

Russian State Geological Prospecting University

For Philosophy

#1354 in Europe #5810 in the World

74% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

66

Volgograd

Volgograd State Medical Academy

For Philosophy

#1244 in Europe #5105 in the World

66% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1935 Founded

67

Kemerovo

Kemerovo State University

For Philosophy

#964 in Europe #3522 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

68

Voronezh

Voronezh State University

For Philosophy

#822 in Europe #2814 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1918 Founded

69

Astrakhan

Astrakhan State Technical University

For Philosophy

#1316 in Europe #5602 in the World

15% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

70

Vladivostok

Maritime State University

For Philosophy

#1445 in Europe #6577 in the World

54% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1890 Founded

71

Moscow

Russian State University of Oil and Gas

For Philosophy

#1242 in Europe #5101 in the World

30% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

72

Tambov

Tambov State University

For Philosophy

#1029 in Europe #3910 in the World

70% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

73

Krasnodar

Kuban State Medical University

For Philosophy

#1326 in Europe #5650 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

74

Omsk

Omsk State Medical Academy

For Philosophy

#1379 in Europe #6004 in the World

60% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

75

Irkutsk

Baikal State University

For Philosophy

#1001 in Europe #3746 in the World

84% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

76

Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

For Philosophy

#946 in Europe #3446 in the World

43% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1917 Founded

77

Oryol

Orel State University

For Philosophy

#1204 in Europe #4849 in the World

66% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

78

Stavropol

North Caucasus Federal University

For Philosophy

#1047 in Europe #4007 in the World

74% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

79

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Economics

For Philosophy

#998 in Europe #3724 in the World

94% Acceptance

12,500 Enrollment

1930 Founded

80

Moscow

Pushkin State Russian Language Institute

For Philosophy

#1148 in Europe #4552 in the World

64% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1966 Founded

81

Volgograd

Volgograd State University

For Philosophy

#908 in Europe #3261 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1980 Founded

82

Kursk

Kursk State Medical University

For Philosophy

#1211 in Europe #4903 in the World

74% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1935 Founded

83

Yoshkar-Ola

Volga State University of Technology

For Philosophy

#1328 in Europe #5653 in the World

60% Acceptance

7,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

84

Astrakhan

Astrakhan State University

For Philosophy

#1210 in Europe #4897 in the World

70% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

85

Vladivostok

Pacific State Medical University

For Philosophy

#1394 in Europe #6144 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

86

Moscow

Moscow State Pedagogical University

For Philosophy

#664 in Europe #2076 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1872 Founded

87

Tyumen

University of Tyumen

For Philosophy

#979 in Europe #3605 in the World

48% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

88

Krasnodar

Kuban State University of Technology

For Philosophy

#1178 in Europe #4719 in the World

63% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

89

Omsk

Omsk State University

For Philosophy

#949 in Europe #3461 in the World

65% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

90

Irkutsk

Irkutsk State University

For Philosophy

#951 in Europe #3471 in the World

50% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1918 Founded

91

Nizhny Novgorod

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

For Philosophy

#790 in Europe #2621 in the World

65% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1916 Founded

92

Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk State University

For Philosophy

#1002 in Europe #3751 in the World

58% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

93

Tomsk

Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building

For Philosophy

#1311 in Europe #5588 in the World

43% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1952 Founded

94

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

For Philosophy

#1078 in Europe #4169 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1941 Founded

95

Moscow

Moscow State Technological University “Stankin”

For Philosophy

#1120 in Europe #4396 in the World

60% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

96

Yekaterinburg

Ural State Law Academy

For Philosophy

#1274 in Europe #5325 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

97

Kursk

Kursk State University

For Philosophy

#1286 in Europe #5391 in the World

46% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

98

Arkhangelsk

Northern Arctic Federal University

For Philosophy

#1095 in Europe #4269 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

99

Cherepovets

Cherepovets State University

For Philosophy

#1337 in Europe #5703 in the World

52% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

100

Vladivostok

Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service

For Philosophy

#1223 in Europe #4977 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1967 Founded