Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Russia for Physics

We ranked the top 100 universities for Physics in Russia based on strict academic metrics. Our methodology evaluated 736K subject-specific papers and 7.87M citations to find the strongest faculties. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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1

Moscow

Moscow State University

#56 in Europe #167 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

2

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University

#165 in Europe #393 in the World

14% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1724 Founded

3

Tomsk

Tomsk State University

#320 in Europe #776 in the World

50% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1878 Founded

4

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State University

#384 in Europe #948 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1959 Founded

5

Moscow

National Research Nuclear University MEPI

#427 in Europe #1102 in the World

26% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

6

Moscow

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

#350 in Europe #857 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1946 Founded

7

Yekaterinburg

Ural Federal University

#406 in Europe #1023 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

8

Kazan

Kazan Federal University

#392 in Europe #968 in the World

48% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1804 Founded

9

Saint Petersburg

Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

#413 in Europe #1042 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1899 Founded

10

Tomsk

Tomsk Polytechnic University

#493 in Europe #1271 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1896 Founded

11

Saint Petersburg

ITMO University

#433 in Europe #1123 in the World

10% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1900 Founded

12

Moscow

National Research University Higher School of Economics

#205 in Europe #511 in the World

19% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1992 Founded

13

Rostov-on-Don

Southern Federal University

#553 in Europe #1468 in the World

22% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1915 Founded

14

Moscow

Bauman Moscow State Technical University

#510 in Europe #1324 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1830 Founded

15

Moscow

National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”

#534 in Europe #1410 in the World

30% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

16

Saratov

Saratov State University

#677 in Europe #1915 in the World

33% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1909 Founded

17

Moscow

N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute

#607 in Europe #1649 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

18

Samara

Samara National Research University

#821 in Europe #2524 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1942 Founded

19

Moscow

RUDN University

#408 in Europe #1027 in the World

60% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

20

Moscow

Moscow Aviation Institute

#643 in Europe #1781 in the World

14% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

21

Chelyabinsk

South Ural State University

#601 in Europe #1637 in the World

29% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

22

Nizhny Novgorod

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

#658 in Europe #1837 in the World

65% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1916 Founded

23

Voronezh

Voronezh State University

#758 in Europe #2277 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1918 Founded

24

Ufa

Ufa State Aviation Technical University

#1199 in Europe #4552 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

25

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian Federal University

#614 in Europe #1684 in the World

38% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

2006 Founded

26

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk State Technical University

#788 in Europe #2403 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1950 Founded

27

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

#726 in Europe #2108 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1886 Founded

28

Moscow

Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

#873 in Europe #2789 in the World

46% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1898 Founded

29

Veliky Novgorod

Novgorod State University

#1017 in Europe #3563 in the World

54% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1993 Founded

30

Tomsk

Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

#908 in Europe #2954 in the World

40% Acceptance

7,131 Enrollment

1962 Founded

31

Belgorod

Belgorod State University

#983 in Europe #3344 in the World

40% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1876 Founded

32

Tomsk

Tomsk State Pedagogical University

#1201 in Europe #4562 in the World

60% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1902 Founded

33

Vladivostok

Far Eastern Federal University

#634 in Europe #1751 in the World

32% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1899 Founded

34

Moscow

Moscow Medical Academy

#428 in Europe #1106 in the World

56% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1758 Founded

35

Samara

Samara State Technical University

#998 in Europe #3450 in the World

70% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1914 Founded

36

Moscow

Moscow State Pedagogical University

#765 in Europe #2312 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1872 Founded

37

Kazan

Kazan State Technological University

#1075 in Europe #3887 in the World

66% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1890 Founded

38

Saint Petersburg

Leningrad State University

#1273 in Europe #5010 in the World

69% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

39

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology

#1248 in Europe #4862 in the World

50% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1828 Founded

40

Irkutsk

Irkutsk State University

#909 in Europe #2955 in the World

50% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1918 Founded

41

Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl State University

#1025 in Europe #3613 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

42

Perm

Perm State Technical University

#916 in Europe #3000 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

43

Saratov

Saratov State Technical University

#979 in Europe #3325 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1930 Founded

44

Krasnodar

Kuban State University

#930 in Europe #3069 in the World

67% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

45

Samara

Samara State University

#1496 in Europe #6377 in the World

54% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1969 Founded

46

Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

#997 in Europe #3446 in the World

43% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1917 Founded

47

Kazan

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

#1020 in Europe #3569 in the World

62% Acceptance

17,519 Enrollment

1932 Founded

48

Ufa

Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

#1042 in Europe #3673 in the World

50% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

49

Perm

Perm State University

#856 in Europe #2711 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1916 Founded

50

Saint Petersburg

Saint-Petersburg Mining University

#933 in Europe #3074 in the World

20% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1773 Founded

51

Chelyabinsk

Chelyabinsk State University

#1027 in Europe #3618 in the World

69% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

52

Moscow

Moscow State Technological University “Stankin”

#1079 in Europe #3899 in the World

60% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

53

Ufa

Bashkir State University

#1106 in Europe #4033 in the World

50% Acceptance

12,370 Enrollment

1909 Founded

54

Moscow

Moscow Technical University – MIREA

#940 in Europe #3120 in the World

50% Acceptance

35,700 Enrollment

1947 Founded

55

Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk State University

#1057 in Europe #3786 in the World

69% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1988 Founded

56

Belgorod

Belgorod State Technological University

#1209 in Europe #4645 in the World

70% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1954 Founded

57

Moscow

Russian State University of Oil and Gas

#854 in Europe #2708 in the World

30% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

58

Omsk

Omsk State Technical University

#1118 in Europe #4126 in the World

61% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1942 Founded

59

Ivanovo

Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology

#1202 in Europe #4578 in the World

64% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1918 Founded

60

Ivanovo

Ivanovo State University

#1276 in Europe #5026 in the World

68% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

61

Moscow

Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

#604 in Europe #1643 in the World

60% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1919 Founded

62

Saransk

Ogarev Mordovia State University

#973 in Europe #3295 in the World

70% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

63

Kaliningrad

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

#881 in Europe #2809 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

64

Moscow

National Research University of Electronic Technology

#989 in Europe #3368 in the World

46% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1965 Founded

65

Tula

Tula State University

#1525 in Europe #6562 in the World

60% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

66

Moscow

Russian National Research Medical University

#711 in Europe #2061 in the World

10% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

1906 Founded

67

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

#1000 in Europe #3458 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1941 Founded

68

Krasnoyarsk

Siberian State Aerospace University

#1388 in Europe #5700 in the World

75% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1960 Founded

69

Moscow

Moscow Polytech

#944 in Europe #3139 in the World

70% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1866 Founded

70

Tver

Tver State University

#1077 in Europe #3891 in the World

70% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1870 Founded

71

Tambov

Tambov State Technical University

#1145 in Europe #4268 in the World

65% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

72

Penza

Penza State University

#1041 in Europe #3669 in the World

72% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1943 Founded

73

Kemerovo

Kemerovo State University

#992 in Europe #3384 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

74

Tyumen

University of Tyumen

#819 in Europe #2519 in the World

48% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

75

Moscow

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

#657 in Europe #1835 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1907 Founded

76

Magnitogorsk

Magnitogorsk State Technical University

#1234 in Europe #4804 in the World

60% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1934 Founded

77

Yakutsk

North-Eastern Federal University

#869 in Europe #2778 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1956 Founded

78

Omsk

Omsk State University

#1154 in Europe #4328 in the World

65% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1974 Founded

79

Volgograd

Volgograd State University

#1089 in Europe #3935 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1980 Founded

80

Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk State University

#953 in Europe #3187 in the World

58% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1940 Founded

81

Arkhangelsk

Northern Arctic Federal University

#984 in Europe #3346 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

82

Moscow

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

#541 in Europe #1431 in the World

10% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1977 Founded

83

Barnaul

Altai State University

#750 in Europe #2238 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1973 Founded

84

Moscow

Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

#1005 in Europe #3481 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

85

Izhevsk

Udmurt State University

#1102 in Europe #4009 in the World

81% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1931 Founded

86

Novokuznetsk

Siberian State Industrial University

#1269 in Europe #4999 in the World

60% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1930 Founded

87

Tambov

Tambov State University

#1134 in Europe #4200 in the World

70% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

88

Cheboksary

Chuvash State University

#1124 in Europe #4159 in the World

64% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

89

Izhevsk

Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University

#1176 in Europe #4407 in the World

68% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1952 Founded

90

Moscow

Moscow State Institute of International Relations

#591 in Europe #1592 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1944 Founded

91

Kursk

South-Western State University

#1160 in Europe #4359 in the World

60% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

92

Barnaul

Polzunov Altai State Technical University

#1178 in Europe #4415 in the World

70% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1942 Founded

93

Tomsk

Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building

#1227 in Europe #4759 in the World

43% Acceptance

32,145 Enrollment

1952 Founded

94

Stavropol

North Caucasus Federal University

#1031 in Europe #3639 in the World

74% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

95

Saint Petersburg

Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications

#1090 in Europe #3939 in the World

44% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

96

Nizhny Novgorod

Privolzhsky Research Medical University

#1059 in Europe #3795 in the World

65% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1920 Founded

97

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

#1091 in Europe #3943 in the World

61% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1832 Founded

98

Orenburg

Orenburg State University

#1151 in Europe #4310 in the World

62% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

99

Murmansk

Murmansk State Technical University

#1301 in Europe #5152 in the World

59% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

100

Irkutsk

Irkutsk National Research Technical University

#1148 in Europe #4290 in the World

60% Acceptance

35,700 Enrollment

1930 Founded