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World University Rankings 2026: Russia

58 universities ranked in Russia, out of 2,280 worldwide. No official admissions or graduate-earnings data is used for Russia yet, so the within-country part (35%) is estimated from each university’s standing among Russia’s universities on the global measures.

#1Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia

#2Saint Petersburg State UniversityRussia #3Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyRussia #4Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia

#5IM Sechenov First Moscow State Medical UniversityRussia

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National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	Lomonosov Moscow State University	94	54.7	27	99	est.	43–536
2	Saint Petersburg State University	=279	40.1	2	97	est.	86–1130
3	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	=575	31.1	8	94	est.	172–1524
4	Moscow State Institute of International Relations	=604	30.4	23	93	est.	186–1554
5	IM Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	=667	28.6	66	60	est.	337–1494
6	South Ural State University	=1080	19.3	49	62	est.	636–1990
7	RUDN University	=1107	19.0	10	82	est.	554–2023
8	Plekhanov Russian University of Economics	=1158	18.1	12	79	est.	621–2084
9	HSE University	=1196	17.4	41	63	est.	681–2100
10	Moscow Aviation Institute, National Research University	=1200	17.3	10	78	est.	667–2088
11	Novosibirsk State University	=1238	16.9	1	84	est.	615–2149
12	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	=1256	16.7	0	85	est.	614–2163
13	Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation	=1346	15.7	23	69	est.	784–2097
14	Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University	=1358	15.6	7	75	est.	741–2154
15	Moscow State Pedagogical University	=1384	15.3	13	72	est.	797–2166
16	Tomsk Polytechnic University	=1439	14.8	22	66	est.	810–2158
17	Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry	=1461	14.6	26	63	est.	818–2143
18	Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University	=1483	14.4	20	65	est.	819–2171
=19	National Research Mordovia State University	=1526	14.0	22	61	est.	867–2167
=19	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University	=1526	14.0	3	74	est.	804–2198
=21	Bauman Moscow State Technical University	=1579	13.6	2	74	est.	814–2214
=21	Kazan State Medical University	=1579	13.6	20	60	est.	895–2185
23	Voronezh State University	=1618	13.3	4	71	est.	850–2199
=24	Irkutsk National Research Technical University	=1634	13.2	10	65	est.	869–2207
=24	Kemerovo State University	=1634	13.2	20	56	est.	927–2190
=24	Samara State Technical University (Samara Polytech)	=1634	13.2	7	68	est.	856–2204
=27	Herzen University	=1648	13.1	11	64	est.	920–2198
=27	North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov	=1648	13.1	27	21	est.	916–2192
29	Samara State Medical University	=1665	13.0	27	21	est.	920–2203
=30	D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia	=1723	12.7	9	63	est.	890–2215
=30	Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University	=1723	12.7	20	49	est.	914–2214
32	Volgograd State Medical University	=1804	12.2	20	21	est.	952–2224
=33	Kozma Minin State Pedagogical University of Nizhny Novgorod	=1849	11.9	12	52	est.	925–2221
=33	North-Caucasus Federal University	=1849	11.9	17	21	est.	956–2227
35	Tyumen State University	=1861	11.8	10	54	est.	930–2234
=36	Altai State University	=1900	11.6	8	56	est.	985–2234
=36	ITMO University	=1900	11.6	3	67	est.	960–2240
=36	Volgograd State University	=1900	11.6	14	21	est.	973–2233
=39	Far Eastern Federal University	=1917	11.5	11	46	est.	969–2235
=39	Kuban State Agrarian University	=1917	11.5	10	48	est.	969–2235
=41	Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod	=1931	11.4	7	56	est.	1013–2242
=41	Siberian Federal University	=1931	11.4	8	55	est.	1009–2234
=43	Belgorod State University	=1969	11.2	9	46	est.	987–2239
=43	Moscow Polytechnic University	=1969	11.2	11	21	est.	1008–2241
45	Voronezh State Technical University	=1996	11.0	7	48	est.	991–2240
46	Saratov Chernyshevsky State University	=2011	10.9	9	21	est.	1042–2244
47	Northern (Arctic) Federal University	=2032	10.7	8	21	est.	1009–2247
48	Ufa University of Science and Technology	=2052	10.6	7	21	est.	1022–2244
=49	Kazan State Technological University	=2077	10.4	7	21	est.	1008–2253
=49	Moscow State University of Civil Engineering	=2077	10.4	1	67	est.	994–2256
51	Ufa State Petroleum Technological University	=2086	10.3	6	21	est.	1034–2255
52	Volgograd State Technical University	=2147	9.7	4	21	est.	1073–2258
53	Ural Federal University	=2152	9.6	2	54	est.	1087–2265
54	Belgorod State Technological University	=2173	9.4	3	21	est.	1095–2264
55	Kazan Federal University, Volga	=2178	9.3	2	51	est.	1096–2261
56	Southern Federal University	=2240	7.7	1	49	est.	1203–2273
57	Tomsk State University	=2242	7.6	1	46	est.	1191–2273
58	Don State Technical University	2261	6.3	0	21	est.	1250–2277
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National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,280 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.