MSU, FinUniversity, Bauman University, MIFI: Top Universities in Russia

Moscow

The Russian capital is home to 159 universities.

• MSU (Lomonosov Moscow State University)
• HSE University (National Research University Higher School of Economics)
• Bauman Moscow State Technical University
• MEPhI (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI)
• Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg has 72 universities.

• SPbSU (St. Petersburg State University)
• SPbPU (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University)
• ETU "LETI" (St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" named after V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin))
• ITMO University (St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics)
• St. Petersburg Mining University

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk, the third most populous city in Russia, has 18 universities.

• NSU (Novosibirsk National Research State University)
• NSTU (Novosibirsk State Technical University)
• SGUGiT (Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies)
• SGUPS (Siberian State University of Railway Transport)
• NSPU (Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University)

Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the Ural Federal District, has 25 universities.

• UrFU (Ural Federal University named after Boris Yeltsin)
• UrGUPS (Ural State University of Railway Transport)
• UrSPU (Ural State Pedagogical University)
• USUE (Ural State University of Economics)
• USMU (Ural State Medical University)

Kazan

The capital of the Republic of Tatarstan has 25 universities.

• KFU (Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University)
• KNRTU (Kazan National Research Technological University)
• KNRTU-KAI (Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev)
• KGASU (Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering)
• KSEU (Kazan State Power Engineering University)

Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk is the largest economic, educational, and cultural center in Eastern Siberia, with 14 universities.

• SFU (Siberian Federal University)
• SibSU (Siberian State University of Science and Technology named after Academician M.F. Reshetnev)
• Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University
• KrasSMU (Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Professor V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky)
• SGII (Siberian State Institute of Arts named after Dmitri Hvorostovsky)

Krasnodar

Krasnodar, the largest and most populous city in southern Russia, has 17 universities.

• KubSU (Kuban State University)
• KubSAU (Kuban State Agrarian University named after I.T. Trubilin)
• KubSTU (Kuban State Technological University)
• KubSMU (Kuban State Medical University)
• KGUFKST (Kuban State University of Physical Education, Sport, and Tourism)

Makhachkala

Makhachkala is the largest city in the North Caucasus Federal District, with 13 universities.

• DSU (Dagestan State University)
• DSTU (Dagestan State Technical University)
• DSPU (Dagestan State Pedagogical University)
• DSUE (Dagestan State University of National Economy)
• DSAU (Dagestan State Agrarian University named after M.M. Dzhambulatov)

Vladivostok

Vladivostok, the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, has 10 universities.

• FEFU (Far Eastern Federal University)
• VSUES (Vladivostok State University)
• FESTU (Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University)
• FESII (Far Eastern State Institute of Arts)
• TOVMU (Pacific Higher Naval School named after S.O. Makarov)