Universities in Russia

Notable Universities in Russia

A closer look at 20 universities in Russia. Founding year and language are from Wikidata, and what each publishes most research in is from OpenAlex (papers since 2020). A dash means the source has nothing.

School	City	Type	Founded	Language	Publishes most in
St. Petersburg State University	Saint Petersburg	Public	1724	—	Social SciencesEngineeringMedicine
Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet	Saint Petersburg	Public	1738	—	—
Lomonosov Moscow State University	Moscow	Public	1755	Russian	EngineeringSocial SciencesPhysics and Astronomy
Russian Academy of Arts	Saint Petersburg	Public	1947	—	Social SciencesArts and HumanitiesEngineering
St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy	Saint Petersburg	Public	1779	—	—
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia	Saint Petersburg	Public	1797	—	Social SciencesArts and HumanitiesComputer Science
Yaroslavl State University	Yaroslavl	Public	1970	—	Social SciencesEngineeringComputer Science
Kazan State University	Kazan	Public	1804	—	Social SciencesEngineeringComputer Science
Bauman Moscow State Technical University	Moscow	Public	1830	—	EngineeringMaterials ScienceComputer Science
St. Petersburg State Conservatory	Saint Petersburg	Public	1862	—	—
Tver State University	Tver	Public	1870	—	EngineeringSocial SciencesMaterials Science
Moscow Pedagogical State University	Moscow	Public	1872	—	Social SciencesComputer ScienceEngineering
Belgorod State University	Belgorod	Public	1876	—	EngineeringSocial SciencesMedicine
Kazan State Pedagogical University	Kazan	Public	1876	—	—
Russian Academy of Theatre Arts	Moscow	Public	1878	—	—
Tomsk State University	Tomsk	Public	1878	—	EngineeringSocial SciencesMaterials Science
Tomsk Polytechnic University	Tomsk	Public	1896	—	EngineeringMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy
Far Eastern State University	Vladivostok	Public	1899	—	EngineeringSocial SciencesMedicine
St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University	Saint Petersburg	Public	1899	—	EngineeringSocial SciencesMaterials Science
St. Petersburg State Technical University	Saint Petersburg	Public	1899	—	EngineeringSocial SciencesMaterials Science