Oldest Universities in Russia

Oldest Universities in Russia

Introduction

What are the oldest Universities in Russia? uniRank answers this question by publishing a list of 371 Russian Universities sorted by year of foundation and meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

  • being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate Russian higher education-related organization
  • offering at least three-year bachelor's degrees or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees
  • delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format

uniRank aims to highlight which Russian Universities have the longest history and tradition and whether this correlates to their uniRank University Ranking.

Oldest Universities in Russia


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# University Town
3 St. Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg
1 Moscow State University Moscow
21 Moscow Medical Academy Moscow
87 Saint Petersburg Mining University Saint Petersburg
290 Russian State Institute of Performing Arts Saint Petersburg
147 Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography Moscow
233 State University of Land Management Moscow
31 Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia Saint Petersburg
124 Moscow State Linguistic University Moscow
8 Kazan Federal University Kazan ...
150 Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping Saint Petersburg ...
194 Kazan State Medical University Kazan ...
300 Moscow State Industrial Art University Moscow
222 Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology Saint Petersburg
15 Bauman Moscow State Technical University Moscow ...
117 St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering Saint Petersburg
177 St. Petersburg State Conservatory Saint Petersburg
53 Russian State Agricultural University Moscow
40 Moscow Polytech Moscow
52 Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow
67 Tver State University Tver
43 Moscow State Pedagogical University Moscow
24 Belgorod State University Belgorod
7 Tomsk State University Tomsk
354 Tambov State Musical-Pedagogical Institute named after S.V. Rachmaninov Tambov
325 State Agrarian University of the Northern Trans-Urals Tyumen
38 Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University Saint Petersburg
113 Siberian State Medical University Tomsk
121 Kazan State Technological University Kazan
179 Maritime State University Vladivostok
262 Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health Saint Petersburg
9 Tomsk Polytechnic University Tomsk
103 Russian University of Transport Moscow
137 Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University Saint Petersburg
105 Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia Moscow
11 Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Saint Petersburg
25 Far Eastern Federal University Vladivostok ...
174 Omsk State Transport University Omsk
6 ITMO University Saint Petersburg
108 Tomsk State Pedagogical University Tomsk
255 St. Petersburg State Agrarian University Saint Petersburg
50 Russian National Research Medical University Moscow
88 North-Western State Medical University Saint Petersburg
212 South-Russian State Technical University Novocherkassk ...
41 Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Moscow ...
144 Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University Yaroslavl
95 Saratov State Medical University Saratov
42 Ufa University of Science and Technology Ufa ...
367 Irkutsk State Medical University Irkutsk
36 Saratov State University Saratov ...
340 Vologda State Dairy Farming Academy Vologda
167 Samara State Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities Samara
129 Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University Nizhny Novgorod
245 Voronezh State Agricultural University Voronezh
154 Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering named after N.I. Vavilova Saratov
361 Vyatka State Humanities University Kirov ...
71 Samara State Technical University Samara
247 Ural State Mining University Yekaterinburg
28 Southern Federal University Rostov-on-Don ...
163 Ryazan State University Ryazan
22 Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ...
278 Perm State Academy of Medicine Perm
46 Perm State University Perm
130 Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University Nizhny Novgorod
139 Saint-Petersburg State University of Film and Television Saint Petersburg
57 Irkutsk State University Irkutsk
223 Omsk State Agrarian University named after P. A. Stolypin Omsk ...
70 Yaroslavl State University Yaroslavl
26 Voronezh State University Voronezh ...
175 Voronezh State Medical University Voronezh
239 Kostroma State University KostRome ...
251 Smolensk State University Smolensk
215 Russian State Geological Prospecting University Moscow
261 St. Petersburg State University for Culture and Arts Saint Petersburg
351 Ivanovo State Academy of Agriculture Ivanovo
343 Gorsky State Agrarian University Vladikavkaz
138 Ivanovo State Power University Ivanovo
173 Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology Ivanovo
78 Russian University of Sport Moscow
187 Kuban State University of Technology Krasnodar
299 Astrakhan State Medical Academy Astrakhan
285 Saint-Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University Saint Petersburg
79 The State University of Management Moscow
161 Samara State Medical University Samara
111 Vladimir State University for the Humanities Vladimir
291 Orenburg State Pedagogical University Orenburg
18 Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation Moscow ...
249 North Ossetian State University Vladikavkaz
248 Privolzhsky Research Medical University Nizhny Novgorod
4 Ural Federal University Yekaterinburg
189 Kuban State Medical University Krasnodar
64 Kuban State University Krasnodar
86 Moscow State University of Civil Engineering Moscow
155 Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics Moscow
199 Perm State Pedagogical University Perm
153 Kuban State Agricultural University Krasnodar
319 Kazan State Agricultural University Kazan
360 Tver State Technical University Tver
294 Armavir State Pedagogical University Armavir
160 Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy Saint Petersburg
110 St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design Saint Petersburg
293 Bryansk State Technical University Brjansk
44 Northern Arctic Federal University Arkhangelsk ...
362 Nizhny Novgorod State Agricultural Academy Nizhny Novgorod
48 Irkutsk National Research Technical University Irkutsk ...
171 Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering Nizhny Novgorod
106 Volgograd State Technical University Volgograd
224 Voronezh State University of Engineering Technology Voronezh
30 University of Tyumen Tyumen ...
312 Ivanovo State Medical University Ivanovo
149 Moscow State Technological University "Stankin" Moscow
339 Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering Moscow
33 National Research University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute" Moscow ...
193 Kaliningrad State Technical University Kaliningrad
131 Russian State Hydrometeorological University Saint Petersburg
242 Ural State Forestry University Yekaterinburg
59 St. Petersburg State University of Economics Saint Petersburg
176 Siberian State Industrial University Novokuznetsk ...
148 Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University Moscow
99 The Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications Saint Petersburg ...
204 St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University Saint Petersburg
250 Moscow State Institute of Culture Khimki
97 Ural State Pedagogical University Yekaterinburg ...
279 Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University Vladivostok
228 Baikal State University Irkutsk ...
264 Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering Kazan
281 Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University Blagoveshchensk
266 Novosibirsk State Architectural University Novosibirsk
29 National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" Moscow ...
227 Stavropol State Agrarian University Stavropol
225 Rostov State Medical University Rostov-on-Don ...
198 Far Eastern State Medical University Khabarovsk
298 Orenburg State Agrarian University Orenburg
306 Chuvash State Pedagogical University Cheboksary
274 Bryansk State University Brjansk
219 Bashkir State Agricultural University Ufa
200 Russian State University A.N. Kosygin Moscow ...
47 Russian State University of Oil and Gas Moscow
151 Tula State University Tula
349 South Ural State Agrarian University Troitsk
63 Don State Technical University Rostov-on-Don ...
37 Moscow Aviation Institute Moscow ...
202 Astrakhan State Technical University Astrakhan
68 Saratov State Technical University Saratov
305 Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture Lyubertsy
143 Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University Volgograd
186 Voronezh State Pedagogical University Voronezh
208 Ural State Law Academy Yekaterinburg
85 Udmurt State University Izhevsk ...
49 Ogarev Mordovia State University Saransk ...
120 Samara State Economic University Samara
140 State University of Education Moscow
230 Rostov State University of Economics Rostov-on-Don ...
309 Buryat State Academy of Agriculture Ulan-Ude
326 Udmurt State Agrarian University Izhevsk
133 Orel State University Orel
183 Moscow State University of Food Production Moscow
357 Chuvash State Agricultural Academy Cheboksary
209 Saratov State Academy of Law Saratov
66 Kutafin Moscow State Law University Moscow
313 Michurinsk State Agrarian University Michurinsk
168 Omsk State Pedagogical University Omsk ...
107 Kabardino-Balkarian State University Nalchik
141 Volga State University of Technology Yoshkar-Ola
205 Siberian State Transport University Novosibirsk
254 Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University Ulyanovsk
332 North Caucasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Vladikavkaz
178 Pskov State Pedagogical University Pskov
92 Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev - KAI Kazan
145 Banzarov Buryat State University Ulan-Ude
184 North State Medical University Arkhangelsk
72 Astrakhan State University Astrakhan
214 Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University Krasnoyarsk
180 Bashkir State Medical University Ufa
273 Dagestan State Agrarian University Makhachkala
104 Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh" Saint Petersburg
331 Dagestan State Medical University Makhachkala
295 Izhevsk State Medical Academy Izhevsk
101 Altai State Pedagogical Academy Barnaul
341 Ural State Conservatory Yekaterinburg
259 Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University Chelyabinsk
229 Kursk State University Kursk
165 Magnitogorsk State Technical University Magnitogorsk
142 Kursk State Medical University Kursk
82 Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University Novosibirsk
243 Novosibirsk State Medical University Novosibirsk
109 Volgograd State Medical Academy Volgograd
282 Tver State Medical University Tver
238 Novosibirsk State Agricultural University Novosibirsk
206 Far Eastern State Transport University Khabarovsk
244 Linguistic University of Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod
296 Stavropol State Medical University Stavropol
218 Tula State Pedagogical University Tula
307 Chechen State University Grozny
288 Yelets State University Yelets
371 Altai State Pedagogical University Biisk
280 Murmansk Arctic State University Murmansk
185 Pyatigorsk State University Pyatigorsk
366 Magnitogorsk State Conservatory Magnitogorsk
355 Northern Ossetian State Academy of Medicine Vladikavkaz ...
234 Adyghe State University Maykop
58 Petrozavodsk State University Petrozavodsk ...
146 St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation Saint Petersburg
34 Samara National Research University Samara
156 Polzunov Altai State Technical University Barnaul ...
19 National Research Nuclear University MEPI Moscow
115 Krasnoyarsk State Medical University Krasnoyarsk
335 Kamchatka State Technical University Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
347 Pyatigorsk State Pharmaceutical Academy Pyatigorsk
75 Penza State University Penza
231 Ryazan State Medical University Ryazan
263 Altai State University of Agriculture Barnaul
346 Dagestan State Pedagogical University Makhachkala
17 South Ural State University Chelyabinsk ...
265 Yaroslavl State Technical University Yaroslavl
302 Orenburg State Medical University Orenburg
272 South Ural State Medical University Chelyabinsk
356 Yaroslavl State Academy of Agriculture Yaroslavl
267 Yaroslavl State Medical University Yaroslavl
20 Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow ...
216 Moscow University for the Humanities Moscow
334 Kazan State Conservatory Kazan
13 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow ...
23 Moscow Technical University - MIREA Moscow
69 Ufa State Petroleum Technological University Ufa ...
256 Kaluga State University Kaluga
333 Ryazan State Agrotechnological University Ryazan
235 Sakhalin State University Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
201 Lipetsk State Pedagogical University Lipetsk
90 Kuzbass State Technical University Kemerovo
35 Novosibirsk State Technical University Novosibirsk
320 Siberian State University of Physical Culture and Sports Omsk
297 Far East State Agrarian University Blagoveshchensk
220 Murmansk State Technical University Murmansk
350 Penza State Agricultural Academy Penza
315 Volgograd State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering Volgograd
322 Tyva State University Kyzyl
164 Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building Tomsk ...
246 Ryazan State Radio Engineering University Ryazan
96 Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University Izhevsk ...
210 Krasnoyarsk State Agricultural University Krasnoyarsk
308 Amur State Medical Academy Blagoveshchensk
276 Russian State University of Tourism and Services Moscow
195 Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics Novosibirsk
158 Moscow State University of Technology and Management Moscow
287 Chita State Academy of Medicine Chita
65 Perm State Technical University Perm ...
226 Amur State University of Humanities and Pedagogy Komsomolsk-on-Amur
135 Altai State Medical University Barnaul
192 Belgorod State Technological University Belgorod
304 Rybinsk State Aviation Technical University Rybinsk
283 St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation Saint Petersburg
284 Kemerovo State Medical University Kemerovo
213 Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University Komsomolsk-on-Amur
136 Ural State University of Railway Transport Yekaterinburg
337 Lipetsk State Technical University Lipetsk
253 Volga State University of Telecommunications and Informatics Samara
45 North-Eastern Federal University Yakutsk
126 Voronezh State Technical University Voronezh ...
116 Dagestan State University Makhachkala
119 Ulyanovsk State Technical University Ulyanovsk
270 Ukhta State Technical University Ukhta ...
317 Penza State University of Architecture and Construction Penza
314 Kamchatka State University named after Vitus Bering Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
77 Industrial University of Tyumen Tyumen
269 Pacific State Medical University Vladivostok
61 Pacific National University Khabarovsk
73 Tambov State Technical University Tambov
12 Novosibirsk State University Novosibirsk
289 Penza State Technological University Penza
16 RUDN University Moscow
125 Siberian State Aerospace University Krasnoyarsk ...
345 North-Eastern State University Magadan
221 East Siberia State University of Technology and Management Ulan-Ude
51 Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics Tomsk
327 Don State University of Agriculture Persianovsky
112 Vyatka State University Kirov
134 South-Western State University Kursk
80 National Research University of Electronic Technology Moscow
169 Pushkin State Russian Language Institute Moscow
56 Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Kaliningrad
122 Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management Novosibirsk
152 M. Akmullah Bashkir State Pedagogical University Ufa
328 Petrozavodsk State Conservatory Petrozavodsk
330 The Rostov State Conservatoire Rostov-on-Don
83 Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service Vladivostok ...
132 Chuvash State University Cheboksary
84 Ural State University of Economics Yekaterinburg
162 Kazan State Power Engineering University Kazan
323 Samara State University Samara ...
318 Kazan State University of Culture and Arts Kazan
237 Kemerovo State Institute of Culture Kemerovo
364 Astrakhan State Conservatory Astrakhan
321 Kuban State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism Krasnodar
316 Khabarovsk State University of Economics and Law Khabarovsk ...
277 Kalmyk State University Elista
311 Ural State University of Physical Culture Chelyabinsk
54 North Caucasus Federal University Stavropol
62 Orenburg State University Orenburg
310 Dagestan State Technical University Makhachkala
257 Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation Moscow
100 Syktyvkar State University Syktyvkar ...
159 Mari State University Yoshkar-Ola
32 Altai State University Barnaul
275 Volga State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism Kazan
114 Dostoevsky Omsk State University Omsk
98 Kemerovo State University Kemerovo ...
260 Transbaikal State University Chita
188 Ivanovo State University Ivanovo
196 Amur State University Blagoveshchensk
241 Vologda State University Vologda
170 Belgorod State Agricultural University Belgorod
301 Orel State Agrarian University Orel
60 Chelyabinsk State University Chelyabinsk
5 Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Moscow
123 Volgograd State University Volgograd ...
303 Bratsk State University Bratsk
338 Bryansk State Agrarian University Brjansk
359 Tchaikovsky State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports Chaykovsky
232 Ivanovo State Polytechnic University Ivanovo
348 Kabardino-Balkarian State Agricultural University Nalchik
336 Arctic State Agrotechnological University Yakutsk
286 Kirov State Medical University Kirov
94 Ulyanovsk State University Ulyanovsk
207 Moscow International Higher Business School Moscow
365 Nayanova University Samara
102 Moscow Financial and Law University Moscow ...
324 Moscow Information Technology University - Moscow Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering Moscow
258 St. Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics Saint Petersburg
344 University of Humanities Yekaterinburg
292 International Banking Institute Saint Petersburg
27 Russian State University for the Humanities Moscow
128 Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Moscow
363 Moscow University Touro Moscow
118 Russian New University Moscow
217 Moscow International University Moscow
190 Omsk State Medical Academy Omsk
329 Angarsk State Technical University Angarsk
55 Russian State Social University Moscow ...
93 New Economic School Moscow
353 Pushchino State Institute of Natural Science Pushchino
252 Leningrad State University Saint Petersburg
91 Saint Tikhon's Orthodox University Moscow
352 Moscow Institute of Public Administration and Law Moscow
370 Institute of International Business Education Moscow ...
182 Nizhnevartovsk State University Nizhnevartovsk
240 Modern University for the Humanities Moscow ...
2 National Research University Higher School of Economics Moscow ...
211 Gorno-Altaisk State University Gorno-Altaisk
81 Novgorod State University Veliky Novgorod
172 Sergei Witte University of Moscow Moscow ...
127 Omsk State Technical University Omsk
203 Surgut State University Surgut
268 Maikop State Technological University Maykop ...
157 Dubna State University Dubna
342 Ingush State University Ordzhonikidzevskaya
236 Khakas State University Abakan
89 European University at St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg
191 Tambov State University Tambov
368 Vladikavkaz Institute of Economics, Management and Law Vladikavkaz
10 Synergy University Moscow ...
39 Moscow City Teachers' Training University Moscow ...
197 Kurgan State University Kurgan
369 Nevsky Institute of Language and Culture Saint Petersburg
76 Moscow State University of Psychology and Education Moscow
271 Cherepovets State University Cherepovets
181 Moscow Metropolitan Governance University Moscow
358 International University of Fundamental Studies, St. Petersburg Moscow ...
74 Togliatti State University Togliatti ...
166 Ugra State University Khanty-Mansiysk
14 Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk
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