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