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Oldest Universities in Russia

What are the oldest Universities in Russia? uniRank answers this question by publishing a list of 366 Russian higher education institutions sorted by year of establishment and meeting uniRank's selection criteria:

  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in Russia.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

Oldest Universities in Russia


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