Top Universities in Saint Petersburg | 2026 Saint Petersburg University Ranking

What are the top universities in the Russian federal subject of Saint Petersburg? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2026 Saint Petersburg University Ranking, which lists 32 higher-education institutions 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.

The uniRank University Ranking aims to provide a non-academic league table of the top Saint Petersburg Universities based on valid and unbiased web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves, which might not be independently audited.

*List of 32 universities by university country ranking position*
#Rank	University	Town/City
3	St. Petersburg State University	Saint Petersburg
7	ITMO University	Saint Petersburg
11	Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University	Saint Petersburg
32	Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia	Saint Petersburg
43	Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University	Saint Petersburg
56	St. Petersburg State University of Economics	Saint Petersburg
71	Saint Petersburg Mining University	Saint Petersburg
78	St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation	Saint Petersburg
90	European University at St. Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
95	The Bonch-Bruevich St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications	Saint Petersburg
104	St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering	Saint Petersburg
105	St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design	Saint Petersburg
110	Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University	Saint Petersburg
115	Russian State Hydrometeorological University	Saint Petersburg
131	North-Western State Medical University	Saint Petersburg
134	Baltic State Technical University “Voenmeh”	Saint Petersburg
137	Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University	Saint Petersburg
145	Saint-Petersburg State University of Film and Television	Saint Petersburg
172	St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University	Saint Petersburg
178	Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping	Saint Petersburg
193	St. Petersburg State Conservatory	Saint Petersburg
232	Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology	Saint Petersburg
236	Leningrad State University	Saint Petersburg
246	Saint Petersburg State Institute of Culture	Saint Petersburg
263	St. Petersburg State Agrarian University	Saint Petersburg
266	International Banking Institute	Saint Petersburg
273	St. Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics	Saint Petersburg
274	Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health	Saint Petersburg
286	Saint-Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University	Saint Petersburg
299	St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation	Saint Petersburg
306	Russian State Institute of Performing Arts	Saint Petersburg
366	Nevsky Institute of Language and Culture	Saint Petersburg
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