100 Best universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Russia

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Below is a list of best universities in Russia ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 1.69M citations received by 381K academic papers made by 184 universities in Russia was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Moscow State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#154 in Europe
#377 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1755

2. National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#191 in Europe
#453 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Founded
1992

3. St. Petersburg State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#321 in Europe
#777 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1724

4. RUDN University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#489 in Europe
#1311 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1960

5. Tomsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#496 in Europe
#1333 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1878

6. Kazan Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#518 in Europe
#1389 in the World
Founded
1804

7. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#561 in Europe
#1587 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1977

8. Novosibirsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#568 in Europe
#1613 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
7,131
Founded
1959

9. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#573 in Europe
#1638 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1944

10. Southern Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#579 in Europe
#1654 in the World
Founded
1915

11. Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#581 in Europe
#1661 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1899

12. Ural Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#585 in Europe
#1668 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1920

13. ITMO University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#617 in Europe
#1819 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1900

14. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#620 in Europe
#1835 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1919

15. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#640 in Europe
#1917 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1946

16. Tomsk Polytechnic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#652 in Europe
#1971 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1896

17. Moscow Aviation Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#672 in Europe
#2079 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1930

18. Moscow Medical Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#674 in Europe
#2101 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Founded
1758

19. National Research Nuclear University MEPI

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#684 in Europe
#2141 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Founded
1942

20. Samara National Research University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#723 in Europe
#2346 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1942

21. Bauman Moscow State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#730 in Europe
#2369 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1830

22. South Ural State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#736 in Europe
#2392 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1943

23. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#739 in Europe
#2412 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,401
Founded
1907

24. Moscow State Pedagogical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#743 in Europe
#2434 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1872

25. Saratov State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#745 in Europe
#2455 in the World
Founded
1909

26. Siberian Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#782 in Europe
#2674 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Enrollment
32,145
Founded
2006

27. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#792 in Europe
#2729 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Founded
1916

28. Far Eastern Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#794 in Europe
#2741 in the World
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1899

29. N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#795 in Europe
#2743 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,519
Founded
1930

30. New Economic School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#817 in Europe
#2883 in the World
Enrollment
1,000
Founded
1992

31. Voronezh State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#827 in Europe
#2927 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
20,188
Founded
1918

32. Leningrad State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#834 in Europe
#2981 in the World
Founded
1992

33. Russian State University for the Humanities

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#852 in Europe
#3093 in the World
Enrollment
7,000
Founded
1991

34. Kemerovo State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#857 in Europe
#3122 in the World
Founded
1974

35. Russian National Research Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#868 in Europe
#3170 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1906

36. Novosibirsk State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#871 in Europe
#3188 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1950

37. Bashkir State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#883 in Europe
#3235 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1909

38. State University of Management

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#889 in Europe
#3255 in the World
Founded
1919

39. Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#894 in Europe
#3276 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
1886

40. Chelyabinsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#920 in Europe
#3421 in the World
Founded
1976

41. Irkutsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#923 in Europe
#3434 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1918

42. Belgorod State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#924 in Europe
#3441 in the World
Founded
1876

43. Samara State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#928 in Europe
#3460 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1914

44. Novgorod State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#929 in Europe
#3463 in the World
Founded
1993

45. Volgograd State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#932 in Europe
#3474 in the World
Founded
1980

46. Altai State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#933 in Europe
#3475 in the World
Founded
1973

47. University of Tyumen

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#938 in Europe
#3501 in the World
Founded
1930

48. North-Eastern Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#941 in Europe
#3521 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
19,077
Founded
1956

49. Omsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#948 in Europe
#3561 in the World
Founded
1974

50. European University at St. Petersburg

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#953 in Europe
#3626 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
600
Founded
1994

51. St. Petersburg State University of Economics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#956 in Europe
#3636 in the World
Acceptance Rate
94%
Founded
1930

52. Yaroslavl State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#960 in Europe
#3654 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1918

53. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#966 in Europe
#3690 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1917

55. National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#970 in Europe
#3731 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1930

56. Northern Arctic Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#975 in Europe
#3764 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1929

57. Saint-Petersburg Mining University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#976 in Europe
#3770 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1773

58. Kuban State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#980 in Europe
#3784 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Founded
1920

59. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#989 in Europe
#3851 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1897

62. Kazan State Technological University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1002 in Europe
#3933 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1890

63. Moscow State Linguistic University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1003 in Europe
#3939 in the World
Founded
1804

64. Belgorod State Technological University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1005 in Europe
#3942 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1954

65. Baikal State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1008 in Europe
#3958 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Founded
1930

66. Chechen State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1009 in Europe
#3959 in the World
Founded
1938

67. Ogarev Mordovia State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1012 in Europe
#3971 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
8,000
Founded
1931

68. St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1020 in Europe
#4017 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1941

69. North Caucasus Federal University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1022 in Europe
#4022 in the World
Founded
1971

70. Petrozavodsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1035 in Europe
#4105 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1940

71. Tambov State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1036 in Europe
#4115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
1994

72. Perm State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1037 in Europe
#4118 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1953

73. Penza State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1040 in Europe
#4128 in the World
Founded
1943

74. Perm State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1043 in Europe
#4170 in the World
Enrollment
12,370
Founded
1916

75. Siberian State Aerospace University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1049 in Europe
#4198 in the World
Founded
1960

76. South-Russian State University of Economics and Service

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1051 in Europe
#4203 in the World
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1968

77. Tomsk State Pedagogical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1058 in Europe
#4222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1902

78. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1059 in Europe
#4229 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1962

79. Ufa State Aviation Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1062 in Europe
#4252 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1932

80. Kuban State Agricultural University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1070 in Europe
#4275 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1922

81. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1084 in Europe
#4377 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
15,000
Founded
1948

83. Saratov State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1097 in Europe
#4462 in the World
Founded
1930

84. Ulyanovsk State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1098 in Europe
#4464 in the World
Founded
1988

85. Moscow Polytech

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1100 in Europe
#4472 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1866

86. Moscow State Technological University "Stankin"

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1104 in Europe
#4483 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1930

87. Chuvash State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1105 in Europe
#4485 in the World
Founded
1967

88. Kuzbass State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1108 in Europe
#4494 in the World
Founded
1950

89. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1109 in Europe
#4509 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Founded
1898

90. South-Western State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1118 in Europe
#4543 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1964

91. Tula State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1126 in Europe
#4591 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1930

92. Kazan State Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1128 in Europe
#4595 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1814

94. Russian State Social University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1131 in Europe
#4604 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
1991

96. Udmurt State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1144 in Europe
#4664 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Founded
1931

97. Tver State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1145 in Europe
#4666 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1870

98. Volgograd State Medical Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1146 in Europe
#4674 in the World
Founded
1935

99. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1148 in Europe
#4680 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Enrollment
4,000
Founded
1925

100. Omsk State Technical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1149 in Europe
#4682 in the World
Founded
1942

The best cities to study Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Russia based on the number of universities and their ranks are Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Tomsk, and Kazan.