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Computer Science research in Russia

Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology ranks first in Russia for Computer Science research in 2022–2025 (#698 worldwide), followed by National Research University Higher School of Economics and Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology.

Russia's world rank
#38
of 131 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
33k
Top-10% rate
6.8%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Computer Science in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Moscow Institute of Thermal TechnologyMoscow #69822.526.8%138
2National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow #89919.512.2%958
3Skolkovo Institute of Science and TechnologySkolkovo #1,17216.418.1%223
4Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #1,17916.36.3%814
5Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #1,31115.06.7%1,029
6St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #1,31515.07.6%666
7ITMO UniversitySt Petersburg #1,39714.37.8%616
8Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesVoronezh #1,40114.22.8%143
9Kazan Federal UniversityKazan’ #1,47613.69.1%536
10Ural Federal UniversityYekaterinburg #1,52613.29.1%396
11MIREA - Russian Technological UniversityMoscow #1,67912.17.4%281
12Innopolis UniversityInnopolis #1,70811.919.1%168
13Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyDolgoprudnyy #1,72611.89.5%380
14Samara State Technical UniversitySamara #1,82711.14.2%102
15Petersburg State Transport UniversitySt Petersburg #1,89310.74.5%94
16Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical UniversitySaint Petersburg #1,99510.18.3%347
17Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityMoscow #2,0359.811.1%396
18Moscow Technical University of Communication and InformaticsMoscow #2,0489.815.4%254
19Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #2,1019.412.5%347
20Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversitySaint Petersburg #2,1719.18.0%484
21Tambov State UniversityTambov #2,1988.918.7%100
22Plekhanov Russian University of EconomicsMoscow #2,2928.49.2%160
23Financial UniversityMoscow #2,3268.210.4%366
24Southern Federal UniversityRostov-on-Don #2,3418.26.9%319
25Herzen UniversitySt Petersburg #2,4217.85.7%211
26Computing CenterKhabarovsk #2,5827.014.1%99
27N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod #2,6406.79.5%174
28Moscow State University of Psychology & EducationMoscow #2,7176.412.6%144
29Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. TupolevKazan’ #2,7906.112.5%107
30Orenburg State UniversityOrenburg #2,8116.09.8%74
31Moscow Power Engineering InstituteMoscow #2,9005.66.2%260
32Volgograd State Technical UniversityVolgograd #2,9255.52.2%135
33Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal UniversityKaliningrad #2,9455.48.1%100
34Moscow Aviation InstituteMoscow #2,9585.47.9%266
35South Ural State UniversityChelyabinsk #3,0205.210.4%182
36National Research Nuclear University MEPhIMoscow #3,0245.16.1%238
37Voronezh State UniversityVoronezh #3,0405.12.3%138
38Steklov Mathematical InstituteMoscow #3,0575.06.7%147
39Moscow State Pedagogical UniversityMoscow #3,1354.73.8%363
40The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationMoscow #3,1574.67.8%184
41Siberian Federal UniversityKrasnoyarsk #3,1974.57.3%212
42Don State Technical UniversityRostov-on-Don #3,2064.44.6%212
43Siberian State Aerospace UniversityKrasnoyarsk #3,2564.38.4%106
44Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific CentreSyktyvkar #3,2694.28.3%309
45Keldysh Institute of Applied MathematicsMoscow #3,2854.22.7%128
46V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control SciencesMoscow #3,3064.14.5%267
47State Research Center of the Russian FederationSaint Petersburg #3,3424.010.7%97
48Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical UniversityNizhny Novgorod #3,3583.914.2%139
49Russian University of TransportMoscow #3,3693.94.2%97
50North-Caucasus Federal UniversityStavropol #3,3863.87.9%208
51Novosibirsk State Technical UniversityNovosibirsk #3,4313.65.0%141
52Chelyabinsk State UniversityChelyabinsk #3,4343.63.5%117
53Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirsk #3,4483.66.2%234
54Samara National Research UniversitySamara #3,4553.64.9%231
55Russian State LibraryMoscow #3,4703.516.2%163
56Sobolev Institute of MathematicsNovosibirsk #3,4913.45.3%212
57Sechenov UniversityMoscow #3,6462.922.1%71
58National Research Tomsk State UniversityTomsk #3,6742.86.7%153
59Moscow Polytechnic UniversityMoscow #3,6822.811.3%101
60Institute for Information Transmission ProblemsMoscow #3,7512.65.8%149

Institutions in Russia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computer Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Computer Science researchers in Russia?

Xiaogang Wang, Sergei O. Kuznetsov and Igor Kotenko rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1Xiaogang Wang#3,681 worldwide overall13k citations · 201 works
  2. 2Sergei O. Kuznetsov#46,976 worldwide overall540 citations · 76 works
  3. 3Igor Kotenko#631,351 worldwide overall196 citations · 102 works
  4. 4С. А. Назаров#654,676 worldwide overall393 citations · 74 works
  5. 5Evgeny Burnaev#763,730 worldwide overall244 citations · 84 works
  6. 6Manuel Mazzara#886,870 worldwide overall124 citations · 79 works
  7. 7Yurii N. Eroshenko#1,302,523 worldwide overall9 citations · 130 works

How Russia compares with other countries in Computer Science