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Mechanical Engineering research in Russia

South Ural State University ranks first in Russia for Mechanical Engineering research in 2022–2025 (#342 worldwide), followed by National University of Science and Technology and Saint Petersburg Mining University.

Russia's world rank
#16
of 76 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
18k
Top-10% rate
3.5%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Mechanical Engineering in Russia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1South Ural State UniversityChelyabinsk #34219.19.2%279
2National University of Science and TechnologyMoscow #36118.310.7%288
3Saint Petersburg Mining UniversitySt Petersburg #47514.511.4%227
4Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityMoscow #50913.53.8%354
5Ural Federal UniversityYekaterinburg #54112.74.9%375
6National Research Tomsk State UniversityTomsk #57411.96.2%292
7Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversitySaint Petersburg #6749.65.6%261
8Moscow Aviation InstituteMoscow #7029.16.1%270
9Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow #7418.34.1%347
10Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow #8666.23.1%303
11Institute of Strength Physics and Materials ScienceTomsk #9025.62.2%341
12Tomsk Polytechnic UniversityTomsk #9105.55.7%152
13Skolkovo Institute of Science and TechnologySkolkovo #9325.215.9%76
14Moscow Power Engineering InstituteMoscow #9395.11.9%343
15Belgorod National Research UniversityBelgorod #9734.68.2%127
16Siberian Federal UniversityKrasnoyarsk #1,0004.24.4%148
17St Petersburg UniversitySaint Petersburg #1,0273.85.9%121
18Kazan Federal UniversityKazan’ #1,0353.76.8%113
19ITMO UniversitySt Petersburg #1,0553.48.2%89
20Moscow Polytechnic UniversityMoscow #1,0843.04.0%174
21Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow #1,0873.08.4%83
22Siberian State Aerospace UniversityKrasnoyarsk #1,0903.06.1%68
23Perm National Research Polytechnic UniversityKomsomol'skiy #1,0962.93.6%162
24Ufa State Petroleum Technological UniversityUfa #1,1022.83.4%169
25Boreskov Institute of CatalysisNovosibirsk #1,1182.64.0%128
26Novosibirsk State Technical UniversityNovosibirsk #1,1472.33.2%139
27Kurchatov InstituteMoscow #1,1522.23.2%153
28Samara State Technical UniversitySamara #1,1592.12.8%177
29Don State Technical UniversityRostov-on-Don #1,1781.91.7%186
30Samara National Research UniversitySamara #1,1911.83.0%144
31Institute for Problems in MechanicsMoscow #1,1991.74.4%86
32State Marine Technical University of St. PetersburgSt Petersburg #1,2001.66.3%82
33Institute of MetallurgyYekaterinburg #1,2121.52.4%152
34Institute of ThermophysicsNovosibirsk #1,215147.02.3%159
35Moscow State Technological UniversityMoscow #1,217145.05.6%73
36Irkutsk National Research Technical UniversityIrkutsk #1,225136.03.0%123
37Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. TupolevKazan’ #1,228132.04.9%83
38Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringMoscow #1,229131.01.0%207
39Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials ScienceMoscow #1,233127.01.8%154
40Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical UniversityMoscow #1,234126.06.6%68
41Institute of Machines ScienceMoscow #1,239120.03.3%86
42Siberian State Industrial UniversityNovokuznetsk #1,241118.03.6%99
43Volgograd State Technical UniversityVolgograd #1,245113.01.1%187
44Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and GasMoscow #1,252106.04.6%76
45Institute of Theoretical and Applied MechanicsNovosibirsk #1,253104.04.2%90
46Kazan State Power Engineering UniversityKazan’ #1,256101.01.9%116
47MIREA - Russian Technological UniversityMoscow #1,25899.03.7%93
48D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of RussiaMoscow #1,26295.03.2%103
49A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical SynthesisMoscow #1,27580.04.2%76
50Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesNovosibirsk #1,27679.03.7%85
51Belgorod State Technological UniversityBelgorod #1,28075.01.6%119
52M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal PhysicsYekaterinburg #1,28174.01.4%131
53Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical UniversityMagnitogorsk #1,28372.02.5%105
54Rostov State Transport UniversityRostov-on-Don #1,28767.03.9%77
55Kazan State Technological UniversityKazan’ #1,28965.02.0%112
56Southern Federal UniversityRostov-on-Don #1,29559.03.4%73
57Petersburg State Transport UniversitySt Petersburg #1,29658.01.4%125
58Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesYekaterinburg #1,29757.03.7%68
59Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials ScienceChernogolovka #1,29856.00.7%153
60Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical UniversitySaint Petersburg #1,30251.01.2%81

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

Who are the top Mechanical Engineering researchers in Russia?

Р. З. Валиев, Mikhail А. Sheremet and Yu. I. Aristov rank highest among researchers based in Russia.

  1. 1Р. З. Валиев#72,618 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 78 works
  2. 2Mikhail А. Sheremet#132,650 worldwide overall992 citations · 61 works
  3. 3Yu. I. Aristov#152,362 worldwide overall492 citations · 51 works
  4. 4S. M. Afonin#163,874 worldwide overall76 citations · 22 works
  5. 5Alexander P. Zhilyaev#169,535 worldwide overall266 citations · 21 works
  6. 6Boris B. Straumal#185,187 worldwide overall501 citations · 25 works
  7. 7Rustam Kaibyshev#297,574 worldwide overall658 citations · 83 works
  8. 8Andrey Belyakov#302,270 worldwide overall321 citations · 35 works
  9. 9Sergey N. Grigoriev#323,517 worldwide overall443 citations · 40 works
  10. 10З. Р. Исмагилов#350,765 worldwide overall466 citations · 33 works
  11. 11S. M. Gorbatyuk#353,950 worldwide overall72 citations · 21 works
  12. 12С. В. Добаткин#388,434 worldwide overall276 citations · 28 works
  13. 13В. М. Чернов#443,610 worldwide overall226 citations · 27 works
  14. 14Sergey Malopheyev#461,933 worldwide overall179 citations · 23 works
  15. 15I.S. Golovin#464,218 worldwide overall210 citations · 29 works

How Russia compares with other countries in Mechanical Engineering