Check out our list of the top biological universities in Russia, where you can take modern programs, get a sought-after specialty and a bachelor's, master's or postgraduate degree. In the universities presented, you can get acquainted with a wide range of disciplines and study them at an advanced level.
Of the subjects of study, the following can be distinguished:
- Microbiology, virology
- Botany, zoology
- Physiology of plants and animals
- Cytology, histology
- Biologically, the composition of the higher nervous system.
From the very beginning of their studies at Russian universities, students perform practical and laboratory work, attend workshops and seminars. The main training plan also includes the analysis and study of the biological diversity of animal and plant worlds, soil, water bodies and microorganisms. Students analyze in detail the issues of ecology, nature conservation, genetics and cytology. In addition to the main academic activity, students go on joint excursions in groups to the forest and mountainous areas to explore the surrounding nature together with teachers.
After graduation, students in the first six months are likely to find a high-paying job in reliable companies. Nowadays, areas related to biology are very popular, since wages in the presented field are quite high. A graduate of a biological university can work as:
- Researcher, lecturer at a scientific institute or museum
- Employee in a biotechnological, agrobiological, medical or innovative company
- Biology teacher at school or teacher of additional education
- Doctor or veterinarian
- Work in a ministry or department
- Landscape designer.
Top biological universities in Russia 2024 rankings
| 1 | Kosygin Russian State University |
| 2 | Moscow Polytechnic University |
| 3 | Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| 4 | Sevastopol State University |
| 5 | Bauman University |
| 6 | Russian State Social University |
| 7 | Moscow State Regional University |
| 8 | Nizhny Novgorod State University of Engineering and Economics (Knyagininsky University) |
| 9 | Udmurt State University |
| 10 | Irkutsk National Research Technical University |
| 11 | Lomonosov Moscow State University |
| 12 | Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University |
| 13 | GUBKIN UNIVERSITY National University of Oil and Gas |
| 14 | Mendeleev Russian University of Chemical Technology |
| 15 | Peoples ' Friendship University of Russia / RUDN University |
| 16 | Moscow State Institute of International Relations Russian Foreign Ministry |
| 17 | Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology – MBA named after K. I. Scriabin |
| 18 | State University of Land Management |
| 19 | National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering |
| 20 | Higher School of Economics University |
| 21 | Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management |
| 22 | Russian University of Transport (MIIT) |
| 23 | Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy |
| 24 | Moscow State Pedagogical University |
| 25 | National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" |
| 26 | MIREA – Russian Technological University |
| 27 | Sechenov University |
| 28 | Ustinov Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh" |
| 29 | Saint Petersburg Mining University |
| 30 | Lomonosov Northern Federal University |
| 31 | St. Petersburg State Agrarian University |
| 32 | St. Petersburg State Academy of Veterinary Medicine |
| 33 | St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| 34 | Pushkin Leningrad State University |
| 35 | Herzen University |
| 36 | St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics |
| 37 | Ulyanov St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" |
| 38 | St. Petersburg State University |
| 39 | St. Petersburg State Chemical and Pharmaceutical Academy |
| 40 | Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University |
| 41 | Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation |
| 42 | St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation |
| 43 | St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design |
| 44 | Dubna State University |
| 45 | St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University |
| 46 | Novosibirsk State Technical University |
| 47 | Siberian State University of Water Transport |
| 48 | Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics |
| 49 | Novosibirsk National Research State University |
| 50 | Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University |
| 51 | Kazan State Medical University |
| 52 | Kazan Federal University |
| 53 | Kazan State Power Engineering University |
| 54 | Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin |
| 55 | Ural State University of Economics |
| 56 | Ural State Forestry Engineering University |
| 57 | Ural State Mining University |
| 58 | Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod |
| 59 | Alekseev Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University |
| 60 | Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University |
| 61 | South Ural State University |
| 62 | Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University |
| 63 | Chelyabinsk State University |
| 64 | Omsk State Technical University |
| 65 | Omsk State Pedagogical University |
| 66 | Dostoevsky Omsk State University |
| 67 | Togliatti State University |
| 68 | Samara University |
| 69 | Samara State Technical University |
| 70 | Southern Federal University |
| 71 | Don State Technical University |
| 72 | Ufa State Petroleum Technical University |
| 73 | Bashkir State University |
| 74 | Ufa State Aviation Technical University |
| 75 | Bashkir State Agrarian University |
| 76 | Siberian Federal University |
| 77 | Kuban State Agrarian University |
| 78 | Northern State Medical University |
| 79 | Kuban State University |
| 80 | Kuban State Technological University |
| 81 | Perm State National Research University |
| 82 | Perm National Research Polytechnic University |
| 83 | Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University |
| 84 | Voronezh State Pedagogical University |
| 85 | Voronezh Institute of High Technologies |
| 86 | Voronezh State University |
| 87 | Voronezh State Technical University |
| 88 | Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies |
| 89 | Voronezh State Agrarian University named after Emperor Peter I |
| 90 | Volgograd State Technical University |
| 91 | Volgograd State University |
| 92 | Volgograd State Medical University |
| 93 | Volgograd State Agrarian University |
| 94 | Saratov State University |
| 95 | Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov |
| 96 | Tyumen State University |
| 97 | Irkutsk State University |
| 98 | Tyumen Industrial University |
| 99 | Altai State University |
| 100 | Altai State Agrarian University |
| 101 | Irkutsk State Medical University Far |
| 102 | Eastern State Medical University |
| 103 | Polzunov Altai State Technical University |
| 104 | Far Eastern Federal University |
| 105 | Yaroslavl State Medical University |
| 106 | Demidov Yaroslavl State University |
| 107 | Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service |
| 108 | Pacific State Medical University |
| 109 | Yaroslavl State Technical University |
| 110 | Tomsk Polytechnic University |
| 111 | Dagestan State University |
| 112 | Siberian State Medical University |
| 113 | Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics |
| 114 | Tomsk State University |
| 115 | Orenburg State University |
| 116 | Yesenin Ryazan State University |
| 117 | Kemerovo State University |
| 118 | Ryazan State Radio Engineering University |
| 119 | Modern Technical University |
| 120 | Astrakhan State Technical University |
| 121 | Vyatka State University |
| 122 | Astrakhan State University |
| 123 | Penza State University |
| 124 | Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University |
| 125 | Kaliningrad State Technical University |
| 126 | Stavropol State Medical University |
| 127 | North Caucasus Federal University |
| 128 | Belgorod National Research University |
| 129 | Smolensk State Medical University |
| 130 | Baltic Fishing Fleet State Academy |
| 131 | Orel State University named after I. S. Turgenev |
| 132 | Nizhnevartovsk State University |
| 133 | Moscow Aviation Institute |
| 134 | Moscow State Technological University "STANKIN" |
| 135 | National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET) |
| 136 | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
| 137 | Civil Defence Academy Emercom of Russia |
| 138 | Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University |
| 139 | Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation |
| 140 | Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University named after S. M. Kirov |
| 141 | Budget-Financed Educational Institution of Higher Education The Bonch-Bruevich Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications |
| 142 | St. Petersburg State Technological Institute |
| 143 | St. Petersburg State University of Railways of Emperor Alexander I |
| 144 | Russian State Hydrometeorological University |
| 145 | Siberian State University of Railway Transport |
| 146 | Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies |
| 147 | Novosibirsk State Agrarian University |
| 148 | Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management |
| 149 | Kazan National Research Technological University |
| 150 | Kazan State Agrarian University |
| 151 | Kazan Innovative University named after V. G. Timiryasov (IEML) |
| 152 | Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| 153 | Ural State Agrarian University |
| 154 | Ural State University of Railway Transport |
| 155 | Ural Institute of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia |
| 156 | Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| 157 | Nizhny Novgorod State Agricultural Academy |
| 158 | Volga State University of Water Transport |
| 159 | South Ural State Agrarian University |
| 160 | Siberian State Automobile and Road University |
| 161 | Omsk State Agrarian University named after P.A. Stolypin |
| 162 | Samara State Agricultural Academy |
| 163 | Samara State University of Railway Transport |
| 164 | Rosdistant |
| 165 | Samara State University of Economics |
| 166 | Don State Agrarian University |
| 167 | Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University |
| 168 | Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M. Akmullah |
| 169 | Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University |
| 170 | Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy |
| 171 | Perm Military Institute of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation |
| 172 | Admiral Ushakov State Maritime University |
| 173 | Izhevsk State Agricultural Academy |
| 174 | Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G. F. Morozov |
| 175 | Saratov State Vavilov Agrarian University |
| 176 | Irkutsk State Yezhevsky Agrarian University |
| 177 | Bratsk State University |
| 178 | State Agrarian University of the Northern Trans-Urals |
| 179 | Angara State Technical University |
| 180 | Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushinsky |
| 181 | Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University |
| 182 | Maritime State University named after Admiral G. I. Nevelskoy |
| 183 | Primorsky State Agricultural Academy |
| 184 | Dagestan State Dzhambulatov Agrarian University |
| 185 | Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| 186 | Ryazan State Agrotechnological University Named after P.A. Kostychev |
| 187 | Orenburg State Agrarian University |
| 188 | Kuzbass State Technical University |
| 189 | Kuzbass State Agricultural Academy |
| 190 | Kirov State Medical Academy |
| 191 | Vyatka State Agricultural Academy |
| 192 | Penza State University of Architecture and Construction |
| 193 | Stavropol State Agrarian University |
| 194 | Smolensk State University |
| 195 | Penza State Technological University |
| 196 | Smolensk State Agricultural Academy |
| 197 | Belgorod State Technological University named after V. G. Shukhov |
| 198 | Belgorod State Agrarian University named after V. Gorin |
| 199 | GUBKIN UNIVERSITY National University of Oil and Gas |
| 200 | Branch of the Lomonosov Moscow State University in Kazakhstan |
| 201 | Yegoryevsky Technological Institute of the Moscow State Technological University "Stankin" |
| 202 | Novotroitsky branch of the National University of Science and Technological "MISIS" |
| 203 | Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy |
| 204 | Novomoskovskiy Institute (branch) Mendeleev Russian University of Chemical Technology |
| 205 | Sochi Branch of the Peoples ' Friendship University of Russia / RUDN Universiry |
| 206 | Volga Branch of the Moscow Automobile and Road State Technical University |
| 207 | Nizhny Tagil Institute of Technology (branch) Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin |
| 208 | Bashkir Institute of Technologies and Management |
| 209 | Nevinnomyssk Technological Institute (branch) North Caucasus Federal University |
| 210 | Dzerzhinsk Polytechnic Institute (branch) Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n. a. R. E. Alekseev |
| 211 | Syzran Branch of Samara State Technical University |
| 212 | Far Eastern Fire and Rescue Academy |
| 213 | Kizlyar Branch of Dagestan State University |
| 214 | Naberezhnye Chelny Institute of KFU (branch) |
| 215 | Bugulma branch of Kazan National Research Technological University (KNRTU) |
| 216 | Nizhnekamsk Institute of Chemical Technology (KNRTU branch) |
| 217 | Buzuluk Humanitarian and Technological Institute of Orenburg State University |
| 218 | Branch of the Russian State Hydrometeorological University in Tuapse |
| 219 | Moscow State University of Food Production |
| 220 | Vernadsky Crimean Federal University |
| 221 | Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology |
| 222 | Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting |
| 223 | Mytischi Branch of Bauman Moscow State Technical University |
| 224 | Academy of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters |
| 225 | Saint-Petersburg University of State Fire Service of Emercom of Russia |
