Universities in Russia & CIS

🇷🇺Moscow · Est. 1755

Russia's oldest and most prestigious university, founded by Mikhail Lomonosov. Most programs in Russian; an increasing number of English-taught master's programs. Open Doors scholarship covers tuition for top international applicants.

🇷🇺Almaty · Est. 1934

A comprehensive public research university in Almaty and one of the oldest and largest in Kazakhstan, offering programs across the natural sciences, IT and mathematics, humanities, economics, law and international relations. Instruction is in Kazakh, Russian and English, with a number of English-medium programs for international students.

🇷🇺Moscow · Est. 1992

Russia's leading social sciences and economics university with campuses in Moscow, St Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Perm. The largest selection of English-taught programs among Russian universities, including the popular HSE/UoL double degree in Data Science.

🇷🇺Dolgoprudny (near Moscow) · Est. 1946

Russia's leading institute for physics, mathematics, and theoretical computer science. The "Phystech" tradition combines deep theoretical training with research-lab integration. Several English-taught master's in CS, AI, and finance.

🇷🇺Saint Petersburg · Est. 1900

A top IT and engineering university known for repeatedly winning the ICPC World Programming Championship. Many English-taught master's programs in CS, AI, and photonics.

🇷🇺Moscow · Est. 2011

A graduate-level institute in Moscow focused on science, technology and research, offering English-taught master's and PhD programs in fields such as AI, life sciences, advanced materials, energy and photonics. Education is integrated with research and applied-technology projects.

🇷🇺Astana · Est. 2010

An autonomous, English-medium research university in Astana, opened in 2010, offering undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs across engineering and digital sciences, medicine, sciences and humanities, business and public policy. It follows an international academic model developed with partner universities abroad.

🇷🇺Moscow · Est. 1758

A public medical university in Moscow under the Russian Ministry of Health, tracing its origins to a medical faculty established in 1758. It offers programs across medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and the life sciences, with English-medium degree tracks alongside Russian-taught programs and a preparatory department for international applicants.

🇷🇺Yerevan · Est. 1920

A public medical university in Yerevan, Armenia, with origins dating to 1920 and university status since 1995. It focuses on the health sciences, offering programs in general medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and public health, including English-medium tracks for international students.