World rankings 2026
Best medical schools in Russia
46 universities in Russia ranked on the medicine research they published from 2021 to 2025. Sechenov University leads the country and ranks 324th in the world.
Can graduates of medical schools in Russia train in the US?
The country has a WFME-recognized accreditor. Graduates of schools it accredits meet ECFMG's accreditation requirement for US residency.
- Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR): recognized until 2028 January
A school must itself be accredited by that agency. Every country's status.
Universities in Russia
| # | University | In country | Articles 2021–25 | Cited 50+ times | International | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324 | Sechenov UniversityMoscow | 1 | 11,638 | 1.6% | 25% | 56 |
| 490 | Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityMoscow | 2 | 7,315 | 1.0% | 11% | 45 |
| 561 | Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow | 3 | 3,909 | 1.1% | 19% | 39 |
| 629 | First Pavlov State Medical University of St. PetersburgSt Petersburg | 4 | 2,963 | 1.1% | 15% | 36 |
| 646 | St Petersburg UniversitySt Petersburg | 5 | 2,795 | 0.9% | 18% | 34 |
| 649 | North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. MechnikovSt Petersburg | 6 | 3,024 | 0.9% | 10% | 34 |
| 877 | Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaMoscow | 7 | 4,042 | 0.0% | 17% | 17 |
| 897 | Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional EducationMoscow | 8 | 4,093 | 0.0% | 7% | 16 |
| 921 | Russian University of MedicineMoscow | 9 | 1,892 | 0.1% | 9% | 15 |
| 997 | Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical UniversitySt Petersburg | 10 | 2,363 | 0.0% | 8% | 12 |
| 1009 | S. M. Kirov Military Medical AcademySt Petersburg | 11 | 2,285 | 0.0% | 7% | 12 |
| 1064 | Kazan State Medical UniversityKazan’ | 12 | 1,656 | 0.0% | 15% | 11 |
| 1069 | Bashkir State Medical UniversityUfa | 13 | 1,581 | 0.0% | 17% | 11 |
| 1105 | Samara State Medical UniversitySamara | 14 | 1,719 | 0.0% | 8% | 10 |
| 1108 | Novosibirsk State UniversityNovosibirsk | 15 | 1,516 | 0.0% | 15% | 10 |
| 1139 | Siberian State Medical UniversityTomsk | 16 | 1,347 | 0.0% | 14% | 10 |
| 1157 | Rostov State Medical UniversityRostov-on-Don | 17 | 1,423 | 0.0% | 10% | 9 |
| 1179 | Kazan Federal UniversityKazan’ | 18 | 1,025 | 0.0% | 26% | 9 |
| 1187 | Novosibirsk State Medical UniversityNovosibirsk | 19 | 1,354 | 0.0% | 10% | 9 |
| 1227 | Tyumen State Medical UniversityTyumen | 20 | 803 | 0.1% | 0% | 8 |
| 1278 | Ural State Medical UniversityYekaterinburg | 21 | 1,327 | 0.0% | 1% | 8 |
| 1297 | Volgograd State Medical UniversityVolgograd | 22 | 1,288 | 0.0% | 0% | 8 |
| 1300 | Kuban State Medical UniversityKrasnodar | 23 | 1,256 | 0.0% | 1% | 8 |
| 1344 | Krasnoyarsk State Medical UniversityKrasnoyarsk | 24 | 1,167 | 0.0% | 0% | 7 |
| 1371 | Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyDolgoprudny | 25 | 571 | 0.0% | 35% | 7 |
| 1379 | Privolzhsky Research Medical UniversityNizhny Novgorod | 26 | 1,059 | 0.0% | 0% | 6 |
| 1407 | Saratov State Medical UniversitySaratov | 27 | 991 | 0.0% | 1% | 6 |
| 1422 | Chelyabinsk State Medical AcademyChelyabinsk | 28 | 931 | 0.0% | 3% | 6 |
| 1431 | Voronezh State Medical Academy named after N.N. BurdenkoVoronezh | 29 | 964 | 0.0% | 0% | 6 |
| 1438 | Ryazan State Medical University named after Academician I.P. PavlovRyazan | 30 | 950 | 0.0% | 0% | 6 |
| 1459 | Astrakhan State Medical UniversityAstrakhan | 31 | 819 | 0.0% | 5% | 5 |
| 1478 | Smolensk State Medical UniversitySmolensk | 32 | 866 | 0.0% | 0% | 5 |
| 1481 | National Research University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow | 33 | 510 | 0.0% | 28% | 5 |
| 1502 | Perm State Medical AcademyPerm | 34 | 775 | 0.0% | 3% | 5 |
| 1528 | Ural Federal UniversityYekaterinburg | 35 | 454 | 0.0% | 29% | 4 |
| 1531 | Kursk State Medical UniversityKursk | 36 | 768 | 0.0% | 0% | 4 |
| 1565 | Belgorod National Research UniversityBelgorod | 37 | 708 | 0.0% | 0% | 4 |
| 1576 | Altai State Medical UniversityBarnaul | 38 | 629 | 0.0% | 4% | 3 |
| 1596 | Stavropol State Medical UniversityStavropol | 39 | 630 | 0.0% | 0% | 3 |
| 1608 | Irkutsk State Medical UniversityIrkutsk | 40 | 540 | 0.0% | 6% | 3 |
| 1616 | Northern State Medical UniversityArkhangelsk | 41 | 538 | 0.0% | 4% | 2 |
| 1636 | National Research Mordovia State UniversitySaransk | 42 | 531 | 0.0% | 0% | 2 |
| 1666 | National Research Nuclear University MEPhIMoscow | 43 | 467 | 0.0% | 0% | 1 |
| 1682 | N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod | 44 | 437 | 0.0% | 0% | 1 |
| 1690 | National Research Tomsk State UniversityTomsk | 45 | 429 | 0.0% | 0% | 0 |
| 1695 | Chuvash State UniversityCheboksary | 46 | 423 | 0.0% | 0% | 0 |
# = world rank of 1,712. Medicine articles 2021–2025 in OpenAlex.
Questions
What is the best medical school in Russia?
Sechenov University ranks first in Russia on medical research output, citations and international collaboration from 2021 to 2025, followed by Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University.
Can graduates of medical schools in Russia do residency in the US?
Yes, if the school is accredited by Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR), which the World Federation for Medical Education recognizes. ECFMG certification also requires passing the USMLE exams.
Sources: OpenAlex (CC0), medicine-field articles published 2021–2025; World Federation for Medical Education, agencies with recognition status (October 2026). Methodology · Download the data (CSV)