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Over *** million students were enrolled in Russian higher education institutions in 2024. The number of students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs in the country was lower than in 2010, when it exceeded million, but has grown in recent years.

Leading Russian universities

The Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) ranked first in the list of top universities in Russia, according to the QS World University Rankings 2026, which placed it  worldwide. The Bauman Moscow State Technical University ranked first by faculty-to-student ratio in the country. The third place in the domestic ranking was occupied by the RUDN University in Moscow, which ranked in the world. 

Job search after the university in Russia

In 2022, roughly in ten Russians who graduated from the university in the three previous years were employed in a field related to their studies. Furthermore, approximately *** half of graduates from the top 30 universities in Russia were willing to move abroad for better job opportunities in 2020. Around ** percent of Russian Generation Z representatives felt anxious or stressed thinking about their job and career prospects.