In the QS university rankings, the top universities in Russia 10 are Moscow State University, St. Petersburg State University, Novosibirsk State University, Moscow State Baumann Institute of Engineering, Tomsk State University, Moscow Institute of International Relations, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, National Nuclear Research University, Peter the Great Institute of Technology in St. Petersburg, and Russian State University of Higher Economic Research.

Among them, Moscow State University ranked 93rd in the ARWU academic ranking of world universities in 20 17, and ranked 100 before entering the world. Other top 10 Russian universities in China are between 240 and 500.