Lomonosov Moscow State University

GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow

#=94 QS Global World Ranking
PublicStatus
Very HighResearch Output
30,677Total Students
6,755Faculty
10,784Int'l Students

About

Established in 1755, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) is the highest-ranked university in Russia, and is consistently ranked within the global top 150 of the QS World University Rankings®. One of Russia’s oldest and most respected institutions, MSU’s main building is the tallest educational building in the world. The university library system is one of the largest in Russia with around 9,000,000 books, 2,000,000 of which are in foreign languages. The university has more than 47,000 students enrolled and welcomes about 4,000 international students every year.

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QS World University Ranking

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Data

2012
#116
2014
#120
2015
#114
2016
#108
2017
#108
2018
#=95
2019
#90
2020
#84
2021
#74
2022
#78
2023
#75
2024
#=87
2025
#=94

Ranking criteria

61.4

Overall

Academic Reputation

4.1

Citations per Faculty

95.8

Employment Outcomes

82.3

Employer Reputation

99.7

Faculty Student Ratio

19.7

International Faculty Ratio

88.1

International Research Network

91.5

International Students Ratio

3.5

Sustainability

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Student & Staff

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Total students

30,677

PG students

43%

UG students

57%

International students

10,784

PG students

49%

UG students

51%

Total faculty staff

6,755

Int'l staff

807

Domestic staff

5948

Total students

30,677

PG students

43%

UG students

57%

International students

10,784

PG students

49%

UG students

51%

Total faculty staff

6,755

Domestic staff

5948

Int'l staff

807

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