- Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, on the oldest universities of the country. The architectural ensemble of the educational organization is a famous touristic attraction of the city. It is situated in Kremlyovskaya Street and now it is considered a valuable object of the cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation
- Kazan State Medical University , founded on May 14th, 1814, on the day of the first council of the Medical Department of the Imperial Kazan University. The students of the University enter the European Medical students’ association. A lot of students of Kazan Medical University get a chance to practice abroad
- Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev founded in 1932. The university has a few technological centres on their key activities: devoted to composites, laser, motor investigation. For example the Motor Investigation University centre is an engineering centre for the development of engines for land and aviation transport
- Kazan Technological University, one of the biggest chemical-technological universities in the country, where a lot of highly qualified specialists for the chemical technologies graduate from. More than 380 educational programs of higher, secondary and additional education are found in the University. About 24 000 students and graduates from Russia and foreign countries get education here
- Kazan State Energetics University, Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering, Kazan State Agrarian University