This is a list of Kazan State University rectors:
- Yakovkin Ilya Fedorovich (1804–1813)
- Braun Johann (Ivan Osipovich) (1814–1819)
- Gavriil II'ich Solntsev (1819–1820)
- Nikolski Grigori Borisovich (1820–1823)
- Fuchs Karl (Karl Fedorovich) (1823–1827)
- Nikolai Lobachevsky (1827–1846)
- Ivan Mikhailovich Simonov (1846–1855)
- Kowalewski Osip Mikhaylovich (1855–1860)
- Alexander Butlerov (1860–1863)
- Osokin Yevgraf Gigoryevich (1863–1872,1876–1880)
- Kremlev Nikolay Aleksandrovich (1872–1876,1885–1889)
- Kowalewski Nikolay Osipovich (1880–1882)
- Nikolai Nikitich Bulich (1882–1885)
- Konstantin Vasilievich Voroshilov (1889–1899)
- Dmitri Dubyago (1899–1905)
- Lyubimov Nikolay Matveyevich (1905–1906)
- Nikolai Pavlovich Zagoskin (1906–1909)
- Dormidontov Grigori Fedorovich (1909–1918)
- Bolotov Yevgeni Aleksandrovich (1918–1921)
- Ovchinnikov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (1921–1922)
- M. N. Cheboksarov
- Chirkovski Vasili Vasilyevich (1923–1925)
- Lunyak Andrey Ivanovich (1926–1928)
- Galanza Petr Nikolayevich (1928–1929)
- Segal Moisey Abramovich (1929–1930)
- Vekslin Noson-Ber Zalmanovich (1931–1935)
- Qamay Gilem Khayrievich / Qamay Ğilem Xäyri ulı /ghee-LEM khay-REE oo-LE / (1935–1937)
- Sitnikov Kirill Prokofyevich (1937–1951)
- Dmitry Yakovlevich Martynov Obituary (1951–1954)
- Mikhail Tikhonovich Nuzhin (1954–1979)
- Alexander Ivanovich Konovalov (1979–1990)
- Konoplev Yuri Gennadyevich (1990–2001)
- Salakhov Myakzyum Khalimullovich (2002–2010)
- Gafurov Il'shat Rafkatovich (2010-)