This category brings together articles about research, educational and design institutes of Nizhny Novgorod and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. The region has historically developed into a major scientific and educational center: it is home to academic institutions, branch research institutes, technical and humanities universities, as well as organizations engaged in urban development and the training of management personnel.
Among the most notable of these are the Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which has conducted fundamental and applied research since 1977, the Russian Federal Nuclear Center — All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF) in Sarov, the Radiophysical Research Institute (NIRFI), and the Institute for Urban Development of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, created for the improvement of the region's public spaces.