This category brings together articles about the institutions of higher education of Nizhny Novgorod and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast — state universities, academies, institutes, and their branches, as well as certain objects connected with them. Nizhny Novgorod has historically developed as a major university center of the Volga region: it is home to higher education institutions of the most varied profiles — from technical and medical to musical and pedagogical.
Among the most significant are Lobachevsky University, Polytech and the Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy. The oblast is represented, in particular, by the Arzamas State Pedagogical Institute named after A. P. Gaidar, which for a long time operated as an independent educational institution.