The Novosibirsk Academgorodok, created in the 60s, was immediately thought of as an interdisciplinary integrated innovation center. The ideas of communication education, science and production have been implemented. Six months after the decision to establish the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the
Novosibirsk State University (NSU) was established. The university was built and developed together with the Novosibirsk Scientific Center, focusing on the training of highly qualified personnel for science and education. In January 1963, under the Novosibirsk State University, the
Physics and Mathematics Boarding School No. 165 (PMS No. 165) began to work for the most gifted schoolchildren — the winners of the Olympiads. Later, the same schools appeared in Moscow, Kiev and Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).
In 1991, during the reorganization of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the department was renamed the
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) and its membership included scientific institutions of the West-Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Former USSR.
Currently, the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) is the largest regional branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, conducting research on a wide range of areas and disciplines at a high international level, and in some areas and disciplines being a pioneer and leader. Because of the scale and level of research, sometimes the SB RAS is called the "Academy at the Academy".