The Siberian Botanical Gardens at TSU were founded in the summer of 1880. Then it occupied an area of 1,2 hectares. Currently its premises occupy 128 hectares and house a greenhouse complex (6500 square meters) and an experimental farm (114 hectares). A live plants exposition consists of more than 6,000 species.

The staff of Siberian Botanical Garden was awarded the RF Government Prize in the field of science and technique for the establishment of a botanical complex, unique for the Northern Latitudes of the planet.

The range of scientific interests includes:

• Introduction of species of natural and cultured flora on the basis of scientific achievements in Biotechnology, Genetics and Biochemistry of plants;
• Study of conditions of populations of rare and vanishing plant species, preservation of their gene pool;
• Ornamental Dendrology and Landscape Architecture.

The Siberian Botanical Gardens are a study room for the students of Department of Biology and Soil, and International Department of Agriculture and Ecology where they do practical work, as well as research for course papers and final projects.