This open access book describes the development of Innopolis a young Russian university established in 2012 to focus on teaching excellence in computer science engineering and robotics. It reports on the problems that were faced in the first decade of its development and the adopted solutions. It shows how the key aspects for the development of the faculty the curricula the university structure and the challenge of internationalization have been successfully addressed by the university management and professors and how the solutions are scalable for other newly founded research organizations.The book is divided in five parts The Beginning describes the very early days in general from the foundation and startup of the university with the related processes.