Orenburg State Pedagogical University

Established in 1919, Orenburg State Pedagogical University is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the medium-sized city of Orenburg (population range of 500,000-1,000,000 inhabitants), Orenburg Oblast. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Orenburg State Pedagogical University (OSPU) is a small (uniRank enrollment range: 4,000-4,999 students) coeducational higher education institution.

Orenburg State Pedagogical University (OSPU) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees in several areas of study. See the unit rank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details.

The university has repeatedly changed its official name. Orenburg State Pedagogical University is the legal successor of the Orenburg Institute of Public Education (organized by the resolution of the People's Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR of July 30, 1919, functioned in the city of Orenburg from 1919 to 1930) and the Orenburg State Pedagogical Institute (opened in 1930 by a resolution of the commission of the Council of Commissars RSFSR from 07/08/1930).

• By the order of the Ministry of General and Professional Education of the Russian Federation of December 23, 1996 No. 516, the Orenburg State Pedagogical Institute has renamed the Orenburg State Pedagogical University.
• By the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of April 19, 2011 No. 1501, it was renamed into the federal state budgetary educational institution of higher professional education “Orenburg State Pedagogical University”.
• By the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation of April 27, 2016, No. 489 was renamed to the federal state budgetary educational institution of higher education "Orenburg State Pedagogical University".