On July 1, 1939, the Teachers' Institute was created with a two-year term of study to train teachers in grades 5-7
Foundation of the Penza State Pedagogical Institute
It had three faculties: physics and mathematics, Russian language and literature, historical
Foundation the Faculty of Natural Sciences within the Institute
The Penza State Pedagogical Institute was named after V.G.Belinsky.
Foundation of the Faculty of Physical Education
Foundation of the Faculty of Foreign Languages
Founding of the Faculty of Elementary and Special Education
Since October 2012 PSPU im. V.G. Belinsky became a part of the Penza State University as the Pedagogical Institute. V.G. Belinsky.
In 2014, the institute received the order of K.D. Ushinsky "For the contribution to the development of education and pedagogical sciences"
Currently, the structure of the pedagogical institute includes 3 faculties: history and philology, pedagogy, psychology and social sciences, physical and mathematical and natural sciences