The Penza Industrial Institute, as it was initially called, opened on May 1, 1943, comprising eleven departments; then in 1959, by order of the Minister of Higher Education (a government ministry in the Soviet Union), Penza Industrial Institute was renamed the Penza Polytechnic Institute.
The Penza Industrial Institute, as it was initially called, opened on November 1, 1943, comprising 11 departments. 
