During that time the institute had seven departments: librarian, book marketing, scholar, museum, tourist, atheistic, and mass-agitation.

During World War II the institute folded and once again became department of the University of Kharkiv which was evacuated to Kyzylorda in the Kazakh SSR.

In 1979, during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the institute, the Government awarded the KhDIK a Diploma of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

After the fall of the Soviet Union many other departments were opened in the institute such as legal studies, musical folk art, culturology, choreography, foreign students relations and others.

The scientific and pedagogical staff of the academy is fruitfully working on creating its own information and educational environment (electronic versions of software and methodological complexes).

Since 1998, the KhDAK has been developing an electronic full-text database of textbooks, teaching materials and scientific works of teachers and students, which allows the introduction of distance learning and retraining.