Orenburg State Pedagogical University (OSPU; Russian: Оренбургский государственный педагогический университет; ОГПУ, Orenburgskiy gosudarstvennyy pedagogicheskiy universitet; OGPU[1]) is a state university[2] in Volga Federal District of Russia located in the city of Orenburg, the administrative centre of Orenburg Oblast.

[3] The history of the university begins in 1915, when a Teacher's institute was opened in Orenburg.

[4] By a resolution of the Commission of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR dated 8 July 1930, it was renamed to the Orenburg State Pedagogical Institute.

516 dated 23 December 1996, the Orenburg State Pedagogical Institute named after V.P.

Chkalov was renamed to the Orenburg State Pedagogical University.