The newly built building of the Provincial Zemstvo Office on Sibirskaya Street was given to the needs of the university.

[3] On October 2, 1919, the Institute of public education (INE) was created in Perm.

On September 9, 1921, by resolution of the planning committee of the Main Department of Education the Perm Institute of Public Education was transformed into a teacher training institute, which is considered to be the date of its birth.

In July, 1922 the teachers and students of the institute were united with the Perm state university; together with the faculty of social sciences and shortened physical and mathematical faculty they formed the Pedagogical department.

[4] In the post-war years, new faculties were opened at the institute, including foreign languages.