Korolenko National Pedagogical University is a higher educational institution in Ukraine that dates back to 1914.

In 1920, the Poltava Pedagogical Institute had three faculties: History and Philology, Physics and Mathematics, and Natural Sciences.

Before the start of the World War II, the institute had 15 departments with about a hundred teachers, and 1,500 full-time and 1,400 part-time students.

On November 25, 2009, Poltava State Pedagogical University was granted the status of national by the decree of the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko.

Korolenko National Pedagogical University is an educational and scientific center with significant achievements and traditions.

The university cooperates with educational and scientific institutions of Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Brazil, Great Britain, Georgia, Estonia, Israel, Spain, Canada, the People's Republic of China, the Kingdom of Denmark, Latvia, within the framework of international agreements.

Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, USA, Turkey, Czech Republic, Sweden, Japan.

The university library has 605,515 copies of both traditional paper and electronic media and is the largest book depository in the Poltava region.

The university has developed an infrastructure that corresponds to the main directions of its activity specified in the Charter and provides training of pedagogical and non-pedagogical (ecologists, journalists, cultural experts, psychologists, social workers) specialists of the highest level.