On July 3, 1914 (old style) Nikolay the II on the yacht "Shtandart" approved the "Law on the establishment of the Polytechnic Institute in the city of Samara".

1934 - Three previously independent technical colleges became a single Mid-Volga industrial institute.

1980 - according to the Decree of the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium the Kuibyshev Polytechnic Institute is awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor 1991 - Kuibyshev Polytechnic Institute was renamed to Samara Polytechnic Institute and the year later received the status of Samara State Technical University (SSTU) 2015 - The scientific council of SSTU has made a decision to merge with the Samara State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SSUACE).

The corresponding order was signed by the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on December 30.

Viktor Chernomyrdin, Minister of the USSR Gas Industry, Chairman of the Russian Federation Government, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia in Ukraine Rem Vyakhirev, Deputy Minister of the USSR Gas Industry, Board Chairman of "Gazprom", laureate of the USSR State Prize, State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science