• Volgograd State Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
• Volgograd State Architectural and Engineering University
• Volgograd State Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering
• Volgograd Architecture and Civil Engineering University

Volgograd State Architectural and Engineering University is one of the leading universities of the Volgograd region. Volgograd State Architectural and Engineering was established in 1926 in the city of Stalingrad as Stalingrad Construction Institute.  In 1927 Stalingrad city finally turned into a powerful in the Lower Volga modern industrial center. In government circles, in this regard strongly developed the idea of organizing the city's largest university in the region, which should be become a source of industrial personnel. In April 30, 1930 on the basis of the construction of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering  of the Institute the another independent institutions was constructed :

• Stalingrad Construction Institute - for training engineers urban planners;
• Stalingrad tractor-(later known as the Polytechnic) Institute - for training tractor and automotive industries.

In 1961, the institution was renamed Volgograd Institute of Engineers of municipal services, and in 1975 in Volgograd Civil Engineering Institute.Order of the Russian Federation State Committee for Higher Education of 20 December 1994 Volgograd Civil Engineering Institute renamed Volgograd State Architectural and Construction Academy. Order of the Russian Federation State Committee for Higher Education of November 4, 2003 Volgograd State Academy of Architecture and Construction received university status. Order of the Russian Federation State Committee for Higher Education number 14 from January 26, 1994 the day and evening faculty comprehensive mechanization and automation of construction of the Volgograd Institute of Civil Engineering in the Volga converted into a branch. In 1994, the Academy entered the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of abrasives and grinding tools together with all the material and technical base and personnel. Order of the Russian Federation State Committee for Higher Education at March 6, 1995 the Volgograd branch of the State Architecture and Building Academy in Volgograd renamed the   Volga Institute of Civil Engineering of the Volgograd State Architecture and Building Academy. In December 29, 2003 Volga Civil Engineering Institute and the Ministry of Education of