• Penza State Medical University
• Penza Medical University
• Penza Medical Academy
• Penza Medical Institute

Penza State University is state university in the city of Penza of Russian Federation. Penza State University is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities of the Volga region, which provides the formation of intellectual capacity and promotes intensive socio-economic development of the region in modern conditions.  Penza State University was established in 1943 as a Penza Indutrial Institute. In 1959 Penza Industrial Institute was renamed into Penza Polytechnic Institute. On 5 July 1993 by order Russian State Committee for Higher Education Penza Polytechnic Institute was renamed into Penza State Technical University. In 1998 Penza StateTechnical University became Penza State University. In 1999 the faculty of medicine was organized in Penza State University, which in 2003 was transformed into Medical Institute. Penza State University repeatedly awarded with the gold medal for maintaining European quality Education and being in the "100 best universities in Russia". Till date Penza State University has trained 22500 students and 3250 students in Medical institute of Penza State University. Today Penza State University conducts training in 99 departments by 1531 skilled teachers.