| Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University | |
| Native Name: | Педагогический институт Иркутского государственного университета |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Former Names: | Irkutsk Teaching Institute (1909) East-Siberian Institute of People's Education (1918) Pedagogical Faculty of Irkutsk State University (1921) Irkutsk State Pedagogical Institute (1931) Irkutsk State Pedagogical University (1997) East-Siberian State Academy of Education (2009) [1] |
| Type: | Public |
| Established: | 1909 |
| Parent: | Irkutsk State University |
| Director: | Prof. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Semirov[2] |
| Academic Staff: | >200 |
| Students: | >4000 |
| City: | Irkutsk |
| State: | Irkutsk Oblast |
| Country: | Russia |
| Language: | Russian |
The Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University (Russian: Педагоги́ческий институ́т Ирку́тского госуда́рственного университе́та) was founded in 1909 in Irkutsk, Siberia as Irkutsk Teaching Institute for training teachers for schools and colleges. The institute has 3 faculties and 21 departments, and provides education in 9 training directions.[3] Minor plant 2585 Irpedina, discovered by Soviet astronomer and a graduate of the Institute Nikolay Chernykh, is named after the institute (Chernykh's wife, Lyudmila Chernykh, was also an astronomer and a graduate of the institute).