The university was founded in August 1930 under the name of the Institute of Social Education, it had 4 faculties: technical, mathematical, socio-economic, linguistic and literary, biological. The training lasted 3 years. The first enrollment is 120 students. In 1933 the institute renamed as the Pedagogical Institute with four years of study. 4 faculties: historical, linguistic-literary, mathematical, biological. In 1935 the name change to Teacher's Institute, 2 faculties - physical and mathematical and natural-geographical. In 1941, following the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union temporarily ceased to exist. In 1941, Uman was occupied, on March 10, 1944, Uman was released, and in June the Soviet of People's Commissars of the USSR issued a resolution to renew the activity of the educational institution. On June 15, 1944, he resumed his work in two divisions: physical-mathematical and natural-geographical. In 1946 the Faculty of History was restored, in 1947 the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Odessa Teachers' Institute was joined, a year later the same faculty of the Kiev Institute. In 1952 Uman Teacher Training Institute was reorganized into Uman State Pedagogical Institute. In 1960 The Faculty of Pedagogy and Methods of Primary Education was established. In 1967 the university was named after Pavel Tichyna.
Campuses and buildings
The University is housed in five buildings, besides it has two hotels, two canteens as well as some workshops and a sports complex. The University has research agricultural station used for student field practice. The total training area of the University is 23.069 square meters. The University has an Orthodox Church. The university consists of 11 faculties and 1 educational-scientific institute: Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Informatics; Faculty of History; Faculty of Preschool and Special Education; Faculty of Foreign Languages; Faculty of Arts; Faculty of Engineering and Pedagogical Education; Faculty of Social and Psychological Education; Faculty of Ukrainian Philology; Faculty of Physical Education; Faculty of Primary Education; Natural Sciences and Geography Faculty; Institute of Economics and Business Education;
Honorable Doctors and famous alumni
Oleksandr Krykun - graduate of the Department of Teaching, bronze medalist at the Olympic Games in Atlanta -96, a competitor of the Olympic Games in Sydney, a member of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, Chairman of the Committee of Athletes.
2008 - 2009 - Rating of higher educational institutions of Ukraine of III-IV accreditation levels,
2010 - Rating of higher educational institutions of Ukraine of III-IV accreditation levels.
2011 - 2012 academic year
2011 - Rating of higher educational establishments of Ukraine III-IV accreditation levels Rating "Top 200 Ukraine", Rating "Vebometrix", International Academic Rating of Popularity and Quality "Golden Fortune".
International exhibition "Modern Education - 2011" ; XIX International Exhibition "Education and Career - 2011" ; Third National Exhibition-presentation "Innovations in Modern Education" XX International Exhibition "Education and Career - 2011" .
XXI International Exhibition "Education and Career - 2012".