Ion Creangă Pedagogical State University (Romanian: Universitatea Pedagogică de Stat "I. Creangă") is a higher educational institution in Chişinău, Moldova. It was formed in August 1940 as the Pedagogical Institute Moldovan State, being renamed the State Pedagogical Institute Ion Creanga in Chişinău in 1952, and receiving its current name on 21 May 1992. It is named after the Romanian writer and story-teller Ion Creangă. The university offers Bachelor, Master and Doctorate level degrees.