Intensive development of capitalism in the early XX century in the Donbass has resulted in this region has become the largest industrial center of Russia. At the same time, the steppe area has established itself as an area of agriculture, where grain was grown commodity. All this contributed to the opening of this school, we meet the needs of the developing agriculture. To this end, the imperial government planned to open in Ukraine a number of agricultural training schools and colleges. In Donbass such a center, was elected Lugansk - the big industrial city in eastern Ukraine.
In 1914 was built one-storey building of an agricultural school. In October 1921 the Donetsk provincial education department decided to establish an agricultural college.
Enthusiastic about the institute had its first leaders and teachers: KF Kovalev - Director, MK Konakov, head teacher and head of the Department of Soil Science and agrochemicals, Professor M. Kholodilin, head of the meteorological station of Rodin.
Autumn of 1930 it was renamed the Institute of Vegetable Crops. In 1934 the Institute was renamed again, now in the Institute of horticultural training with experienced management, and in 1936 reorganized into the Institute of Agriculture.
During these years the institute has developed a strong team of scientists, known throughout the country: Professor NG captain, who conducted research in the field of cultural development of plants and soil cultivation, Professor NE Safronov - erudite in the field of selection of vegetable and fruit crops Professor LA Hristeva developed a new method of fertilizer from the Carboniferous rocks, Professor AD Polishchuk, P. Beletsky, M. S. Utkin, A. Orlov, MA Savchenko, and many other scientists Educationalists.
But the progressive development of the institute was interrupted by World War II. In one of the classrooms were exams and graduates who received a diploma, passed into another room where representatives of the military office issued the direction for education in military schools or to the front. New building was rebuilt under the military hospital.
In September 1945, in a solemn ceremony held on the first postwar production agronomists. In 1946 was organized by the correspondence department for training, which was immediately recognized by the workers.
From 1960 to 1980 in the institute were built: Education Building Faculty of Agricultural Mechanization, the new main building, housing the Faculty of Agricultural building, three dormitories for students, dining room, great gymnastic center.
Now the university has 10 faculties, each of which is located in a separate building, the services of the students are well equipped classrooms, modern equipment, a library, eight dormitories, sports facilities, Culture Palace, a museum.