Amateur variety theater "ETA", a student comedy theater, was created on April 1, 1959 by Vitaly Ivashchenko, a fourth-year student of the Faculty of Mechanics.

Over 60 years, 30 comedy performances of his own drama have been created. Practically all the performances of the theater became laureates of various festivals and competitions of theatrical art. Theater performances reflect all aspects of student life: from dormitories to exams, from studies to love.