January 20, 1994
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: The Prudential Institutional Fund
(File No. 33-48066)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "1933 Act"), the Fund hereby certifies (i) that its Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed
pursuant to Rule 497(c) would not have differed from the Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information contained in Post-Effective Amendment
No. 3 and (ii) that the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 was filed
electronically on January 19, 1994.
The Prudential Institutional Fund
By:_______________________________
Domenick Pugliese
Assistant Secretary
DP/jng
[497]pif-194.497