Kryvyi Rih National University
| Криворізький національний університет | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 2011 (1922 as Technic University) |
| President | Yuriy Vilkul |
| Rector | Mycola Stupnik |
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Academic staff
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900 |
| Students | 20,000 |
| Location | Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine |
| Campus | urban |
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| Website | knu.edu.ua/ |
Kryvyi Rih University or officially the Kryvyi Rih National University (Ukrainian: Криворізький національний університет), colloquially known in Ukrainian as KNU (Ukrainian: Криворізький національний університет - КНУ) is located in Kryvyi Rih, one of the main industrial cities of Ukraine. Currently, its structure consists of seven faculties (academic departments) and five institutes. It was founded in 1922 as the Kryvyi Rih Evening Working College, and reorganized onto Kryvyi Rih Mining University. During the Soviet Union era, Kryvyi Rih University was one of the top professional universities in the USSR. In 2011 Cabinet of Ukraine founded Kryvyi Rih National University by uniting Technic University, Pedagogical University, Economic Institute of Kyiv National Economic University and Department of the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine. It is ranked as one of the best universities in Ukraine in many rankings (see below).
In 1929 the college was converted into the evening working institution, and from 1931 in Kryvyi Rihv Mining Institute.
Next year in Kryvyi Rih was founded Institute of Vocational Training, reorganized in Pedagogical Institute. In the prewar period the institute has trained about 1,000 teachers. in 1999 on the basis of the State Pedagogical Institute was established Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University.
During World War II, being evacuated from 20 September 1941 to August 1944, Kryvyi Rih Mining Institute worked in Nizhny Tagil. In September 1944 Institute resumed classes for the students in the hometown. Increasing number of specialties, which prepared the engineering staff. Five teachers honored with the Lenin and State Prizes. Since 1994 the institute became charter Technical University.
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