Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University (also referred to as KDPU) was founded in 1930 as a University of

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, is the oldest pedagogical institution in

Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih ( uk, Криви́й Ріг , lit. "Curved Bend" or "Crooked Horn"), also known as Krivoy Rog (Russian: Кривой Рог) is the largest city in central Ukraine, the 7th most populous city in Ukraine and the 2nd largest by area. Kr ...

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, reorganized in Pedagogical University. In the prewar period the university has trained about 1,000

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s. in 1999 on the basis of the State Pedagogical University was established Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University. The proclamation of the

independence of Ukraine The Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine ( uk, Акт проголошення незалежності України, Akt proholoshennya nezalezhnosti Ukrayiny) was adopted by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR on 24 August 1991.

in 1991 brought about radical changes in every sphere of University life. In 2011

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founded Kryvyi Rih National University. It existed for 5 years and was divided into three separate institutions again in 2016. The university is administered in nine divisions — PhysMath, Biological, Geographical, Historical, Ukrainian philology, Foreign languages, Education and Fine Arts — and its faculty are divided into 29 departments and programs. Many of these programs are terminate with the master's degree.

Faculties

* Faculty of Mathematics and Physics * Faculty of Natural Sciences * Ukrainian Philology Faculty * Faculty of Foreign Languages * Faculty of Education * Faculty of Geography * Faculty of History * Faculty of Fine Arts (departments of graphic arts and of musical education) * Faculty of Industrial Education

Degree programs

The university administers 29 degree-granting programs. It also offers joint-degree programs with several of KNU's professional schools, as well as opportunities for advanced non-degree study.

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