title: Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University
text: # Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University
  
  Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University (also referred to as KDPU) was founded in 1930 as a University of Vocational Training, is the oldest pedagogical institution in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, reorganized in Pedagogical University. In the prewar period the university has trained about 1,000 teachers. in 1999 on the basis of the State Pedagogical University was established Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University. The proclamation of the independence of Ukraine in 1991 brought about radical changes in every sphere of University life. In 2011 Cabinet of Ukraine 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.
  
  