Kryvyi Rih National University (Ukrainian: Криворізький національний університет, romanized: Kryvorizkyi natsionalnyi universytet), colloquially known as KNU (Ukrainian: КНУ), is located in Kryvyi Rih, one of the main industrial cities of Ukraine.

[citation needed] The following year in Kryvyi Rih, the Institute of Vocational Training was founded.

[citation needed] During World War II, having been evacuated from 20 September 1941 to August 1944, the Kryvyi Rih Mining Institute relocated to Nizhny Tagil, Russia.

[citation needed] In September 1944 the Institute resumed classes for the students in its original location.

[citation needed] The proclamation of the independence of Ukraine in 1991 brought about radical changes in every sphere of university life.