The Great Patriotic War in 1941-1945 recruited to the front about 300 teachers, staff members, students only on its first days. The institute evacuated to Sverdlovsk and Karaganda, brought a significant part of its equipment and the scientific staff for Sverdlovsk Mining Institute and the Filial of Moscow Mining Institute, which by that time had come to Karaganda too. A great deal of the teaching staff of Dnipropetrovsk Mining Institute occupied engineering positions at mining enterprises of the Urals and Republics of Middle Asia.
Vita Kuu Patriotic katika 1941-1945 kuajiriwa na mbele kuhusu 300 walimu, wafanyakazi, wanafunzi tu juu ya siku yake ya kwanza. taasisi kuhamishwa kwa Sverdlovsk na Karaganda, kuletwa sehemu kubwa ya mitambo yake na wafanyakazi wa kisayansi kwa Sverdlovsk Institute Madini na Kimwana wa Moscow Institute Madini, ambayo kwa wakati huo alikuwa na kuja Karaganda pia. mpango mkubwa wa mafundisho wafanyakazi wa Dnipropetrovsk Institute Madini ulichukua nafasi uhandisi katika makampuni ya madini ya Urals na Jamhuri za Asia Mashariki.