Open-Pit Mining
21.05.04 Mining Engineering
About
The purpose of the educational program is to provide comprehensive and high-quality training for qualified, competitive specialists in the field of engineering support for human activities in the bowels of the Earth during open-pit mining and processing of solid minerals. This program is based on the formation of students' competencies that determine the level of personal qualities development, as well as competencies that characterize the student's ability and willingness to perform professional functions in accordance with the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education in this specialty, taking into account the orientation (profile) of the educational program.
The objectives of this educational program are the education and training of specialists in the field of engineering support for human activities in the bowels of the Earth during operational exploration, extraction (based on the open method) and processing of solid minerals. Our students are:
- proficient in the highly efficient use of advanced open-pit mining technologies in the development of solid mineral deposits in various mining, geological and engineering conditions, as well as in their subsequent processing;
- ready to use modern methods of scientific research, forecasting and design, planning and management of open-pit mining operations in the development of deposits of solid minerals;
- willing to work in a competitive environment in the labor market of mining industries and related segments in context of the development of the national economic complex of the Russian Federation;
- able to solve professional tasks in order to achieve financial stability and strategic efficiency of open-pit mining enterprises and their infrastructure at different stages of its life cycle.
Training in this educational program is focused on meeting the needs of specialists in open-pit mining for mining, construction, processing, design, environmental protection and other enterprises related to the rational development and use of natural resources of the Tula region and the Russian Federation.
A graduate who has mastered this educational program is qualified as a Mining engineer (specialist).
As part of the development of the specialty program, graduates can prepare for solving the following types of professional tasks:
- scientific research;
- design and survey;
- production and technological tasks.
Program Description
Participation in International CASE-IN Engineering Championships in the field of Mining to consolidate theoretical and practical knowledge, skills and competencies.
Possibility of studying on the basis of distance learning technologies, as well as obtaining a second higher education in other fields based on the universality of training programs in the field of Mining.
Possibility of combining study and work (in timefree from the educational process) at enterprises and organizations, the field and areas of professional activity of which correspond to the qualifications of a future specialist in the field of Mining.
Head of Program
Antsiferov Sergey Vladimirovich
Head of the Department of Mechanics of Materials and Geotechnologies, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor.
Area of scientific/professional interests: development of theory and methods for underground structures design.
Author and co-author of more than 200 scientific publications, of which more than 30 have been published abroad; member of the Academic Council of Tula State University; member of the Dissertation Council D212.274.04 at TulSU; member of the working group on seismic resistance of linear structures in transport of the Interdepartmental Council on Seismology and Earthquake-resistant Construction under the Ministry of Construction of Russia; member of the Eurasian Association on Seismology and earthquake-resistant construction (Central Research and Design Institute of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation; member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Metro and Tunnels" (Tunnel Association of Russia, Moscow); Reviewer of the Mining Information and Analytical Bulletin(Moscow), Notes of the Mining Institute (Mining University, St. Petersburg).
Honorary Worker of Education, Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.
Enrollment Plan1:
| Study mode | State-funded places | Hospital-funded place | Places for preferential categories | Places for special categories | Self-funded places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Offline |
18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Tuition fee2:
| Study mode | Full time | Individual study path |
|---|---|---|
Full Time (Offline) for the citizens of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Tajikistan |
200 000 roubles per year |
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Full time (Offline) go the citizens of other countries |
233 400 roubles per year |
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Entrance examination3 (minimum score):
География (40)
Информатика и ИКТ (46)
Математика (40)
Русский язык (40)
Физика (41)
Химия (40)
Organising Institute:
Institute of Construction and Architecture
Submission of documents for “Open-Pit Mining” program: +7 4872 73-44-76, e-mail: foreign@tsu.tula.ru
Submission of documents for “Architecture” program: +7 4872 73-44-76, e-mail: foreign@tsu.tula.ru
Submission of documents for a pre-university course of Russian: + 7 4872 73-44-76, e-mail: podfaktula@mail.ru
Training
The period of education:
- Full–Time (Offline) education - 5 years and 6 months;
- Online study mode with distance learning technologies – 6 years.
The first and second years of study are aimed at obtaining universal and part of the general professional competencies in the study of fundamental social, humanitarian and natural sciences disciplines, the totality of which is the core of the educational process for the following areas of training:
- 08.03.01 Construction;
- 20.03.01 Technosphere Safety;
- 21.03.01 Oil and Gas Business;
- 21.03.02 Land Management and Cadastre;
- 21.05.04 Mining.
Such an implementation of educational process provides an additional opportunity to make a preliminary choice of the direction of future professional activity.
A separate block consists of the disciplines of technical sciences providing the acquisition of the necessary general professional competencies in the field of:
- Basics of Mining;
- Technology and Safety of Blasting Operations;
- Mineral processing;
- Geodesy and Mine Surveying;
- Geomechanical Support of Technological Processes, studying the properties and condition of soil arrays and their interaction with engineering frameworks and structures;
- Mining Machinery and Equipment, Transport Systems of Mining Enterprises and Power Supply;
- Safety of Mining and Rescue Operations;
- Aerology of Mining Enterprises;
- Ensuring Environmental Safety;
- Mathematical Modeling of Production Processes.
Presence of such a block reflects the uniqueness of the educational program: disciplines of this block are studied in the third and fourth years and determine the possibility of continuing education in the fifth to sixth year not only in the field of “Open-Pit Mining”, but also in other fields of the “Mining”specialty (both in full-time and in combination with distance learning technologies, taking into account the transfer of disciplines):
- Underground Mining of Reservoir Deposits;
- Underground Mining of Ore Deposits;
- Mine Surveying;
- Mine and Underground Construction;
- Mineral Processing;
- Blasting Work;
- Mining-Industrial Ecology;
- Mining Machinery and Equipment;
- Electrification and Automation of Mining Production;
- Mining Industry Transport Systems;
- Technological Safety and Mining Rescue Operations.
The following general professional disciplines deserve special attention.
1. Socio-Economic Problems of the Industry.
It is aimed at studying the state, trends and directions of development of the mining industry at the present stage of Russian and global economic development.
2. Computer Technology in Mining.
Within the framework of the discipline, students gain skills working on the licensed integrated software of the Russian IT company, GEOMIX, LLC, used for the digitalization of the mining industry, which includes:
- "Geology"module - formation of the geological database of the deposit, calculation and comparison of reserves;
- "Mine Surveying" module is the creation of a 3D mining and geological model of a deposit, automation of geological surveying processes;
- “Geostructure” module is the creation of a three-dimensional geological and structural model of the deposit and planning the collapse of the rock mass;
- “D&B and Explosion Modeling” module - design of drilling and blasting operations and modeling of ore scattering during an explosion;
- "Design" module includes the construction of a mining and geological model for the development of mining operations, the calculation of discovered and prepared reserves, the management of mining fronts, and the design of transport scheme elements;
- “Planning” module includes optimization of excavation, block model-based planning, calculation of excavator displacement and performance parameters, and distribution of quality indicators.
The educational program training is completed by the State Final Certification, which includes the execution, preparation for the defense procedure and defense of the final qualifying thesis (FQT). The FQTis carried out in the form of a graduation project, which includes an explanatory note and a graphic part. The graduation project is carried out using text and graphic editors. The graphics is presented as an electronic presentation.
Design Objects
- active mining enterprise that needs to be renovated. In this case, based on the analysis of the state of mining operations in the pit, the prospects for the development of the enterprise are assessed, the production capacity of the pit is determined (or set), and a mining calendar plan is developed, which is the basis for further calculations. The sections on the development system, opening working horizons and complex mechanization provide the solutions adopted at the enterprise and, based on the calculations performed, make the necessary adjustments to perform mining operations more efficiently;
- mining enterprise for the development of a new deposit (site). A study of the mining regime is carried out and, taking into account the installed production capacity of the pit, a calendar schedule for mining the quarry field is being built. The issue of pit construction with the calculation of mining and capital works is necessarily considered;
- workshop for processing extracted raw materials. As a rule, pits leading to the development of deposits of solid minerals, in addition to the mining workshop, include a workshop, a plant, a factory, and an installation for processing mineral raw materials to produce finished products.
Approximate topics of graduation projects:
Development of Kimovsky brown coal deposits and reclamation of disturbed lands.
Development of gold-bearing deposits in conditions of the North.
Improvement of technological processes in the production of vanadium pentoxide using carbonate raw materials and waste from metallurgical production.
Assessment of the raw material base of sands and technologies of existing quarries with the prospect of developing new deposits in the Tula region.
Development of the Novo-Pavshinsky deposit of cement raw materials and reclamation of lands disturbed by open-pit mining.
Key disciplines
Key disciplines
A group of disciplines, which is formed by participants of educational relations – representatives of TulSU and specialized organizations (enterprises), makes up the key special disciplines of the educational program:
- Operation of Quarry Equipment;
- Sustainable Use and Conservation of Natural Resources;
- Open-Pit Mining Processes;
- Technology and Integrated Mechanization of Open-Pit Mining;
- Open-Pit Mine Design;
- Rock Mass Stability Management in Open-Pit Mining;
- Open-Pit Mining Planning;
- Reclamation of Disturbed Lands.
Educational program provides an opportunity to study a number of alternative disciplines (elective disciplines based on the requirements of employers):
- Mechanical equipment for Open-Pit Mines;
- Integrated Subsoil Management.
Practice
The program provides for the following types of practices: educational - prospecting (geological and geodetic) and introductory; production - practice in obtaining primary professional skills, production and technological, scientific and research work, pre-graduate.
Key practice bases:
- Mikhailovcement JSC, Ryazan region, Oktyabrsky settlement;
- Serebryansky Cement Plant LLC, Ryazan region, Oktyabrsky settlement;
- East Berniki LLC, Tula;
- KombinatNerudnykhIskopaemykh LLC Tula region, Gorny settlement;
- MikhailovskyMining and Processing Plant named after A.V. Varichev JSC, Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region;
- Skuratov Experimental Plant LLC, Tula;
- Porechensk QuarryJSC, Tula region, village of Porechye;
- Other enterprises and organizations.
If desired, students are employed during the practice. Through training centers, enterprises gain access to work and work qualifications.
Practice
Partners and Employers
Students
Active, responsible, purposeful, conscientious, responsive people with broad and diverse interests, whose primary focus is on studies and the future profession.
They demonstrate high learning motivation, a strong drive for academic success, good communication skills, the ability to listen and the capacity to express their thoughts clearly and coherently.
They show awareness in career choice, commitment to self-development and a sense of responsibility to society.
After Graduation
Professional skills and competencies
Professional skills and competencies
A mining engineer must have skills in Geology, Mining, Mechanics, Hydrology, Ecology, and Occupational Safety.
Professional skills after mastering the competencies of the research type of tasks:
- proficiency in analyzing results and planning scientific research for the implementation of tasks to improve technologies for the development of deposits of solid minerals and their processing;
- proficiency in conducting experiments and tests, methods of evaluating materials under various influences, laboratory modeling techniques and technology, information and software for processing experimental research results;
- proficiency in methodological foundations of identifying, setting and implementing mathematical modeling and forecasting tasks for managing production processes, skills in using standard and original information support packages, as well as methods of statistical processing of results, assessing their reliability and geoinformation monitoring;
- proficiency in developing programs and implementing scientific research studies that provide scientific justification for the strategy of integrated and efficient development of mineral deposits in an open-pit manner.
Professional skills after mastering the competencies of the design and survey type of tasks:
- proficiency in comprehensive research to ensure the design of open-pit mining operations while substantiating spatial planning solutions, geotechnologies and engineering structures in the development of mineral deposits;
- proficiency in conducting mine surveying and geodetic work, methods of interpreting the obtained results, drawing up mining graphics and design documentation;
- proficiency in calculating the parameters of mining operations in design of enterprises with an open method of mining and processing minerals, assessing the quality of design solutions;
- proficiency in design methods and techniques, as well as in calculating production process parameters based on the use of modern means of integrated mining mechanization.
Professional skills after mastering the competencies of the production and technological type of tasks:
- proficiency in managing mining and blasting operations, ensuring the functional reliability of mining equipment;
- proficiency in developing and controlling the implementation of regulatory and technical support for mining and blasting operations;
- proficiency in developing and implementing technical and technological solutions for mining operations, taking into account industrial and environmental safety;
- proficiency in operational reorganization of traditional technological solutions, economic assessment, comprehensive justification and implementation of innovative technologies.
Professional Path
Career Opportunities
Areas and spheres of professional activity that open up to the mining engineers graduates after educational program:
- Mining and processing of coal, ores and other minerals (in the field of mining and processing of solid minerals, construction and operation of underground facilities);
- Electric power industry (in the field of design and safe operation of electrical facilities, complexes and systems for the extraction and processing of solid minerals, construction and operation of underground facilities);
- Production of machinery and equipment (in the field of design, production and safe operation of mining machinery and equipment);
- Architecture, engineering, geodesy, topography and design (in the field of engineering and geodetic, engineering and technical and expert support for the development of underground space in the implementation of urban planning policy);
- Construction and housing and communal services (in the field of design, construction and operation of underground facilities, engineering complexes and their life support systems);
- Education and science (in the fields of: implementation of basic professional educational programs and additional educational programs; scientific research and experimental design work);
- Finance and economics (in the fields of: geological and industrial assessment of reserves of solid mineral deposits and mining allotments; economic analysis of the costs of implementing technological processes in the design, construction and operation of enterprises for the exploration, extraction and processing of solid minerals and underground facilities);
- End-to-end professional activities in the industry (in the fields of: ensuring environmental and industrial safety in the production of works on operational exploration, extraction and processing of solid minerals, construction and operation of underground facilities; design and operation of engineering and technical systems for technological processes in the production of works on operational exploration, extraction and processing of solid minerals, construction and the operation of underground facilities; management and planning of production processes and organizations).
Graduates can carry out professional activities in other fields of professional activity and (or) areas of professional activity, provided that their level of education and acquired competencies meet the requirements for the qualification of an employee.
Where to realize yourself
Mining is one of the oldest and the most important industries for the Russian economy. Russia remains a leader in the extraction of many resources, which creates demand for specialists in this field. If you are interested in technology, working in advanced industries, career growth and high salaries, the profession of a mining engineer can be an excellent choice, but it requires endurance, technical mindset, and willingness to face challenges. This is a profession for brave and strong people.
