Mining Engineers work in mining and mineral extraction facilities. They are in charge of coordinating and supervising all the activities in the mine regarding digging, extracting, and transporting minerals out of the mine.
Mining Engineers specialize in designing, developing, and testing machines, techniques, and processes for harvesting geological material. Besides it, mining engineers can develop innovative technologies that will enable automated and autonomous mining operations, creating a safe working environment for miners in remote operating centers.
Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering is a four-year program that provides knowledge and skills in mineral deposit assessment, mine feasibility, and mine development by applying techniques in natural and applied sciences and mathematics. The program is designed to educate and train the students to perform the various functions exercised by mining engineers including planning, designing, operation and closing mines in safe, sustiable, environmentally responsible and financially viable manners.
Campus: Astana, Kazakhstan
Language: English
Delivery mode: Full time, on-campus
Duration: 4 years
Total ECTS credit: 240
MATH 161 Calculus I
PHYS 161 Physics I for Scientists and Engineers with Laboratory
SMG 100 Introduction to Natural Resources Extraction
CHEM 101 General Chemistry I with Laboratory
WCS 150 Rhetoric and Composition or HST 100 History of Kazakhstan
GEOL 101 Fundamentals of Geology + (Structural Geology)
MATH 162 Calculus II
Kazakh Language
PHYS 162 Physics II for Scientists and Engineers with Laboratory
ROBT 201 Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics
ENG 200 Engineering Mathematics III (Differential Equations and Linear Algebra)
PETE 201 Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics
CEE 200 Structural Mechanics I
ENG 101 Programming for Engineers
MATH 310 Applied statistical methods
WCS 210 Technical writing
PHIL 210 Ethics
MINE 302 Fundamentals of Geomechanics
MINE 303 Mine Services and Materials Handling
GEOL 305 Geology of Ore Deposits
SMG 200 Resource Economics and Project Evaluation
MINE 305 Rock Breakage
MINE 306 Underground Mining Systems and Design
MINE 307 Surface Mining Systems and Design
MINE 304 Resource Estimation
MINE 309 Mine Automation and Robotics
MINE 401 Mining Geotechnical Engineering
MINE 402 Mine Planning
MINE 405 Mine Ventilation
Technical Elective 1
MINE 406 Minerals Processing
MINE 479 Capstone Mine Design Project (Group project)
BUS 101 Core Course in Business
MINE 480 Thesis Project
Technical Elective II
MINE 404 Sustainability and Mining Environment
MINE 404L Sustainability and Mining Environment
Electives
Mining industry: mine planning drill and blast, ventilation;
Government: mines inspectorate, leasing, geological surveys, environmental monitoring;
Consulting: project coordination, financial analysis, equipment optimization, explosives applications;
Finance and banking: investment banking, resource/ mining analyst;
Business development: project management, environmental consultant;
Academics: university teaching, research and consulting.
Colorado School of Mines (USA)
