Master in Mining of Mineral Resources
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
Key Information
Campus location
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
CZK 50,000 / per semester *
Application deadline
Request info
Earliest start date
Sep 2024
* tuition fee is 4000 EUR per academic year, payable at the beginning of each academic year. It is non-refundable.
Introduction
The study program “Mining of Mineral Resources” follows up the Bachelor’s degree study in the same program. It expands knowledge in specialized mining subjects studied in Bachelor's degree study and in subjects focused on issues of operational safety. The inclusion of practical subjects will strengthen the flexibility of the field with respect to the practical requirements. The attractiveness increases due to practice and excursions to the operational organizations, with the possibility of finding employment after graduation. The subjects are selected so that future graduates have the widest possible options to find employment in management positions both in mining and in other fields related to mining.
Key facts
- Faculty: Faculty of Mining and Geology
- Type of Study: Follow-up Master
- Language of instruction: English
- Code of the program: N0724A290002
- Title of the program: Mining of Mineral Resources
- The regular period of the study: 2 years
- Cost: 50,000 CZK per semester
- Coordinating department: Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
- Coordinator: prof. Ing. Vlastimil Hudeček, CSc.
- Keywords: ventilation blasting operation stone quarry mining geomechanics
Program Outcome
Study aims
The choice of specialized subjects is based on Decree no. 298/2005 Coll. as amended, which is the fundamental document for the performance of selected regulated activities for graduates. The subjects follow the Bachelor degree study of the above mentioned program. Graduates are professionals for management positions in the areas of resource industries and skilled professionals for domestic and foreign surface and underground mines. The study program is designed so that future graduates have the widest possible options of finding employment (from mine opening to mine liquidation and remediation of mining activities). Students can also find employment in public administration, design companies, construction and other sectors dealing with occupational and operational safety.
Graduate's knowledge
Graduates can analyze input information, find mutual links and order it according to its importance, and apply the information when designing particular proposals of ways of opening, preparation, and mining of coal, ore, and non-ore deposits, using both underground and surface methods. Graduates can assess the strengths and weaknesses of the proposals with the subsequent recommendation of the implementation. They have knowledge of mining safety and legal issues.
Graduate's skills
Graduates are able to lead and manage a team, they are able to clarify the nature of a particular issue, to answer questions in a discussion on the issue of solutions, analyze problems, and recommend the most appropriate alternative of the solution, they are able to apply their knowledge on specific solutions and to communicate the results to a wider range of employees. They are knowledgeable in the area of legislative and safety standards associated with mining and utilization of mineral resources.
Graduate's general competence
Graduates of the follow-up Master’s degree in the study program “Mining of Mineral Resources” meet the qualification requirements for the performance of key management positions in mining and quarrying in mines and quarries. They can make independent and responsible decisions, coordinate the activities of the team, and assume responsibility for its results. They clearly and convincingly communicate the requirements in order to solve specific situations. They are able to clearly summarize the opinions of other team members and use their expertise, skills, and general professional qualifications in at least one foreign language. They are able to acquire additional expertise, skills, and competence independently, primarily on the basis of practical experience and its evaluation, as well as through the independent study of theoretical knowledge in the program.
Career Opportunities
Graduate's employment
Graduates of the study program “Mining of Mineral Resources” have wide possibilities of finding employment in organizations carrying out mining operations and mining activities under the “ČBÚ Decree 298/2005 as amended on professional qualification”. They can hold key management positions up to the “mine manager” or “quarry manager” (quarry operations with an annual extraction of up to 500 thousand tonnes). Students can also find employment in state administration, design companies, construction and other industries dealing with occupational safety, traffic safety and remediation of mining activities.
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Admissions
Program Tuition Fee
Curriculum
Semester 1
Compulsory
- Automation of technological processes
- Chemistry
- Securing and Closing of Mines and Quarries
- Special Topics in Mathematics
- Technologies of Opencast Mining of Deposits
Mandatory B-type elective
- Safety and Legal Problems of Mining
- Ventilation Networks Solving
Semester 2
Compulsory
- Field Practices of Deposits Mining
- Mining Geophysics
- Professional Practical Training in Mining
- Selected Chapters of Physics
- Slope and Rock Wall Stability
- Technologies of Underground Mining of Deposits
Mandatory B-type elective
- Maps and Cadastre of Real Estates
- Modeling and Simulation of Situations in Opencast Mines
- Technical petrography and fundamentals of silicate chemistry
- Transportation at Mines and Quarries
Semester 3
Compulsory
- Economics and Management
- Mining Geomechanics
- Projekt and Production Planning
Mandatory B-type elective
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Mine Air Conditioning
- Mineral Processing II.
- Mining within Extremal Conditions of Underground Mines and Quarries
- Underground Engineering
- Use of Abandoned Mines
Semester 4
Compulsory
- Diploma thesis seminar
- Removing Impacts of Mining Activity and Reclamation
- Waste from extraction and processing of raw materials
Mandatory B-type elective
- Design of process lines
- Technology of Ores Treatment