A decision to hold an international youth conference of the World Petroleum Council (WPC) in Saint-Petersburg has fully served its purpose. This is the opinion of the CEO of the organization Pierce Riemer, which he stated once having familiarized himself with the Mining University infrastructure.

This autumn over 350 students from as many as 29 countries will commence their studies at either pre-university courses or at Bachelor’s, Specialist’s and Master’s Degree Programmes.

This year the Mining University organizes International Summer Schools for the first time.

The International European Symposium EUROCK 2018 took place in Saint Petersburg. According to its participants’ opinion one of the major challenges facing humanity is the constantly growing consumption which cannot be ensured without expanding the production of commodities and, as the result, without damaging ecosystems.

Director of the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering of the TU Bergakademie of Freiberg (Germany), Bernd Meyer, met with the rector of the Mining University, Vladimir Litvinenko, in Saint Petersburg to discuss collaboration.