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Saint Petersburg Mining University

Founded in 1773
Towards the 250th Anniversary
Mining University’s point of view
Mining University: yesterday, today, tomorrow

Saint Petersburg Mining University achieved third place in the top universities in the world, according to QS

 

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Saint Petersburg Mining University achieved third place in the top universities in the world, according to QS

 

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Mining University: first higher technical education institution in Russia

The decree for its foundation was founded by Empress Catherine the Great, under the words “so be it”

“The Mining Institute in St. Petersburg, thanks primarily to the efforts of the rector, is one of the exemplary higher educational institutions in Russia”

Vladimir Putin

Words from our Rector

“The university is an environment where real Russian intellectuals are formed”

Vladimir Litvinenko

The incorporation of innovations to production through scientific and laboratory complexes created in alliance with multinational companies, is one of the main tasks of the university

Towards the 250th Anniversary
Mining University’s point of view
Mining University: yesterday, today, tomorrow
Mining University Today
All Events

7 Jul

Graduates of 2025 Honored at Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University

28 Jun

How and Whom They Teach at the Language Competence Centre of Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University

21 Jun

One of the Key Discussions of SPIEF 2025 Took Place at Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University

17 Jun

Indonesia Expresses Interest in Applying Russian Expertise in Subsoil Use

16 Jun

Selection for the Educational Program for Managers from African Countries Has Begun at Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University

5 Jun

The Vietnamese Government Delegation Defines the Cooperation Vector with Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University
Newsfeed
27.05.2025
Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University and Taiyuan University of Technology Discussed the Prospects of Creating a Russian-Chinese University for Raw Materials Resources
16.05.2025
Empress Catherine II Saint Petersburg Mining University Students First in Russia to Complete Scientific Internship in Iran
26.04.2025
Saint Petersburg Miners Began Preparations for the Russia–Malaysia Raw Materials Forum in Kuala Lumpur
13.03.2025
Saint Petersburg Mining University Ranked Among the World’s Top Five Universities in QS World University Ranking by Subject 2025
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Special Projects
"Summer school" programs
Words from Scientists
Russian Scientists Close to Producing Next-Generation Fuel
Science to Help Business Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, or Not?
Saving on Mining Safety. Possible or Not?
Diary of the Mining Engineers in Antarctica
Scientists Extract 500,000-Year-Old Ice Core from Borehole Above Antarctica’s Lake Vostok
Ten years ago, Russian scientists made a breakthrough comparable to Gagarin’s flight into space
Antarctica. They were the first

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Scientific journal published by the St.Petersburg Mining Univerrsity since 1907

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