Overview

In the course of training in this specialization, students become familiar with the theories of detonation and explosion, mining technologies in open and underground mining, quality control methods for blasting rock mining, advanced equipment used in mining, computer technologies for modeling and designing drilling and blasting operations, regulatory documentation governing blasting, and safety rules when operating explosive materials.

Speciality

21.05.04 Mining Engineering

Degree
Specialist
Mode of attendance
Full time
Duration
5.5 years
Language of training
Russian
Admission tests for international students
Mathematics, Russian language
Tuition fees
300 000 RUB per semester
Reasons for choosing a course
  • Broad demand in the market of specialized personnel with in-depth knowledge of the features of drilling and blasting operations at the enterprises of the mineral resource complex;

  • An integrated approach to learning, which includes a classic approach to the study of explosives and modern methods of teaching theoretical and practical skills;

  • Prospects to engage in scientific activities during training at the base of Mining University;

  • The possibility of inclusive education at foreign partner universities with the issuance of international standard diplomas.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates of the blasting work specialization are in demand in various sectors of economic activity: the development of mineral and hydropower resources, exploration and construction of roads and railways, production of mass explosions in mines and quarries, construction of hydroelectric tunnels and hydroelectric systems and facilities, shelving mountain roads, highways and railways etc. The graduates can work in mining as masters, engineers, leading engineers, heads of sections (workshops) of blasting, scientific workers and heads of research teams at enterprises and organizations in research institutes related to the development, manufacture, transportation, storage, use, accounting, destruction, processing of explosive materials.

Field of study
Chemistry of explosives;
Wave processes in the rock mass under dynamic loading;
Theory of explosive detonation;
Technology of blasting breakage dimensional stone;
Industrial safety and organization of blasting operations;
Physical basis of deformation and destruction of solids;
Industrial explosives and initiation agents;
Physical processes of rock breakage in the process of during drilling and blasting operations;
Shooting and blasting operations in the oil and gas industry;
Blasting work in civil engineering.
Graduate skills
Basic engineering training;
Practical skills in working with a modern range of initiation means;
Skills to work with a modern assortment, compositions, properties and scope of industrial explosive materials, equipment and explosive devices;
Skills in modeling and designing drilling and blasting operations on computers;
Ability to substantiate the technology, calculate the main technological parameters and draw up design, and estimate documentation for efficient and safe drilling and blasting operations.